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Tuesday and Wednesday March 17-18-2015
Pinewild Country Club Holly Course and Dormie Club Golf Course
25 Players
Pinewild Dormie Total
1. Jake Massey 78 85 163
2. Cletis Dozier 84 82 166
3. Raymond Mitchell 92 82 174
4. Steve Boyd 83 91 174
5. Bill Barrett 87 89 176
6. Edward Hooper 91 88 179
7. Donald Mackey 86 93 179
8. John Love 87 93 180
9. Otis Worthy 85 96 181
10. David Bell 89 93 182
11. Ralph Simmons 89 93 182
12. Barry Robinson 94 89 183
13. Spencer Thompson 93 91 184
14. Alvin “Pig” Mills 92 93 185
15. Karl Adkins 88 97 185
16. Ron Michaux 88 102 190
17. Lonnie Langston 87 103 190
18. Larry Gladden 91 100 191
19. Richard Lewis 95 98 193
20. Marco Zamora 100 95 195
21. Tom Baldwin 96 100 196
22. Golphin Hankinson 104 100 204
23. Ray McLaughlin 102 102 204
24. Matt Holland 94 106 210
25. Wesley Clement DNP 100 100
Pinewild Country Club
Tuesday March 17, 2015
Team Score
1. Steve Boyd 83
2. Lonnie Langston 87
3. John Love 87
4. Ron Michaux 88
5. Ralph Simmons 89
6. Tom Baldwin 96
Total 530
1. Jake Massey 78
2. Bill Barrett 87
3. Alvin “Pig” Mills 92
4. Raymond Mitchell 92
5. Spencer Thompson 93
6. Richard Lewis 95
Total 537
1. Cletis Dozier 84
2. Karl Adkins 88
3. Larry Gladden 91
4. Edward Hooper 91
5. Matt Holland 94
6. Golphin Hankinson 104
Total 552
1. Otis Worthy 85
2. Donald Mackey 86
3. David Bell 89
4. Barry Robinson 94
5. Marco Zamora 100
6. Ray McLaughlin 102
Total 556
Skins
#1 Donald Mackey (Birdie)
#3 Jake Massey (Birdie)
#6 Bill Barrett (Birdie)
#14 Jake Massey (Birdie)
Extra Skins
#1 Donald Mackey (Cletis Dozier) (Birdie)
#3 Jake Massey (Birdie)
#6 Bill Barrett (Cletis Dozier) (Birdie)
#14 Jake Massey (Birdie)
Dormie Club Golf Course
Wednesday March 18, 2015
Team Score
1. Raymond Mitchell 82
2. Barry Robinson 89
3. John Love 93
4. Ralph Simmons 93
5. Alvin “Pig” Mills 93
6. Wesley Clement 100
Total 550
1. Jake Massey 85
2. Bill Barrett 89
3. Spencer Thompson 91
4. Otis Worthy 96
5. Ray McLaughlin 102
6. Lonnie Langston 103
Total 566
1. Cletis Dozier 82
2. David Bell 93
3. Marco Zamora 100
4. Golphin Hankinson 100
5. Ron Michaux 102
6. Matt Holland 106
Total 578
1. Edward Hooper 88
2. Steve Boyd 91
3. Donald Mackey 93
4. Karl Adkins 97
5. Richard Lewis 98
6. Tom Baldwin 100
7. Larry Gladden 100
Total 667
Skins
#1 Raymond Mitchell (Par)
#3 Larry Gladden (Par)
#4 Steve Boyd (Birdie)
#6 Cletis Dozier (Par)
#8 Raymond Mitchell (Par)
#13 Donald Mackey (Par)
#14 Edward Hooper (Birdie)
#15 Donald Mackey (Birdie)
#18 Steve Boyd (Birdie)
Extra Skins
#1 Raymond Mitchell (Par)
#3 Larry Gladden (Par)
#4 Steve Boyd (Birdie)
#6 Cletis Dozier (Par)
#8 Raymond Mitchell (Par)
#13 Donald Mackey (Cletis Dozier) (Par)
#14 Edward Hooper (Birdie)
#15 Donald Mackey (Cletis Dozier) (Birdie)
#18 Steve Boyd (Birdie)
Submitted by John Love
GOING, GOING…ALMO
ST GONE! Weekly tickets for the 2015 PGA Championship sold-out last year, but select daily tickets remain available for purchase at www.PGAChampionship.com, including limited tickets for the Championship Rounds. The 2015 PGA Championship will be played August 10-16. Follow @PGAChampionship on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook to keep up with news from the PGA Championship.
