Old Timers' Baseball Association of Chicago

Cubs Dates for 2012, etc

mfbraun — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:09:57 +0000

Our Friday, May 4th day is sold out (of course: the tickets were 5 bucks plus tax); We have a few for Wedn. May 30th and Thurs. Aug 30, so email me asap.

OK, so I missed the Cubs Convention… and the Sox Convention. I’m in school for a few more classes (have I mentioned my 4.0 at both Triton and EIU?). It will be good to just sit back in the terraces and watch a few games without hassles among friends. Sorry, no overwhelming groundswell of screams for Sox tickets again, so I didn’t order any, although we’ll see you there, sometime this season.

Yours in baseball,

Bob Feller’s wedding pict: 1942

mfbraun — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:47:32 +0000

Found among the uncataloged clippings!

Stevie Goodman is laughing

mfbraun — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:05:58 +0000

Its Keith Moreland!

The former Cubbie will take the mike for the late Ronnie Santo. Good choice!

Schaumburg Flyers eviction?

mfbraun — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:43:23 +0000

Flyers eviction postponed, sale expected

By Kate Thayer TribLocal reporterToday at 12:39 p.m.

Village officials are trying to get more than $900,000 in unpaid rent from the team that plays at the village-park district owned Alexian Field. As part of that quest, the village filed a lawsuit against Flyers parent company Schaumburg Professional Baseball LLC and has moved forward in eviction proceedings.

Today in court, an eviction hearing was postponed until Feb. 24 because Flyers officials say they are close to selling the team. If the team is sold, the village and others owed money by the team are more likely to get paid, according to village and team officials.

Flyers owner Rich Ehrenreich said a sale should be finalized in about a month, and because of that village officials agreed to postpone today’s hearing.

Village attorney Jack Siegel said village officials have met with the potential buyer, and are hoping a sale goes through.

“We’re hoping he closes the deal, we get paid and everyone’s happy,” Siegel said. “We’ve talked to the potential buyer so we know there is such a person out there.”

Another sale fell through last summer, and Ehrenreich has been in talks with potential buyers since then.

If a sale is not finalized by next month’s eviction hearing, Siegel said he plans to move forward to push the team out and settle on a final payment of the team’s unpaid rent, which dates back to 2007.

He also said he would then move forward with a separate lawsuit that seeks unpaid rent, along with other debts. That lawsuit isn’t scheduled for a hearing until May.

But village officials have repeatedly said they would prefer a sale over court proceedings because it would be more beneficial for the community to keep the Flyers at Alexian Field – where they’ve played since 1999.

kthayer@tribune.com

Shots from the Cubs Convention 2011

mfbraun — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:54:22 +0000

Bill Buckner

The Dixieland Band

Gary the organist cheers up the long, long lines

The fans

Thanks and a top o’ the Hatlo hat to Pete Blatchford.

Dallas Green’s Granddaughter

mfbraun — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:35:09 +0000

Born into one tragedy, she died in another, Christina Taylor Green was among the victims in a Saturday shooting rampage in Arizona. The 9-year-old granddaughter of former Phillies manager Dallas Green had gone to see U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords since she’d just been elected to her third grade student council.

John Rice Memorial Saturday, Jan. 8

mfbraun — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:58:50 +0000

Our past president John Rice will be memorialized and buried on Saturday January 8, at St Bride Catholic hurch, 7811 S. Coles. Memoial will be 10 to noon; internment is private. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested made to St. Bride Church.

Information: Heeny-Laughling Funeral Directors, 708-636-5500

John was semi-pro and later, an American League umpire which included several All Star games and four world Series including the White Sox 1955 bid. He was also a past president of Pitch & Hit.

CBM Hosts Buck O’Neal Event Feb 3rd

mfbraun — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:06:41 +0000

Buck-ONeil-Ball-Feb-3

Williams Kellens Chairs Chicago Baseball Museum

mfbraun — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:59:46 +0000

The Chicago Baseball Museum has appointed William Kellens as the CBM’s Chairman of the Board of Directors. Kellens will provide management support for day-to-day operations of the Museum’s fundraising goals and a point of contact for Board Members collaboratively working together to find and fund a future home for the Museum.

Kellens’ initial goals will be working with the committees already in place on the upcoming Buck O’Neil 100^th Birthday Ball to honor Buck O’Neil and celebrate black baseball in Chicago. The event is scheduled for February 3^rd, during Black History Month, at the Benchmark, 1510 N. Wells, from 6-9 p.m. Tickets are now available at www.chicagobaseballmuseum.org.

Kellens has been a lifelong fan of the White Sox and baseball in general. He is the great, great grandson of Charles Comiskey, the founder of the White Sox and the American League. He is currently a member of Chicago’s Pitch and Hit Club which was founded by his grandfather John Rigney (White Sox Pitcher ’37 and ’47 and owner) and his grandmother Dorothy Comiskey Rigney in 1942.

The Continuing Tale of the Joliet Jackhammers

mfbraun — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 13:38:11 +0000

Sold.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/ct-met-jackhammers-1212-20101212,0,3352556.story