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Editor’s Column
It is with a very heavy heart that your editorial staff must announce the passing of
Brother Old Timer and real-life San Francisco Legend and Hero, Larry Lawson. Larry
was a humble man who dedicated his life to his wonderful Family and to the service
of others, and whose positive influence spread far and wide. Larry had been an
outstanding San Francisco police officer for eleven years when he made a momentous
decision to pursue a career in education, achieving his Doctorate in Education and
joining the faculties of City College of San Francisco and the University of San
Francisco. At both institutions, Larry energetically taught, counseled, guided,
assisted, supported, encouraged, inspired and gave of himself to thousands and
thousands of students. The San Francisco Police Department was filled from top to
bottom with officers who had been Larry’s students in CCSF’s famed Criminology
Department, and later as they matriculated at USF to take more of his classes.
Larry Lawson’s life was a complete success because he made a brilliantly positive
difference, a real, extraordinary and palpable difference, and we shall miss him
terribly. But Larry’s astounding legacy and the tremendous impact he made will live
on in his wonderful Family, his legions of friends and countless devoted students who
in their own ways are carrying on the Lawson Way.
Larry, we thank you for leaving the world a better place, for making better people of
all of us whom you touched and taught, and for showing us how to make the kind of
difference the world needs. In your Honor, we’ll forge ahead. Count on it.
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Kathy’s Fund----Old Timers vs Alzheimer’s
Guys, Kathy’s Fund remains in high gear, and this battle against Alzheimer’s is really
getting hot. At the December meeting we collected $135 in cash which is a very tidy
sum, and we are now at a total of $6021, and counting! Each and every dollar we
send off to the Alzheimer’s Association is making a difference. To all you
contributors, the Alzheimer’s Association sends its appreciation. And those Old
Timers whose lives have been so terribly altered by this brutal disease repeatedly
extend their thanks to all who chip in toward the ultimate victory over Alzheimer’s.
Get Your Newsletter by E-Mail
We are building quite a list of monthly e-mail subscribers at a tremendous saving to
the SFBOTA. Our present estimate is at approximately $2200 per year. So we would
urge those members who have e-mail to sign up by sending me a message at
INSPLFL225@HOTMAIL.COM and we’ll add you to the e-mail distribution list.
The New Pisa Alumni Society---Repeat Announcement
As of January 1, 2019, the New Pisa Alumni is starting anew and seeking existing
members to re-join, and for new members to sign up. In 2018, we donated $250 to
Mission HS Baseball in memory of legendary Coach Bill Mustanich, and $250 to
Galileo HS Girls’ Softball. One goal we have for 2019 is to donate funds to a game
that will be played at USF between Mission HS and Lincoln HS. The rental of the USF
field is expensive, and we hope to defray some of that cost with a sizeable check.
To join the New Pisa Alumni in 2019, send a check for $10 made out to the SF
BASEBALL OLD TIMERS ASSOCIATION, and on the memo line, note “New Pisa
Alumni,” and mail it to: LOU LANDINI, 208 FOREST PARK DRIVE, PACIFICA, CA
94044. Your $10 will get you listed in the Sponsorship Section of this newsletter as a
NPAS member throughout 2019, and then we’ll do it all again in succeeding years! Be
the first kid on your block to sign up! The Board of Directors will continue making
donations to youth baseball from the proceeds from the New Pisa Alumni sign-ups.
The roster of NPA members for 2018 was 70 strong, and we hope to exceed that figure
in 2019. Remember, this is for kids’ baseball!
Important Dates Department
Tuesday, January 8, 2019---the first on many monthly dinner meetings will take
place at Nick’s. The dinner menu will likely be stuffed pork chop, preceded by a great
salad and Nick’s best in the world garlic bread. As was the case at the UICC, wine will
not be included with the meal, but will certainly be available for purchase. Cocktail
hour will be at 6:00 PM and dinner will be served at 7:00. Board members and
officers are reminded that their usual monthly meeting will start promptly at 5:00
PM in the banquet room, and new 2019 President, Jim Jarvis, will be in charge.
Friday, January 11, 2019---the Annual Bill O’Brien & Gene Gaviglio Memorial and Golf
Awards Banquet will take place at Nick’s, with Golf Commissioner Rich Ford running
a great show as always. Cocktails begin at 5:30 PM and a fine dinner will be served at
7:00. Rich will name the Club Champion for 2018. (See a flyer for this fun event at
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the back end of this newsletter. Come on out—You will enjoy the evening, even if you
don’t play golf!!)
Wednesday, January 16, 2019—the first Marino Pieretti Lunch Group gathering of the
new year will get under way at the SSF Elks Club, with giggle juice starting at 11:00
AM and lunch at 12:00. It has been rumored that Pieretti Group Commandant Dave
Longa is trying to book a group of 350 pound Serbian Jugglers as the day’s
entertainment.
