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SAN FRANCISCO BASEBALLOLD TIMERS ASSOCIATION

(Established 1941)

FROM THE DUGOUT

June 2016 Edition _______________________________Officers DirectorsRich Murphy (President) Bill DeMattei Jim JarvisBob Fife (Vice President) Dave Longa Frank BradyKen Mooney (Treasurer) Paul Varni Nick PoppinAnthony Boyadzis (Secretary) Cliff RighettiGary B ader (Membership) Leo Martinez (Health & Welfare)Joe Marino (Sgt. at Arms) Rich Ford (Golf Commissioner)

Lou Landini (Newsletter Editor)

Editors Column

At the end of ones career, as that person saunters off into retirement, the bigquestion I always ask myself is this: Did this person make a difference? To me thatmeans Did this person do things that have made the world better? If the answer isYes, then that persons career and life have been a success. Each month as I gothrough the list of the Old Timers membership, I see a whole treasure trove of namesof guys who truly have made a difference. The SFBOTA is like a diamond mine ofguys who really have made the world better because of who they are and what theyhave done. As this humble publication continues on, I will do my best to bring tolight some of the real difference makers in the Old Timers.

Let me start this month with a real hero and difference maker---Mr. Lawrence R.Lawson. Larry started his professional career as a police officer in the SFPD. Hequickly ascended the ranks and became an Inspector and spent several years in theJuvenile Bureau. In his law enforcement career he performed his job withcompassion, integrity and the highest sense of honor and justice. His reputation was

stellar.Then one day Larry made a significant career change. He decided to become aneducator. He earned a doctorate in education and joined the faculty at City Collegeof San Francisco in what used to be called the Criminology Department. Over themany years he taught at CCSF, he educated thousands of young people and laid thegroundwork for their entry into various law enforcement agencies, but mainly SFPD.


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Larry also taught for many years at the University of San Francisco, where heinspired many more students to pursue careers in the law, business and other fields.

Larry and his wonderful wife Pat had five kids, all of whom were successes, includingtwo, sons Dan and Mike, who followed Larry into police careers with SFPD. Dan alsoachieved a doctorate in education and has been an awesome instructor at CCSF formany years in what is now known as the Administration of Justice Department.

When his teaching career came to an end, I looked back on his achievements and saidWow, Larry made a difference. A Huge Difference ! He taught, he counseled, heguided, he helped, he cajoled, he prepared not just a few or hundreds but rather manythousands of kids and young adults to successful, honorable careers in lawenforcement, probation, teaching and the legal profession. Over the years, one couldlook at the SFPD Command Staff and see the ranks filled with Larrys formerstudents.

The City and County of San Francisco owes so much to this dedicated, humble andexemplary man. I know I sure do. He was and still is my teacher, my mentor, myconscience, my role model, my moral compass and my second Dad. Throughout mycareer, when faced with a decision, I would and still do ask myse lf, What would Larrydo right now?

Larry, from all of us whose lives you have touched in such a magical way, we thankyou for being a true Difference Maker. You are our Hero.

A Serious Moment

My Good Friends and Fellow Old Timers, I have been informed in confidence by someOld Timers that several of our members have or had been dealing with thehorrendous situation of a loved one stricken with the horrible and indiscriminate

Alzheimers Disease. As we all know, this disease always kills, but it does so in cruelfashion over time, robbing the victim of recognition and memory. It places acrushing burden on the victims family and caregivers, who struggle to provide loveand comfort as the victim drifts toward the end of life.

There is no present cure for this scourge, although research is making inroads intounderstanding how this illness originates and progresses. Much more needs to bedone to hopefully find a cure or ways to slow the disease and ease its effects. Butthis takes money, as does the battle against any catastrophic illness. Lets make acommitment as an organization to help fight this killer---let us become Old TimersAgainst Alzheimers!

Help SFBOTA Save Money!!

We are still looking for guys to sign up to have their monthly newsletters and eventflyers sent to them by email. We are approaching 60 members and counting whohave joined the email group, and the feedback has been very positive. If you want togo the email route, send me an email at [email protected] and well add you tothis elite group.
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Some Special Baseball Guys

This just in from our SFBOTA Secretary, Tony Boyadzis: Two high-school coachinglegends at El Camino HS in South SF had their numbers retired this season. LouZuardo and Carlos Roman were recognized with this highest of baseball honors fortheir coaching achievements, Lou from 1971 to 1982, and Carlos from 1985 to 2012.

