Don Larsen felt so bad about missing our June luncheon due to a scheduling snafu, he offered to come back and do an event with the fan club as soon as possible."Why wait til next year?", we decided, "when the biggest publicity-generating event in fan club history is September 9?". As you know, at Busch Stadium on that Friday night, 30,000 fans will pass through the turnstiles with a box under their arm containing a limited-edition Eddie Gaedel Bobblehead. And 30,000 fans will have conversations among their family, "Who were the St. Louis Browns??"
Granddads will explain to grandkids. And so on. And the memory of the St. Louis Browns will have been preserved in one great leap. (And just in the nick of time while we are down to only 17 living Browns players).
So we decided to "Double-down with Don". We're bringing Don into town (from Idaho). Don will be representing the Browns on the field and in the broadcast booth that evening on KMOX radio.
But first, Don will be appearing at a special event. And you are invited! But space is limited.
In other words ...
DONT THINK! It's Don Frickin Larsen and a free Eddie Gaedel
Bobblehead! ACT! And when you hear the special venue where this
pregame party will be taking place (SEE BELOW) ... I know you are going to
flip. And when you hear how you will be riding in style to be dropped off
directly at your stadium gate you are going to flip (plus breathe a sigh of
relief knowing that downtown hassles will be at a minimum).So here are the dirty deets:
Location: The Tiny Bar (Eddie Gaedel-themed bar voted The Riverfront Times Best New Bar of 2015)
1008
Locust at 10th Street
Downtown
St. Louis
Time:
Friday, Sept. 9
2:30 to 5:30pm
Deluxe trolley to the ballpark (gates
open at 6:00 p.m). The trolley service provides roundtrip transportation from the Tiny Bar to Busch Stadium and
back to your parking location.
Parking:
Two
convenient surface lots and one garage available within two blocks.
Here's what you get:
Meet & Greet
Don Larsen & Corrine LarsenLive Interview of Don by Benjamin Hochmann of the Post-DispatchWorld's only Browns-themed barAppetizers catered by Art of Entertaining® and two (2) not-so tiny drinks from the Tiny Bar Your photo professionally taken with Don
Larsen (w/ Polaroid® ~ no charge)Two (2) autographs (your item or Polaroid)Round-trip deluxe trolley rideShort video presentation on the only perfect game in the 111-year history of the World Series Just $60 tax-deductible!!!*
Reservations:
For the ballgame
and the Eddie Gaedel Bobblehead and to sit with fellow Browns fan club
members, make reservations direct with the Cardinals at: www.cardinals.com/browns
or call 314-345-9000. Ballgame ticket is only $25 per person for BFC members. 7:15pm start time.
For the meet and greet with Don and Corine Larsen: The tax deductible
reservation is $60 per person.
Make your tax
deductible reservation with a check of $60 per person payable to the “St. Louis Browns
Historical Society” and mail to:
John Rappold
St. Louis Browns Fan Club
13525 Chatham Manor Dr.
St. Louis, MO 63128
E – mail Jrjr21937@yahoo.com
Questions:
Vicki Martin
- 314-852-1402
Bill Rogers
- 314-892-8632
e-mail
- stlbrowns@swbell.net
Don Larsen . . . . Eddie Gaedel
Two guys with a couple of things in common -
they both played for the St. Louis Browns, and they both achieved baseball
immortality from ONE GAME.
Cut and paste the following reservation form to a blank sheet of paper and then print.
Make ________ reservation (s) for the Larsen Meet &
Greet gathering @ $60
each.
$_______
Your Name:
___________________________________________________________
Address:
_________________________________________________________________
City: _______________________________ State: _____
Zip:________________________
e-Mail:
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| We'll be waitin for ya! |
Mail check payable and mail to:
St. Louis Browns Fan Club
St. Louis Browns Fan Club
John Rappold
13525 Chatham Manor Dr.
St. Louis, MO 63128
E – mail Jrjr21937@yahoo.com
Generous donation to Don and Corine's travel expenses provided by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Please note that the Double Down with Don will take place at the Tiny Bar plus the 2nd floor breakout space. Elevator service inside the Tiny Bar to the 2nd floor.
October 6, 1956 - On this day in 1956, baseball history was made. Don Larsen pitched the first perfect game in the World Series against the rival Brooklyn Dodgers. Yogi leaped into Don's arms as the game ended, and now this image is one of the most iconic in history and will be shown at our reception on September 9. Join us!
Please note that the Double Down with Don will take place at the Tiny Bar plus the 2nd floor breakout space. Elevator service inside the Tiny Bar to the 2nd floor.
October 6, 1956 - On this day in 1956, baseball history was made. Don Larsen pitched the first perfect game in the World Series against the rival Brooklyn Dodgers. Yogi leaped into Don's arms as the game ended, and now this image is one of the most iconic in history and will be shown at our reception on September 9. Join us!