(March 26, 2015) – There will be a new Golf Management Scholarship at the University Maryland Eastern Shore, thanks to a $10,000 gift from golfers Tiger Woods. The personal donation from Woods makes him the first individual to contribute to the University’s fund that will honor the memory of the late professional golfer Dr. Charlie Sifford.
With his contribution, Woods is joining with the University to pay tribute to Sifford, a man who broke the PGA Tour’s color barrier in the early 1960s.
In launching the Sifford Fund, UMES is committing to “provide need-based scholarships to highly talented students who demonstrate a passion for the game of golf … and who are from populations underrepresented in the golf industry.”
UMES is the nation’s only historically black university that offers a bachelor’s degree in professional golf management accredited by the PGA of America.
“The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is honored to accept this generous gift from Tiger Woods to support our professional golf management program and to partner with us in acknowledging Dr. Sifford’s role as a sports pioneer,” UMES President Juliette B. Bell said.
Charlie Sifford died Feb. 3 at the age of 92, a passing that prompted the golf and sports worlds to pause and reflect on what he accomplished.
Many looked to Woods, who referred to Sifford as “the grandpa I never had.”
“Without Charlie Sifford, and the other pioneers who fought to play, I may not be playing golf,” Woods said. “My Pop may not have picked up the game, and maybe I wouldn’t have either.”
On November 24, 2015 at a private reception on Capitol Hill, the day Sifford was honored to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony, UMES held a congratulatory reception. With the Medal of Freedom, Sifford joins Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus as the only golfers to receive the nation’s highest civilian honor.
Sifford and his extended family showed their extreme pleasure during the evening in meeting UMES students, many being African Americans who are pursuing careers in the golf industry.
Billy Dillon, UMES’ PGA golf management program director, said the feeling was mutual among his students.
“It was a special moment for a lot of them,” Dillon said. “Some knew about what Mr. Sifford accomplished, and when others learned why he was being recognized, I think they realized the importance of the moment.”
Back in the limelight just weeks before his passing refocused attention on Sifford’s difficult journey as a 20th century athlete of color attempting to play a sport professionally that was segregated.
Following the reception and encouraged by the turnout at its tribute for Sifford, UMES immediately began exploring ways it might “honor the life and legacy of Dr. Sifford, and further his aspirations for the sport that he loved.”
In Sifford’s autobiography, “Just Let Me Play,” he wrote:
“I want golf to reach out to people from all walks of life and to be the sport that puts itself above issues of race and class and economic levels,” Sifford wrote. “We should give everybody equal access to the game, with equal facilities to play and we should give them the same opportunities to pursue the game throughout their lives.”
Using Sifford’s words as inspiration and its distinctive platform, UMES is not only preparing diverse leaders for careers in the golf profession, but is also expanding involvement in golf among populations currently underrepresented in the industry, including women and minorities.
UMES’ PGA golf management program currently enrolls 44 students, more than half of whom are women and minorities. Upon graduation, they will be positioned for careers in recreational or competitive golf, business, marketing, media and hospitality.
On Woods’s Twitter account after learning of Sifford’s death, Woods wrote: “We all lost a brave, decent and honorable man. I’ll miss (you) Charlie.”
For more information visit the Website: http://ulgaguild.org/golf.php 
| Sport: | Golf |
| Event Type: | National Championship |
| Date(s): | Jul 23-26, 2015 |
| License No: | 15NOGOX757 |
| Contact: | Bill Harper (901) 485-6806 [email protected] |
| Location(s): | Mirimichi Golf Course |
LOCATION: MIRIMICHI GOLF CLUB – 6195 Woodstock Cuba Rd., Millington, TN 38053
www.mirimichi.com
DATES: JULY 23rd – JULY 26th, 2015
THURSDAY, JULY 23rd: 1 parent, 1 Junior Practice Round Special (Optional) $110 for Mirimichi and $50 for Little Michi – Inludes 1 Cart Call Pro Shop for Tee Time: 423-639-2961.
