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Join Us At Phil Trani's Nov 13

Peoria Red Wing and Baseball Hall of Famer Maybelle Blair will co-host a star studded late lunch fundraiser at Phil Trani's Fine Food & Spirits in Long Beach for the International Womens Baseball Center in Rockford, Illinois, on Sunday, November 13, from 1pm to 4pm. Buy your ticket at the icons on the left, or contact Lew Stowers at lew.stowers@gmail.com for more information. Have a memorabilia donation for live or silent auction? Let us know!

$75 late lunch and donation, No Host Bar, Photos & Autographs with Maybelle and celebrities

Menu; Phil's World Famous Pot Roast! Chicken Piccata! Meatless Mostaccioli! Salad! Special Surprise Dessert by Trish Burke-Manser!

Q&A and great stories with Maybelle! Live auction of memorabilia and gift items for the holidays!

Maybelle Blair & Shirley Berkovich of the AAGPBL, 11-11-19Listen to this episode from Lunch With Legends on Spotify. Lew talks with two of the grand ladies of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, Maybelle Blair and Shirley Berkovich. The AAGPBL was founded in 1943, by Cubs owner, Phillip Wrigley. There weren't any professional baseball games during World War II. All of the available men, including professional baseball players, were called to serve their country. So, Wrigley filled the void with the best women baseball players that scouts could find! Scouts found Maybelle in the then, far away town of Inglewood, California. She quickly became a fan favorite, and never backed away from a challenge, or a good time! Currently, Maybelle is raising funds for the International Woman's Baseball Center Museum in Rockford, Illinois. Her goal was to raise $9,400 for her 94th birthday. She has raised about $15,000! Help Maybelle's dream come true by donating to http://www.internationalwomensbaseballcenter.org Shirley came to the AAGPBL from a dairy town in Pennsylvania, in the latter years of the league, which folded in 1953. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/Lunch-With-Legends/message

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