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Chuck Blomquist Dies
A celebration of Chuck’s life will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 12 at the First Unitarian Society, 900 Mount Curve Avenue, Minneapolis 55403, near Walker Art Center. Peanuts and Crackerjack will be served and Take Me Out to the Ballgame will be played. During the program, there will be time for anyone to share memories of him. “You were friends, and we all know he loved baseball, especially the minor leagues,” wrote Joyce. “SABR and the Halsey Hall Chapter meant a lot to Chuck.”
The chapter meeting will be at the Grace University Lutheran Church, 324 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, 612-331-0125. Parking is in lot AA, across Harvard Street from the church. Attendees can head over to the Kevin Hennessy home (608 Grand Avenue, St. Paul 55102, 651-651-492-2298) after the meeting to watch the playoffs on television. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the opening ceremonies at 9:00. Tom Quinlan will be on next, followed by research presentations, which will take place before and after lunch. So far, four research presentations have been scheduled:
Other members are invited to submit a proposal to make a research presentation at the meeting. Proposals must be made in writing (e-mail is fine) to Research Committee Chair Rich Arpi, 2445 Londin Lane East, Unit 410, Maplewood 55119-5547, 651-739-6986, rich.arpi@comcast.net, and should include a title and brief outline of what the presentation will consist of with emphasis on the research that will be included. Standard presentations are 20 minutes (with an additional eight minutes for questions) although the duration may be longer or shorter depending on the needs of the presenter and of the schedule. Generally, up to five presentations may be accommodated, and these will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The Research Committee (which also consists of Tom Swift, Dan Levitt, Bob Tholkes, Cary Smith, and Stew Thornley) will finalize the schedule of research presentations by October 3, two weeks before the meeting, so proposals must be submitted by then. The cost of the meeting is $8 with lunch and $5 without lunch. Please RSVP to Events Chair Howard Luloff at 952-922-5036, hfan77@webtv.net, by October 10.
He played baseball through high school and, attending his first major league game, saw Sidney Ponson shut out the Twins. Karl also once witnessed a Luis Rivas walk-off home run against the Royals. “I’m not sure which was more unlikely,” he says. Karl shares his November 4 birthday with fellow chapter member Pete Gorton as well as Bobby Wallace, Carlos Baerga, Eric Karros, Tito Francona, Dick Groat, Carl Sawatski, John Grabow, and Will Rogers. Dick “Richard” Marple grew up in Faribault, where he played (“good field/occasional hit”) and also watched the Faribault Lakers, featuring Howie Schultz, in the Southern Minnesota League. He became a Milwaukee Braves fan as he listened to their games on KDHL 920 AM. Dick saw his first Twins game, against the Tigers, in May of 1961. His saddest day at the ballpark came September 30, 1981, the last game at Met Stadium. He has never been in the Metrodome but has seen a lot of baseball elsewhere, taking tours with the “Save the Met” group. Dick attended the fifth game of the 1982 World Series, at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Five years later he was back at County Stadium to see Kirby Puckett get 10 hits in 11 at-bats for the Twins in a pair of weekend games. As a cab driver in Minneapolis in the late 1970s, Dick’s passengers included Yogi Berra, Catfish Hunter, Ron Davis (when he was with the Yankees), Clint Hurdle, Matt Keough, Bob Fishel, and the best tipper of the bunch, Don Stanhouse. Dick had been a member of SABR in pre-internet years and, as a baseball biographies junkie, hopes to improve his research skills and contribute to the SABR BioProject. Dick was born October 19, 1945, four days before Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers and the same day as Alan Mitchell Edward George Patrick Henry “Dirty Al” Gallagher was born. Dick shares his birthday with fellow chapter member Fred Buckland as well as Three-Fingered Brown, Fred Snodgrass, Super Joe McEwing, Sandy Alomar Sr., Walter Bond, Tim Belcher, Michael Young, Randy Ruiz, J. A. Happ, Keith Foulke, and Bob O’Farrell.
September 13—Research Committee Meeting. For more information, contact Rich Arpi, 651-739-6986, rich.arpi@comcast.net. October 4—Halsey Hall Chapter Board Meeting, 6 p.m. For more information, contact Kevin Hennessy, 651-651-492-2298, kwhennes@ties2.net. October 10—Book Club, Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall, Roseville, 9:30 a.m., Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend by Larry Tye. For more information, contact Tom Dolen, 651-483-8617, or Art Mugalian, 612-721-2825, amugalian@comcast.net. October 17—Fall Chapter Meeting. For more information, contact Howard Luloff, 952-922-5036, Hfan77@webtv.net. Halsey Hall Chapter Web Page: http://halseyhall.org
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