FRIDAY, JULY 24th: 8:00 AM – REGISTRATION & Mandatory Rules Meeting 9:00 AM – 1 st Rd 18 Hole Stroke Play (Tee #1 & #10 All Age Groups) Long Drive Contests (After Friday Golf, Open to Boys & Girls All Age Groups) *Long Drive Winner (Boy & Girl) receive a SkyCaddie Range Finder Chip & Putting Contest (After Friday Golf, 6U, 8U, 10U & 12U Age Groups Only) 6:00 PM – Athletes Party & Awards at the Pavilion at Mirimichi Golf Course
SATURDAY, JULY 25th: 8:00 AM – 2 nd Rd 18 Hole Stroke Play (Tee #1 & #10 All Age Groups) 2:00 PM – 1 st Rd Match Play, 8 Boys Seeding from Stroke Play (ages 14-18) 2:00 PM – 1 st Rd Match Play, 4 Girls Seeding from Stroke Play (ages 12-18) *All ties for Match Play Seeding will be determined by USGA Tie Breaker System
SUNDAY, JULY 26th: 8:00 AM – Boys Semi-Finals & Girls Finals for Match Play 1:00 PM – Boys Finals for Match Play *Yost Cup Trophies Awarded to AAU National Match Play Champion & Runner-Up AGE DIVISIONS: June 1ST, 2015 is the determining date for the age of the competitor for all AAU Golf.
AAU has also launched a GoFundMe campaign and accepting donations that will help assist in getting black players to the tournament.
“Young Cats Swinging for Old Lions and Benefiting New Cubs”
Golf and Jazz! An awesome combination that unites each year at the New Orleans Musicians Celebrity Golf Classic and Awards Banquet Fundraiser (NOMCGC).
President, Founder, CEO and Event Chair, Glennon E. Bazzle and the Global Golf Institute welcomes you to the 4th Annual New Orleans Musicians Celebrity Golf Classic (NOMCGC) and Awards Banquet Fundraiser.
“Our goal is twofold, one, to honor living legends in the New Orleans music industry and two, to raise funds for local 501 (c-3) organizations with youth programs specializing in New Orleans music and cultural traditions, says Bazzle, a certified golf trainer who has over two decades of experience training and motivating leaders, and locals, throughout the world.
“Therefore, we are ‘Bridging Generations in Music and Making Connections in Golf’ as our slogan says, ‘Young Cats Swinging for Old Lions and benefiting New Cubs.'”
The annual event draws a star-filled roster of ‘who’s who’ from across the music world including legends, Grammy award winners and sophisticates of all ages and backgrounds for a spectacular tournament and networking. And, of course, great New Orleans music and food are always a part of the festivities!
Among other good news for this year’s outing is, “All registered players will also be given complimentary lessons, 3 days a week, as part of their participation,” says Mr. Bazzle. The complimentary golf lessons will take place on the following days at City Park Driving Range:
Time: 6:30 p.m.
During MARCH on these days: Tuesdays, 10th 17th 24th / Thursdays, 12th 19th 25th / Saturdays, 14th 21st 28th
ONLY Registered NOMCGC tournament players are eligible to participate in the contest.
The NOMCGC program has grown tremendously over the past four years, therefore, the event is now privileged to add several new and exciting events to the two-day schedule:
Tuesday Evening, April 7, 2015
Players & Sponsors Pairing Party
The Prime Example Jazz Club
1909 North Broad Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70119
The 2015 NOMCGC Golf Classic Wednesday 8:30 AM, April 8, 2015
4-man scramble. (Rain Date: April 9, 2015)
Joseph Bartholomew Golf Course
6514 Congress Drive, New Orleans, LA 70126
2015 Honorees Parade
starting at 3:00 PM at 2401 Esplanade Avenue and ends at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant.
