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NEXT MEETING
Monday, December 15 at the Portuguese Club in Newington; 6:00 pm - our guest will be Hall of Fame member Ferguson Jenkins.

DIRECTIONS
Meetings are held at the VFW in West Hartford or the Portuguese Club in Newington.

Click here for directions.

CONTACT
Contact the club by phone or email.

Phone: 860-693-8111

Email: info@WorldSeriesClub.com

PAST SPEAKERS
The World Series Club of Hartford County has had an impressive list of speakers in the past. Some of these speakers include:
  • Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Lou Gehrig, Connie Mack, Lefty Gomez, Frankie Frisch, Roy Campanella, Bob Feller, Ralph Kiner, Warren Spahn, Monte Irvin, Brooks Robinson, Leo Durocher, and Wade Boggs
  • Prominent baseball legends such as Johnny Pesky, Bobby Thomson, Ralph Houk, Tommy John, Tug McGraw, Bobby Bonds, Luis Tiant, Don Mattingly, Mo Vaughn, Jeff Bagwell, and Commissioner Fay Vincent
11/17/49Ken Smith (Sports Editor, New York Daily Mirror)
10/25/72Skip Jutze
10/24/73Bill Lee
12/6/73Sparky Lyle
1/24/74Tug McGraw
10/29/74Rick Burleson
12/4/74Elliot Maddox
1/7/75Dick McAuliffe
2/3/75Ralph Kiner
10/30/75Bernie Carbo
12/8/75Ed Kranepool
2/4/76Johnny Pesky
10/27/76Chris Chambliss
12/9/76Larry Bowa
1/13/77Dwight Evans
2/15/77Ken Brett
3/31/77Jerry Kapstein (Player Agent)
4/20/77Ken Smith (Director, National Baseball Hall of Fame)
11/21/77Johnny Pesky
12/17/77Brooks Robinson
1/25/78Butch Hobson
2/13/78Paul Blair
3/15/78Henry Berry (Author)
10/23/78Bill Campbell
12/4/78Roy White
1/4/79Bobby Valentine
2/8/79Johnny Ellis
3/27/79Monte Irvin
10/25/79Bob Stanley
12/5/79Tommy John
1/8/80Terry Tata (Umpire)
2/12/80Bill Almon
3/20/80Bobby Thomson
4/22/80Sportwriters Night
10/29/80John Tudor
12/10/80Bob Watson
1/5/81Rich Gale
2/9/81Joe Lefebvre
4/15/81Ed Walton (Author)
12/7/81Ron Davis
11/11/81Rich Gedman
1/13/82Billy Gardner
2/2/82Jim Beattie
3/22/82Donald Honig (Author)
10/28/82Tom Burgmeier
12/14/82Steve Palermo (Umpire)
1/5/83Gene Michael
2/2/83Wade Boggs
3/14/83Jim Lonborg
4/18/83New Britain Red Sox
11/17/83Wade Boggs
12/14/83Willie Upshaw
2/16/84Don Mattingly
3/27/84Terry Tata (Umpire)
4/15/84New Britain Red Sox
10/1/84Al Nipper
11/28/84Tim Teufel
1/16/85Mookie Wilson
2/7/85Lou Gorman (Red Sox GM)
4/15/85New Britain Red Sox
10/7/85Bill Buckner
11/25/85Don Mattingly
12/12/85Steve Lyons
1/7/86Mike Pagliarulo
2/16/86Mike Torrez
4/21/86New Britain Red Sox
11/25/86Marty Barrett
12/22/86Bobby Valentine
1/15/87Bob Tewksbury
3/2/87Sam Mele
4/14/87New Britain Red Sox
11/11/87Todd Benzinger
1/12/88Greg Gagne
1/27/88Ellis Burks
2/10/88John Marzano
4/7/88New Britain Red Sox
11/9/88Rick Cerone
12/5/88Dennis Lamp
1/11/89John Cerutti
2/7/89Rob Dibble
3/7/89George Foster
4/20/89New Britain Red Sox
