Saturday, June 25, 2016

FORMER NEW YORK YANKEE BOBBY SHANTZ APPEARS AT THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SPORTS CARD SHOW @ LANCASTER MENNONITE HIGH SCHOOL IN LANCASTER, PA!!!

TODAY, I ATTENDED A SPORTS CARD SHOW IN LANCASTER, PA!  A FRIEND HELPED OUT WITH PROMOTING THE SHOW.  THE GUEST LIST INCLUDED FORMER MLB PLAYERS BOBBY SHANTZ (FREE AUTOGRAPH) , DON WERT & DENNY MCLAIN, NHL HOF & PHILADELPHIA FLYER BERNIE PARENT, AND CURRENT BALTIMORE RAVEN KEENAN REYNOLDS (ALL THE OTHER SIGNERS CHARGED A FEE FOR AN AUTOGRAPH/PHOTO)!  A SPARSE CROWD  ATTENDED THE SHOW WITH AWESOME WEATHER IN LANCASTER COUNTY!  SUMMER SPORTS CARD SHOWS CAN BE TOUGH TO DRAW WITH ALL THE ACTIVITIES BEING HELD ON THE WEEKENDS!  I MET 90 YEARS YOUNG BOBBY SHANTZ.  HE WAS THE AL MVP IN 1952 AND WON A WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE NEW YORK YANKEES IN 1958!  AS A SIDE NOTE, I MET FORMER MLB PLAYER DON WERT AS HE WAS EXITING THE SHOW.  HE WON A WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE DETROIT TIGERS IN 1968.


 ABOVE IS A SIGNED CARD FROM BOBBY SHANTZ INSCRIBED WITH 1952 AL MVP!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH BOBBY AND HIS 1952 AL MVP AWARD!

ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH 1968 DETROIT TIGER WINNER, DON WERT AND I!

A SHOT OF DON'S WORLD SERIES RING FROM 1968.  HE PLAYED HIS COLLEGE BALL AT F &M COLLEGE AND PLAYED HIS PRO BALL WITH THE DETROIT TIGERS!













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