Music is by Benny Jones and the Treme’ Brass Band [view video]
The 2015 Awards Banquet 4:00 PM
Dooky Chase’s Restaurant
2301 Orleans Avenue New Orleans, LA 70119
ABOUT Glennon E. Bazzle aka “The King of Swing,” is author of Anatomy of the Perfect Golf Swing, founder and CEO of Global Golf Institute, LLC. The Institute provides exceptional golf instruction, teaching certification and personalized golf services, to promote golfers’ health and well-being and the love of the game around the world! He may be contacted by email Cell phone: 504-583-6842
SAVE THE DATE: Lawrence Taylor’s 7th Annual Throwback Celebrity Golf Weekend April 24-26, 2015. For more information on registration and sponsorship opportunities, contact Paula Tucker at [email protected]
Mar 11, 2015, 1:41 PM ET
By ABC NEWS via Good Morning America. This is one beast on the golf course that doesn’t need to scream “fore!” for others to make way.
Two people on the links at the Myakka Pines Golf Course in Englewood, Florida, snapped a photo of a huge alligator roaming the course and posted the photos to the club’s Facebook page.
“We have a lot of alligators around here because there are no houses for miles and it’s just open swamp land,” The club’s general manager Mickie Zada told ESPN, estimating the size of the gator at 12 to 13 feet. “Our members know that when they see a good one, to take pictures and they did.”
“If it’s really cold you might not see one,” Zada told ESPN. “But if there’s any sunshine at all, it would be impossible for you play 18 and not see a gator.”
A successful weekend of fundraising activities for the EPAT -Ball/P.M. & The Junior Giants 11th annual golf classic began with a 6:00 p.m. hospitality on Friday, October 30 at the Westgate Resort in Las Vegas where over 75 guests gathered to enjoy cocktails, music, hors d’oeuvres and interesting conversation.
Coach Gene Tate, leader of the youth organization, had nicely prepared all of the details for hosting a successful 11th Annual Golf Classic. Players teed-off as planned, on Saturday, October 31, with an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start at the beautiful Las Vegas National Golf Club followed by an evening awards reception with dinner and dancing at the Westgate Resort. Celebrities and guests mixed-and-mingled for hours on end for the highlight celebration.
“I wish to thank all of those who joined us,” said Coach Gene Tate. “Without your support, we would not be able to continue to serve the youth of our community with our programs. Special thanks to all of our sponsors and those who donated items for our raffle and gift bags.” Supporters included
ABOUT:
The EPAT -Ball/P.M. & The Junior Giants programs are affiliates of the San Francisco Junior Giants and are dedicated to teaching the fundamentals of baseball in a free, noncompetitive and character-based environment.
Junior Giants is the flagship program of the San Francisco Giants Community Fund, a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization. The program was creed to provide underserved children living in inner cities and rural communities across California, Nevada and Oregon the opportunity to run the bases, rather than the streets, each summer.
Through the support of the community the organization continues to provide at-risk children with programs that empower them for life. The Junior Giants program is designed to help children who want to be successful but need a little guidance.
“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”― Martin Luther King Jr.
Serving and giving to others is one of the most powerful things a human can do. To serve and give freely from the heart is a power from God. In order to save this world, it is incumbent that we instil in our young people the gift of serving and giving of ourselves freely to help others. Before my father became ill, he and my mother had me doing some type of work–either around the house or with my father on his job.
I remember as a youth, at the age of 17, volunteering for the Handy Homes housing authority (housing projects) in Florence, AL. As a volunteer during the summertime, I handed out sandwiches and juices to the kids on the playground. It was also during this time that I was developing into becoming a star athlete in football and track & field. In addition to all of this, I worked several jobs with Mr. Grant and Mr. Long. These men also helped me develop my work ethic. They would have me working with them around their house or with them on their part-time jobs, especially Mr. Grant. With him I learned how to operate a buffer machine and commercial size lawn mowers. My father was bedridden throughout my high school years, so I helped my mother take care of him–from helping her bathe him and turning his body daily to avoid bedsores.
As I write this, it is amazing how I vividly remember that particular summer. Along with the refreshment duties, I helped oversee their play while they ran around the playground, slid up-and-down the sliding board, and enjoyed themselves on the swings. There was no organized program or any educational components, kids just running around laughing and having a good time. Back in those days, it seemed as though we had more family and more educational and societal values.
I shared this brief background on my life as an example of how sometimes it takes a community/village to raise a child. As far as the black community is concerned, we need the black man, old and young, to step up and fill-in the gaps in the lives of many of our youth–like Mr. Grant and Mr. Long did for me. Mind you, this is not a black thing, all kids, rich and poor, black, white and brown, need good strong upbringing. But the statistics reflects that in America, nearly 70% of our black kids are raised in single parent households…our black women need help!
