Kennett Old Timers Hall of Fame banquet, Jan. 16
KENNETT — The 36th annual Kennett Old TimersBaseball Hall of Fame Banquet and induction ceremony will be held on Jan. 16 at the Kennett Fire Company Red Clay Room. The ceremony honors local athletes who haveexcelled in baseball after high school. Longtime Phillies broadcaster and club ambassador Chris Wheeler will be this year’s guest speaker.
There are eight inductees for2016: Bill Beirne,...
Chester County’s Mike Piazza belongs in the Hall
Lunkhead sportswriters may keep him out, but we know the truth
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Chester County’s Mike Piazza belongs in baseball’s Hall of Fame. The game never saw a better hitting catcher.
More than likely, sometime Tuesday morning, we’re going to see that Chester County’s own Mike Piazza, hands down the best hitting catcher in baseball, just missed getting elected...
I kind of mind the gap
Strahan’s Hall of Fame bust doesn’t get teeth right
By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, The Times
Are you ready for some football?
Nothing shouts fall more than the distant drumbeat of the high school band or the coach’s whistle when he barks “again” to his sweaty players during an early practice. The installation of the new crop of pro football hall of famers in Canton...
History made personal: Pennock’s baseball
Hall of Famer from Kennett Square helped Yanks win seven titles
By Gene Pisasale, Special to UnionvilleTimes.com
This baseball, signed by Herb Pennock and Jimmie Foxx, can be seen at the Sanderson Museum.
In the entryway of the Christian Sanderson Museum, a baseball sits in a case on a small wooden pedestal, red and blue stitching wrapped around some famous names of the Boys of Summer. The pedestal...
