NAVIGATION HOME MEETING LOCATION BECOME A MEMBER PAST SPEAKERS WALTER LAWRENCE MEMORIAL AWARD PHOTOS HISTORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONNIE MACK TO MO VAUGHN NEXT MEETING Monday Sept 13 at the VFW in West Hartford. Guest is Art Shamsky. 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 Send an email using our online form	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 11/17/49 Ken Smith (Sports Editor, New York Daily Mirror) 10/25/72 Skip Jutze 10/24/73 Bill Lee 12/6/73 Sparky Lyle 1/24/74 Tug McGraw 10/29/74 Rick Burleson 12/4/74 Elliot Maddox 1/7/75 Dick McAuliffe 2/3/75 Ralph Kiner 10/30/75 Bernie Carbo 12/8/75 Ed Kranepool 2/4/76 Johnny Pesky 10/27/76 Chris Chambliss 12/9/76 Larry Bowa 1/13/77 Dwight Evans 2/15/77 Ken Brett 3/31/77 Jerry Kapstein (Player Agent) 4/20/77 Ken Smith (Director, National Baseball Hall of Fame) 11/21/77 Johnny Pesky 12/17/77 Brooks Robinson 1/25/78 Butch Hobson 2/13/78 Paul Blair 3/15/78 Henry Berry (Author) 10/23/78 Bill Campbell 12/4/78 Roy White 1/4/79 Bobby Valentine 2/8/79 Johnny Ellis 3/27/79 Monte Irvin 10/25/79 Bob Stanley 12/5/79 Tommy John 1/8/80 Terry Tata (Umpire) 2/12/80 Bill Almon 3/20/80 Bobby Thomson 4/22/80 Sportwriters Night 10/29/80 John Tudor 12/10/80 Bob Watson 1/5/81 Rich Gale 2/9/81 Joe Lefebvre 4/15/81 Ed Walton (Author) 12/7/81 Ron Davis 11/11/81 Rich Gedman 1/13/82 Billy Gardner 2/2/82 Jim Beattie 3/22/82 Donald Honig (Author) 10/28/82 Tom Burgmeier 12/14/82 Steve Palermo (Umpire) 1/5/83 Gene Michael 2/2/83 Wade Boggs 3/14/83 Jim Lonborg 4/18/83 New Britain Red Sox 11/17/83 Wade Boggs 12/14/83 Willie Upshaw 2/16/84 Don Mattingly 3/27/84 Terry Tata (Umpire) 4/15/84 New Britain Red Sox 10/1/84 Al Nipper 11/28/84 Tim Teufel 1/16/85 Mookie Wilson 2/7/85 Lou Gorman (Red Sox GM) 4/15/85 New Britain Red Sox 10/7/85 Bill Buckner 11/25/85 Don Mattingly 12/12/85 Steve Lyons 1/7/86 Mike Pagliarulo 2/16/86 Mike Torrez 4/21/86 New Britain Red Sox 11/25/86 Marty Barrett 12/22/86 Bobby Valentine 1/15/87 Bob Tewksbury 3/2/87 Sam Mele 4/14/87 New Britain Red Sox 11/11/87 Todd Benzinger 1/12/88 Greg Gagne 1/27/88 Ellis Burks 2/10/88 John Marzano 4/7/88 New Britain Red Sox 11/9/88 Rick Cerone 12/5/88 Dennis Lamp 1/11/89 John Cerutti 2/7/89 Rob Dibble 3/7/89 George Foster 4/20/89 New Britain Red Sox 10/25/89 Dave LaPoint 12/5/89 Rob Murphy 1/4/90 Mauro Gozzo, Rollie Johnson (Scout) 2/20/90 Mark Hirschbeck (Umpire) 4/26/90 New Britain Red Sox 11/15/90 Dana Kiecker 12/11/90 Bob Tewksbury 1/10/91 Tommy Agee 2/7/91 Mo Vaughn, Kevin Morton, Rico Brogna 4/10/91 New Britain Red Sox 11/13/91 Jeff Bagwell 12/10/91 Bill Lee 1/14/92 Pete Harnisch 2/18/92 George Foster 4/27/92 New Britain Red Sox 11/11/92 Joe Pepitone 12/9/92 George Scott 