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Ray Christensen and Jeff Nelson a Hit at Spring Chapter Meeting
From that group, Dan Levitt was elected president for the coming year, Lee Temanson vice president, Doug Ernst treasurer, and Armand Peterson secretary. As vice president, Lee appointed chairs of the standing committees by retaining current Events Chair Howard Luloff and Membership Chair Stew Thornley. Dan Levitt will remain as chair of the Research Committee, but the committee may decide on a new chair at its July meeting and pass on the recommendation to Lee for the appointment. The date for the fall chapter meeting has tentatively been set for Saturday, October 20. An evening baseball party that will include watching a playoff game on television (if one is being played) will be held at the Thornley-Himrich home that night and will be hosted by the couple’s cats, A-Rod and Jeter.
Research Committee to Pursue Book Project on Minnesota Natives in Baseball Subscription Renewals Due July 1
“I was hooked from a young age,” says John. “I played organized ball into high school but could never hit the ball like my hero, Rod Carew. I discovered my destiny as a fan. After the Metrodome sacrileged baseball here, I traveled with my dad to outdoor ballparks in Milwaukee, Chicago, Kansas City, and Boston to watch the game as it was meant to be played. Before cancer claimed his life, we made a final pilgrimage to Cooperstown and toured the Hall of Fame. “I’ve been fortunate to watch games in a dozen or so other parks as a fan and to interview scores of ballplayers, from Johnny Pesky to Joe Mauer, as a journalist.” John wrote an article about snowshoe baseball played in the summertime for Sports Illustrated and is currently working on a book about the 1973 season. John has a wife, Maria; daughter, Alison; and son, Brendan. John was born on July 24, 1964, the same day as Barry Bonds. John and Barry share their July 24 birthday with Halsey Hall Chapter members David Jacobsen and Pat Lewis as well as Tommy McCarthy, Jack Clements, Cotton Nash, Jesse Stovall, Alex Carrasquel, Jennifer Lopez, Karl Malone, Amelia Earhart, and Michael “Kramer” Richards. Bruce Magidson is originally from New York City and now lives with his wife in Hillsboro, North Dakota. He owns Firefly LLC, which designs and markets batik fabrics produced in Indonesia. Bruce is a passionate Yankees fan, who has “MANTLE7” for his license plate. He was at Yankee Stadium on Yogi Berra Day, July 19, 1999, the same day that David Cone pitched a perfect game against the Montreal Expos. Bruce was born April 21, 1956 and shares his birthday with Terry Tiffee, Kip Wells, Al Bumbry, Ken Caminiti, Jesse Orosco, Dick Green, Marse Joe McCarthy, Germany Smith, Charlotte Bronte, and Queen Elizabeth as well as the anniversary of the first Twins game at Met Stadium. Tom Sheehan Flynn was named after his great-great uncle, Tom Sheehan, who managed and pitched for the Minneapolis Millers and pitched for the St. Paul Saints, winning 31 games in 1923, which is still tied for the American Association record for wins in a season. Tom Sheehan later was a scout, coach, and manager for the New York/San Francisco Giants. Tom Flynn was born in Denver on July 22, 1967 and lived there until 2000, when he and his wife, Cathy (a lifelong Twins fan from Edina), moved to Portland, Maine. In July, they’ll be moving to Mankato, Minnesota, where Tom will be a graduate student in the master of fine arts (MFA) program in creative writing at Minnesota State Mankato. Tom had worked as a development director for a nonprofit radio station and has 15 years of bartending experience. Since Tom grew up in a city without major league baseball, he adopted his grandpa’s team, the Chicago White Sox. The first major league game he attended was at Comiskey Park in 1972. He had already been to his first Denver Bears game, at Mile High Stadium, two years before. A “slow, slap-hitting” first baseman and designated hitter in Little League and high school, Tom says his specialty was “stretching triples into doubles.” As a fan, Tom attended the Colorado Rockies’ inaugural home game in 1993, the 1998 All-Star Game at Coors Field, and the Rockies’ wild card clinching game in 1995. He also worked as manager of Splinters from the Pine, a baseball tavern a half-block from Coors Field from 1995 to 1998. He considers and I consider the entire Coors Field inaugural season (1995) to have been a significant baseball experience. Tom attended more than forty Rockies games in 1995, met several players, “and had the time of my life for six months.” Tom says because he grew up without a hometown team, he “always considered myself, first and foremost, as a fan of baseball.” He has attended games at 16 major league parks, at least 10 minor league parks, and three spring training sites. Tom shares his April 22 birthday with fellow chapter member John Gregory as well as Mickey Vernon, Neal Ball, John Henry Lloyd, Ted Page, Jimmy Key, Terry Francona, Moose Haas, David Clyde, John Orsino, Frank Figgemeier, Ferd Eunick, Immanuel Kant, Charles Mingus, Jack Nicholson, Vladimir Nabokov, Vladimir Lenin, Peter Frampton, and Robert Oppenheimer.
July 22—Research Roundtable, Perkins Restaurant, 4917 Eden Avenue, Edina, 6:00 p.m. For more information, contact Dan Levitt, 612-377-5154, danrl@attglobal.net. To be announced—Book Club Meeting. For more information, contact Tom Dolen, 651-483-8617. October 20—Fall Chapter Meeting. For more information, contact
Howard Luloff, 952-922-5036, hfan77@webtv.net.
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