I had the pleasure of playing with Lou on the Ellis Brooks Chevrolet team for about

10 years, and in that time I realized that Lou is a baseball genius. He reallyunderstands the game of baseball and his Baseball IQ is off the charts. N ot onlycould he play the game at a high level, he was able to instruct young players to playsmart. Lou, a long time catcher, is also a fabulous pitching coach and taught the nowwidely used circle change to a number of young professional pitchers and jump-started their careers.

Congratulations to Carlos and Lou on their successful careers and this great honor.

Important Dates Department:

June 14, 2016---Monthly Dinner at the Irish Cultural Center, cocktails at 6:00 PM,and dinner will be served at 7:00 PM. On the menu will be Pasta with Meat Sauce.(Some members of the Board of Directors have asked for permission to bring theirsock puppets and do stand-up comedy. President Rich Murphy instead has offered tobring his collection of Mario Lanza records instead.)

June 15, 2016---Marino Pieretti Group Luncheon, this time at the South SanFrancisco Elks Club. Cocktails begin at 11:30 and lunch is around 12:00 Noon. (DaveLonga, remember its the Elks Club, and the Elk on the wall is NOT Bullwinkle!)

(***Special Note: These dates are not a typo. The back-to-back occurrence ofthe Monthly Dinner and the Marino Pieretti Luncheon happens every once in awhile. Just remember that your wives love it when this happens---they get youout of the house two days in a row!)

July 12, 2016---This will be the Monthly LUNCH. Thats right, its a lunch, and kidsare welcome as guests. The doors to the Irish Cultural Center will open at 11:30 AMand lunch will began around Noon. That days menu will be Hot Dogs (als o known asTube Steak), Beans (Uh Oh!), and Corn on the Cob.

July 20, 2016--- Marino Pieretti Group Luncheon, which will take place at NicksRestaurant on Rockaway Avenue in Pacifica. Cocktails at 11:30 and lunch is at Noon.

Golf News---Upcoming EventsJune 27, 2016, starting at 9:00 AM---Monarch Bay Golf Course, in San Leandro. Thisis a fun golf course with some challenging holes, right next to the breezy OaklandEstuary. This will be a Scramble Format, and those who win closest-to-the-holeprizes will have earned them.

July 15, 2016, starting at 10:00 AM---Bennett Valley Golf Course. In Santa Rosa.This event is always heavily attended because BVGC is a great and fair course to play,


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and it doesnt get much more scenic than the surrounding foothills. This also is aScramble Format.

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Here are the closest-to-the-hole results from the Foxtail outing on 5/16/16, asreported by the Honorable Rich Ford, Commissioner of the R&A (Rotten and Awful)Golf Society of the SFBOTA:

3 rd Hole: Forward Tees (1) Leo Martinez 138 (2) Frank Brady 143 Back Tees (1) Dan Merol la 236 (2) ---Nobody---

6 th Hole: Forward Tees (1) Rich Brostrom 211 (2) Leo Martinez 40

Back Tees (1) ---Nobody--- (2) ---Nobody---

13 th Hole: Forward Tees (1) Roy Tripaldi 610 (2) Vince Nocito 230

Back Tees (1) Paul Navarro 10 (2) Gary Bader 109

15 th Hole: Forward Tees (1) John Kelly 39 (2) Rich Murphy 107

Back Tees (1) ---Nobody--- (2) ---Nobody---

(This Nobody guy is a GREAT golfer. He won 5 prizes! The Big Question:

Did he buy anybody drinks with his winnings?)

In Memoriam

It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of a fellow Old Timer and greatpersonal friend---Bob Summers. Bob lost his valiant battle against cancer, but hemaintained his courage right up to end. Bob grew up in SFs Excelsior District,

graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, and proudly served his country in VietNam as a member of the United States Navy. Bob was a long-time umpire, and it wasthrough that affiliation that I met him while I was a coach at USF. Bob was atremendous golfer and often played in Old Timer events. Bob is survived by his adultkids Jennifer, Danny and Jimmy, his sisters Linda and Carolyn, and too many friendsand relatives to count. Godspeed, Bob.

On the Mend

Bob Martinez, Ken Mooney, Rich Blackburn, Bill Kennaugh, Don Benedetti and HalFox---All these great guys are on the DL for now, and the Old Timers wish each andevery one of these honorable Members a speedy and complete recovery.And we are happy to report that Marci and Jim McCoy, who were both under theweather, are back in the swing of things and doing well.