1/14/93 John Valentin 4/22/93 New Britain Red Sox 10/6/93 Aaron Sele 11/9/93 Ken Ryan 12/8/93 Brad Ausmus 1/18/94 Roy White 4/11/94 New Britain Red Sox 11/9/94 Gary Waslewski 1/26/95 Rico Petrocelli 11/6/95 Bill Lee 1/10/96 Bill Madlock 3/4/96 Doc Ellis 4/22/96 New Britain Rock Cats 10/21/96 Jay Johnstone 11/18/96 Dick Radatz 12/11/96 Ricky Bottalico 1/6/97 Sam McDowell 2/11/97 Ron LeFlore 9/18/97 Luis Tiant 10/9/97 Jimmy Wynn 11/5/97 Butch Hobson 12/3/97 Walt Dropo 2/10/98 Lenny Merullo, Matt Merullo 4/30/98 New Britain Rock Cats 10/8/98 Bobby Bonds 11/16/98 Clete Boyer 12/7/98 Crash Davis 2/21/99 Bob Feller 3/25/99 Spec Shea 5/17/99 New Britain Rock Cats 11/10/99 Ed Kranepool 12/13/99 Jim Reynolds (Umpire) 1/11/2000 Bill Lee 2/16/2000 Arnold Dean (Sportscaster) 3/28/2000 Jim Bouton 4/18/2000 Gerry Berthiaume (Rock Cats GM) 11/9/2000 Dick McAuliffe 12/5/2000 Roland Johnson, Gary Larocque (Mets Scouts) 1/8/2001 Johnny Pesky 2/6/2001 Frank Howard 3/19/2001 Fay Vincent 4/23/2001 Ryne Duren 11/7/2001 Ken Coleman (Sportscaster) 12/5/2001 Jose Pagan 1/9/2002 Ken Mackenzie 2/7/2002 Ken Ryan 3/1820/02 Bob Montgomery 4/25/2002 Bob Turley 11/7/2002 Bernie Carbo 12/9/2002 Casey Fossum 1/8/2003 Johnny Blanchard 2/6/2003 Rico Brogna 3/18/2003 Ed Charles 4/23/2003 New Britain Rock Cats 11/17/2003 Bill Skowron 12/11/2003 Tommy John 1/8/2004 Sam Horn 2/2/2004 Paul Blair 3/8/2004 Ralph Houk 4/20/2004 New Britain Rock Cats 10/13/2004 Clem Labine 11/8/2004 Frank Thomas (Pirates/Mets '51-'66) 12/6/2004 Rich Gedman 1/11/2005 George Foster 2/17/2005 Ron Swoboda 3/22/2005 Monte Irvin 4/14/2005 New Britain Rock Cats 10/10/2005 Dock Ellis, Ron LeFlore 11/14/2005 Jim McAndrew 12/12/2005 Russ Gibson 1/10/2006 Bill Lee 2/6/2006 Butch Hobson 3/6/2006 Bobby Richardson 4/12/2006 New Britain Rockcats 9/21/2006 Cliff Johnson 10/30/2006 Jack Aker 11/20/2006 Bob Stanley, Roger LaFrancois 12/4/2006 Mike Easler 1/8/2007 Jim Rice 2/26/2007 Billy Sample 3/12/2007 Tommy Davis 4/16/2007 Mark Fidrych 5/3/2007 New Britain Rock Cats 9/10/2007 Jimmy Piersall 10/9/2007 Pete Walker, Todd Donovan 11/19/2007 Dennis 'Oil Can' Boyd 12/10/2007 Duke Sims 1/28/2008 Bob Ojeda 2/25/2008 Jim 'Mudcat' Grant 3/31/2008 Stan Bahnsen 4/9/2008 New Britain Rockcats 9/25/2008 Ken Griffey Sr. 10/6/2008 John Montefusco 11/10/2008 Rick Cerone 12/15/2008 Fergie Jenkins 2/18/2009 Ricky Bottalico 3/9/2009 John Ellis 4/22/2009 New Britain Rock Cats 9/30/2009 Jim Kaat 10/26/2009 Ron Blomberg 11/23/2009 Scott McGregor 12/15/2009 Rajai Davis and Craig Breslow 01/25/2010 Jon McDonald 02/22/2010 Jesse Barfield 03/15/2010 Mike Torrez 04/14/2010 The New Britain Rock Cats	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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