But today, due to the lack of family, educational and societal values, our youth and families are less prepared to handle the negative challenges of life. Reality TV, sex, violence and vulgarity is the norm rather than the exception. With the new and advanced technologies and social media (selfies, Facebook etc.), it appears we are more concerned with “Me versus We”!
If we embrace how President Obama framed and used “We” in his recent Selma speech, it can inspire a consciousness of service to others. President Obama said, “Because Selma shows us that America is not the project of any one person. Because the single-most powerful word in our democracy is the word “We.” “We The People.” “We Shall Overcome.” “Yes We Can.” That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone. Oh, what a glorious task we are given, to continually try to improve this great nation of ours”. I believe in order for President Obama’s speech to be realized, we must prepare our youth so they will be prepared to take the mantle to care for others and be willing to serve and give freely from the heart.
Now when I return to Florence in the same neighborhood that I was raised in, can you believe the kids have fewer things to do now, than those kids of years past! This is the primary reason why I travel back to Florence during the summer months, so I can introduce the kids to the game of golf and give them something to experience that I didn’t have the opportunity to.
This is why it is imperative that our young people gain knowledge of and exercise the spirit of giving back and serving others. So when they get older and if the world hasn’t beaten them down too roughly, they will have the spirit of service and giving.
Having work ethics is a value that is best implanted in one’s formative years. Developing work ethics can be as simple as cutting the grass, doing the dishes, cleaning up you room, making up the bed, pulling weeds from around the house/garden; reading a book; writing a paper and other things that we take for granted. Completing a task and doing the best you can do develop work ethics. When I was a training manager for Wendy’s back in the early 80’s. I used to tell my high school employees that if they were given a task, to be the best person in the world doing that task. If they had to clean the toilet, be the best toilet cleaner in the world. That attitude and work ethic will continue and carryon for their entire lives.
Creating a program that helps families to develop and foster work ethics in young people is just as important as getting good grades. In many cases, good grades are attained by cheating and other means. But a kid with good work ethics will not cheat! My non-scientific hypothesis find that, at least 90% of the time, a good honest kids will mature into a good honest adult!
TVYGD is designed to help our youth develop their academic and golf skills. But if we can help our youth embrace good strong work ethics in their formative years, when it comes to mastery in golf, we have a better chance of developing them into a good golf player and a great person.
I would love to hear from you on how your work ethics were instilled in you!
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Howard Bankhead
Executive Director
Tennessee Valley Youth Golf Development
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The Training With Pay organization held its 2nd annual Celebrity Golf Classic Tournament Fundraiser on February 13, 2015 at the historical 18 hole Chester Washington Golf Course located in South Los Angeles, California.
(photo L-R: Frank Robinson and Don Buford)
It was a typical perfect, sunny California, February day, with “let’s go play golf” written all over it. Thanks to golfer Donna Castron, member of “Different Strokes”, a newly formed golf club organization based in Los Angeles, for referring me to the Training With Pay Org., from that referral, I was requested to participate, as a blogger, in their Celebrity Golf Classic.
Upon my arrival at Chester Washington, to do my job as a blogger, I was greeted warmly by Mr. Miles Grayson, Recording Artist, Musician, Arranger, Composer, and Founder of Grayson Productions. 
Grayson in turn introduced me to Alesia Ellis, President of Training with Pay and the organizer of this Celebrity Golf Classic. Alesia shared with me the purpose and mission of Training With Pay and the logistics of the days’ Classic Tournament.
Partnering with Miles Grayson in a golf cart, watching him peruse the golf course–while monitoring the needs of the golfers–was not only fun and exciting, it also afforded me the opportunity to get to know him better, and to take photos of a few celebrity golfers. I must say that Miles Grayson is a hoot !!–as well as very entertaining, and knowledgeable of the world of golf.
Now, I was told from the beginning of the day, that all of the registered golfers, including the celebrities were men except for one. A 16-year old young lady. To my surprise, and “trust me” when I tell you that I had absolutely no clue that, this 16-year old young lady would be none other than Kasey Torres. However there she was, out on the green swinging that golf club with conviction, and empowerment, while being fussed over and admired for her golfing abilities, by former Major League Baseball Legends. Now you ask me, who is Kasey Torres, and who are those Major League Baseball Legends?