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News Flash

Courtesy of Fellow Old Timer and sponsor Kris Kimball, SFBOTA has a website whichI would encourage everyone to take a look at it at www.sfbot.net There are some greatphotos in there. Kris has noted that you can becom e a Follower which will get youautomatic updates. Thank you, Kris!

You Know Youre an Old Timer When

you are watching TV and you try to change the channel with your Medic Alertbracelet.

you stand at the foot of your stairs and think Do I need to g o up there forsomething or did I just come back down?

your wife yells at you for drinking milk straight out of the bottle in the fridge, youdeny it, and she hands you your teeth which she found in the bottle. Busted!!

Ultimate Old Timer and Men of the Year Dinner

On Friday, May 27, we had the distinct pleasure of attending a dinner at Nicks tohonor the latest Ultimate Old Timer, the venerable Nick Cannuli, and two Men of theYear, Bob Volkert and John LeTourneau. It was a fantastic function! Nick broughtwhat seemed like 248 relatives (really only 24), and it was a beautiful thing to see.Bob won the Best Acceptance Speech award--- he said Thank you very much for thisgreat award and the crowd went wild (Total Elapsed Time 2.68 Seconds). And Joh nsaved himself several weeks of sleeping outside in the back seat of his car bybelatedly re-taking the microphone and introducing his sweet wife and family afteralmost forgetting to do it earlier. Close call, JLT, but you saved your own bacon!

And there was quite an impressive display of a whole boatload of previously honored

Ultimate Old Timers in their distinctive jackets. What an honor it was for all of us tosee.

OverheardBobby Mitchell was selling raffle tickets at a monthly dinner with his faithful friend,Nick Poppin, when Bob asks Nick, Hey , if you had cross 50 miles of Death Valley in120 degree heat at high noon, what would you take with you to survive? Nick said,Id carry a big can of water on my back, and Id drink from it, and spray myself withwater to keep myself cool. So Nick says to Bobby What would you take, Bob? AndBobby swells up and says I would take a car door. Nick quizzically looks at Bobbyand says Why would you take a car door? Bobby replied, Well, whe n it gets hot,Id roll down the window. Nick fainted.

New Members Department

No new members were presented to either the Old Timers or the Marino PierettiGroup in May. Word has it that the FBI has not yet completed the backgroundchecks on the applicants, some of whom may be on the No-Fly Lists.
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Rogues Gallery

2016 Man of the Year

Bob Volkert

2016 Ultimate Old Timer

Nick Cannuli

2016 Man Of the Year

John LeTourneau

A Squadron of Ultimate Old Timers

Standing (L-R) Ken Mooney, PeteDalton, Cliff Righetti, Don Benedetti

and Gary Bader

Seated (L-R) Nick Cannuli, ErnieGolding and Leo Martinez

Members of the 1956 City College ofSan Francisco Championship Team

(L-R) Fred Quinn, Bob Bandettini, KenDito, Ron Castro, Jim Poppin, Frank

(Cic) Williams, and Bud Williams


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JAR OF GOLDFellow Old Timers Jim Jarvis & Ernie Golding

THE GRIDER FAMILY

RETIRED SAN FRANCISCO FIREFIGHTERS

Nick Cannuli, Bill DeMattei, Mel Canevaro, Jim OConnor, Don Dennehy, Bob Moser, Milt Panagotacos, Mike Pera, Jack Bonnici, Roger Bross, Frank Kelly

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ALUMNI of MISSION HIGH SCHOOLVince Belli, Eddie Gutierrez, Joe Blea, Steve Riordan, Terry Roach

THE BALL TEAMThe Late Frank Strazzullo, The Late John Alameda, Mike Bagdon, Rich Ford, Con Maloney, Billy Jones,Art White, Ken Mooney and Big Sully

THE 1956 BIG 8 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL TEAMBob Bandetini, Glen Buckowatz, Ron Castro, Ken Dito, Russ Fadelf, Roger Ferrari, Lew Flores,

Fred Glosser, Blair LeMire, John McCarthy, Larry Nielsen, Larry Nissim, Jim Poppin,Fred Quinn, Ray Waruman, Frank Cic Williams, Vince Bud W illiams

ANONYMOUS DONORThanks Old Timers---Your Monthly Newsletter Is A Great Read

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