Pictured below is Bill Borst, founder of the STL Browns Historical Society; Ned Garver, former Browns pitcher and Denise Rivlin, Browns Fan Club Member. Click to enlarge photo.
Bill Rogers, President of the Fan Club, said he was
already fielding questions as to how the fan club will top this year's program.
Rogers said, "This has become a common question ever since we had Mike
Veeck, son of Bill Veeck, the last owner of the Browns as our speaker in 2009.
This was followed in 2010 with Tommy Lasorda and Bob Costas as speakers and
then followed with Whitey Herzog, Bob Turley and Ned Garver last year.
This year's speakers included Milo Hamilton, broadcaster
for the Houston Astros who started his baseball broadcast career with the St.
Louis Browns in 1953 broadcasting televised games. Hamilton is one of six
living members of the Broadcaster's Wing of the baseball Hall of Fame. He has called
some 9,000 games and worked for six major league clubs. He has called many
famous events with the most famous play-by-play call of all time - Hank Aaron's
number 715.
Ned Garver, with his stories and yarns, is an annual
favorite. Ned pitched for the Browns from 1948 to 1952. He was a 20-game winner
in 1951 when the team lost 100 games and finished in last place.
Who would you like to see at a future Fans & Browns
reunion? Drop us a note and we'll do our
best to see if the former Brownie can make our reunion gathering. Send to
stlbrowns@swbell.net.