Kasey Torres is an amazing 16-year old golfer, with great talent, skills and potential, a lovely, soft spoken prize product of South Los Angeles’ Maggie Hathaway’s First Tee program.
I had the honor of introducing her in my November 2014 golf blog, and if you didn’t read it, make sure that you take the time to do just that. In December 2014, Kasey was also selected to be published by the African American Golfers Digest in its popular “Golfer of the Week” series. You might want to take a look at that as well.
(photo: Barbara Taylor and Kasey Torres)
Now, I presume you want to know who were the Baseball legends, and other celebrities in their own right ?
Well let me start with, to mention a few: Frank Robinson, former Outfielder, played with the Orioles, Angels, Dodgers, and Indians. In 1975, became the first Major League African American manager and joined the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. (Photo above L-R): Miles Grayson with Kasey Torres
Don Buford, Infielder/Outfielder-switch hitter, played for the Chicago White Sox, and the Baltimore Orioles ,1968-1972. Darrell Jackson, former Pitcher with the Minnesota Twins, 1978 –1982, Johnny Lee “Blue Moon” Odom, Pitcher, former Major League Baseball won three consecutive World Series Championships with the Oakland Athletics in 1972, 1973, and 1974.
I had an opportunity to talk with Blue Moon Odom, about his love for golf and he stated that he has been playing golf for 40 years, loves the game, and, playing in tournaments–especially with his former baseball teammates, because playing with teammates gives him the opportunity to engage in the “I can hit farther than you” bragging rights.
This tournament format was setup with one celebrity paired with four players to create a team. I don’t know if it was by design, or the luck of he draw, that our girl Kasey Torres was paired with Frank Robinson, John Buford, Daryl Iwasakai, and Ron Chenier.
The Tournament ended with an awards luncheon, that included a live band. Historically the awards luncheon ceremonies draw more non-golfers than golfers, which was the case at this celebrity classic, however the luncheon and entertainment was enjoyed by all. Speaking for myself, I had a wonderful time. However, I do regret not taking the opportunity to chat with more celebrities; for some reason I got stuck on conversing and taking pictures, on only one side of the room. I’m still learning !!!
The 1st place winners of the tournament were Johnny “Blue Moon” Odom, Hubie Brooks, Ray Burn, and Rudy Law.
(photo: 1st place winners displaying their bragging rights, Blue Moon Odom (center)
Second place winners were Darrell Jackson, Charles Carr, Joseph Smith, Luis Batson. Now I would be remissed in not reporting what was, and what should have been, so I will share with you that the second place winners “woulda/shoulda” have been Frank Robinson, Don Buford, Daryl Iwasaki, and Ron Chenier, and Kasey Torres. However, since their score card was not turned in to the score keeper– which was a classic case of the right hand, not knowing what the left hand is doing–they were disqualified.
Oh well!! So Kasey Torres was not rewarded with a trophy for her day of golfing achievements, however, at the end of the day Kasey Torres was truly an award winner. Kasey was awarded the opportunity and the honor to play, connect , and benefit professionally from playing golf with Legendary Giants, who have promised to, and excited about, following and supporting her throughout her golfing career. My personal feeling is, okay, so she wasn’t handed a trophy, however, she was awarded for her talent by two of the most influential people in America, my friends that is priceless!!
On the subject of former baseball celebrities, and in honor of Black History Month, let’s remember another baseball Hall of Fame “Gentleman” Mr. Minnie Minoso, outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, and the first black major league player in Chicago. Minoso was born Saturnino Orestes Arrieta, in Perico, Cuba. He was a seven-time, all-star. A three-time Gold Glove award winner and finished his career with numbers (.298 average, 186 home runs, 1,023 runs batted in). That some consider Hall of Fame worthy, given that he might have reached the majors earlier, if the game hadn’t been segregated before 1947. Minoso was also one of only two players to appear in Major league games over five different decades.
Minoso died Sunday morning, March 1, 2015 at the age of 90. And so it is ….
Until next time!
Barbara Taylor is a freelance writer who enjoys golf and is living the golf lifestyle! She is based in Los Angeles, California. | Email