Friday, January 25, 2019—the 21st Annual Bob Lagomarsino Crab Feed will be held at
the Pomeroy Center, with hosted cocktails beginning at 6:00 PM and Billy Jones’
outrageously great crab and pasta dinner will start at 7:00. (This has to be the
flagship social event of the Old Timers’ expansive event calendar each year.) See the
flyer at the back end of this newsletter, and get your entry in early!!
Tuesday, February 12, 2019---the monthly meeting and dinner will take place at
Nick’s Seashore Restaurant, with cocktail hour at 6:00 PM and dinner at 7:00. Once
again, the newly constituted Executive Board and Board of Directors are reminded
that their meeting will take place at 5:00 PM in the Banquet Room.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019—the Marino Pieretti Group will convene at Dominic’s
at Oyster Point in SSF. Supreme Group Commander Dave Longa is seeking
volunteers to hold gentle Zen poetry readings over cocktails before lunch to help
sooth all the savage beasts who regularly attend these fine meals.
Words of Wisdom
“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”---Winston Churchill
Golf News
Golf Commissioner Rich Ford is planning a great 2019 Season and that schedule will
come out in the near future.
In Memoriam
In addition to the loss of Larry Lawson, the Friends of Marino Pieretti suffered the
passing of revered and long-time member Lou Pappas. Lou was a great guy, a true
gentleman, and a joy to be around. He will be truly missed. Godspeed, Lou.
On the Mend
It always makes your news staff very unhappy to report Members who are on the DL
each month. This month’s list: Jim Dowd, Charlie Silvera, Don Collopy, and long-
time Old Timer Bill McCullough. Let’s get all these guys back on the field and cleared
for a return to the starting line-up soon! And Bill Magidson, whose health has
stabilized, has moved to Roseville to be closer to family. And Ron Lerohl has told us
that any report of his impending demise is Fake News, and that he’s doing well!
Everybody’s sweetheart, Emily Powell, Balboa High’s preeminent alumna, has been
battling a nasty virus, but she is tougher than a coffee shop steak sandwich and is
promising to recover and raise hell for years to come. Em, we’re betting on you!
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And Old Timers Past President and all-around great guy Nick Poppin had a little run-
in with some surgical people, and we are hoping for a speedy recovery for Big Nick
(He’s Balboa Tough, too!). (Nick scared the doctors when, in the middle of his
surgery, he pulled out his ever present camera and yelled “Cheese!!!”)
A continuing reminder: Jim Perry remains on the DL at Laguna Honda Home. Jim is
brightened up by cards and letters addressed to him at Laguna Honda Home, 375
Laguna Honda Blvd, Building 1 North, Room 133A, San Francisco, Calif. 94116. Jim
really loves it when he hears from his Brother Old Timers. Jim, by the way, is our
newsletter’s Baseball Trivia Contributor and a donor to Kathy’s Fund.
You Know You’re an Old Timer When…
---you try to smooth the wrinkles in your socks and you realize you aren’t wearing
any socks.
---you hear Snap, Crackle and Pop at breakfast and you’re not eating Rice Krispies.
---you don’t go out very often, but your back does.
---it takes you two or three tries to get up from the couch.
Bobbie Mitchell-Again??
As we all know, Bobbie Mitchell is a man of great compassion and he does his level
best to comfort friends in their times of need. So Bob, upon hearing that one of his
friends was not feeling well, offered to drive him to a doctor’s appointment. In the
first step of this appointment, Bob’s friend, Porfirio, had to provide a blood sample
for analysis. A short time later, a doctor came out and grimly told Porfirio that he
had a very rare but fatal blood disorder for which there was no known cure, and that
he had about 6 months to live. So Bob spoke up and demanded that the doctor give
Porfirio a prescription of some sort to help him out. The doctor nodded, took out a
pad, wrote on it, and gave the prescription to Bob. Bob read it and looked at the
doctor and said “Doc, this prescription says GET MARRIED TO A WOMAN WHO NAGS
LIKE CRAZY, AND MOVE TO DES MOINE, IOWA. Why should he do that?”
The doctor said, “Because it will seem like forever.”
Rogues Gallery
06/08/1928—12/07/2018
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Fellow Old Timer
The December Trivia Teaser Answer, by our The January Trivia Teaser, by Trivia Master Jim
Trivia Guru Jim Perry Perry. (This is a tough one!)
In 1958, Ted Williams, at the age of 40, won On June 20, 2015, Max Scherzer of the Washington
the American League Batting Title with an Nationals lost a perfect game with 2 out and 2
average of .328! In the estimation of many strikes in the 9th inning. Who was the hitter, and
experts, Williams was the greatest pure what happened to cause Scherzer to miss out on his
hitter of all time. chance at a “perfecto?”
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