10/25/89Dave LaPoint
12/5/89Rob Murphy
1/4/90Mauro Gozzo, Rollie Johnson (Scout)
2/20/90Mark Hirschbeck (Umpire)
4/26/90New Britain Red Sox
11/15/90Dana Kiecker
12/11/90Bob Tewksbury
1/10/91Tommy Agee
2/7/91Mo Vaughn, Kevin Morton, Rico Brogna
4/10/91New Britain Red Sox
11/13/91Jeff Bagwell
12/10/91Bill Lee
1/14/92Pete Harnisch
2/18/92George Foster
4/27/92New Britain Red Sox
11/11/92Joe Pepitone
12/9/92George Scott
1/14/93John Valentin
4/22/93New Britain Red Sox
10/6/93Aaron Sele
11/9/93Ken Ryan
12/8/93Brad Ausmus
1/18/94Roy White
4/11/94New Britain Red Sox
11/9/94Gary Waslewski
1/26/95Rico Petrocelli
11/6/95Bill Lee
1/10/96Bill Madlock
3/4/96Doc Ellis
4/22/96New Britain Rock Cats
10/21/96Jay Johnstone
11/18/96Dick Radatz
12/11/96Ricky Bottalico
1/6/97Sam McDowell
2/11/97Ron LeFlore
9/18/97Luis Tiant
10/9/97Jimmy Wynn
11/5/97Butch Hobson
12/3/97Walt Dropo
2/10/98Lenny Merullo, Matt Merullo
4/30/98New Britain Rock Cats
10/8/98Bobby Bonds
11/16/98Clete Boyer
12/7/98Crash Davis
2/21/99Bob Feller
3/25/99Spec Shea
5/17/99New Britain Rock Cats
11/10/99Ed Kranepool
12/13/99Jim Reynolds (Umpire)
1/11/00Bill Lee
2/16/00Arnold Dean (Sportscaster)
3/28/00Jim Bouton
4/18/00Gerry Berthiaume (Rock Cats GM)
11/9/00Dick McAuliffe
12/5/00 Roland Johnson, Gary Larocque (Mets Scouts)
1/8/01 Johnny Pesky
2/6/01 Frank Howard
3/19/01 Fay Vincent
4/23/01 Ryne Duren
11/7/01 Ken Coleman (Sportscaster)
12/5/01 Jose Pagan
1/9/02 Ken Mackenzie
2/7/02 Ken Ryan
3/18/02 Bob Montgomery
4/25/02 Bob Turley
11/7/02 Bernie Carbo
12/9/02 Casey Fossum
1/8/03 Johnny Blanchard
2/6/03 Rico Brogna
3/18/03 Ed Charles
4/23/03 New Britain Rock Cats
11/17/03 Bill Skowron
12/11/03 Tommy John
1/8/04 Sam Horn
2/2/04 Paul Blair
3/8/04 Ralph Houk
4/20/04 New Britain Rock Cats
10/13/04 Clem Labine
11/8/04 Frank Thomas (Pirates/Mets '51-'66)
12/6/04 Rich Gedman
1/11/05 George Foster
2/17/05 Ron Swoboda
3/22/05 Monte Irvin
4/14/05 New Britain Rock Cats
10/10/05Dock Ellis, Ron LeFlore
11/14/05Jim McAndrew
12/12/05Russ Gibson
1/10/06Bill Lee
2/6/06Butch Hobson
3/6/06Bobby Richardson
4/12/06New Britain Rockcats
9/21/06Cliff Johnson
10/30/06Jack Aker
11/20/06Bob Stanley, Roger LaFrancois
12/4/06Mike Easler
1/8/07Jim Rice
2/26/07Billy Sample
3/12/07Tommy Davis
4/16/07Mark Fidrych
5/3/07New Britain Rock Cats
9/10/07Jimmy Piersall
10/9/07Pete Walker, Todd Donovan
11/19/07Dennis 'Oil Can' Boyd
12/10/07Duke Sims
1/28/08Bob Ojeda
2/25/08Jim 'Mudcat' Grant
3/31/08Stan Bahnsen
4/9/08New Britain Rockcats

PAST SPEAKERS
Did you know that since 1974, we've had over 150 professional baseball players as the featured speaker at our meetings?

Find out more in our past speakers section.

HISTORY
Want to know a little more about the history of the club?

Check out our history section.
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