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 March 15 at the VFW West Hartford; 6:00 PM ; our guest will be Mike Torrez 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) 1/11/00 Bill Lee 2/16/00 Arnold Dean (Sportscaster) 3/28/00 Jim Bouton 4/18/00 Gerry Berthiaume (Rock Cats GM) 11/9/00 Dick 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 10/10/05 Dock Ellis, Ron LeFlore 11/14/05 Jim McAndrew 12/12/05 Russ Gibson 1/10/06 Bill Lee 2/6/06 Butch Hobson 3/6/06 Bobby Richardson 4/12/06 New Britain Rockcats 9/21/06 Cliff Johnson 10/30/06 Jack Aker 11/20/06 Bob Stanley, Roger LaFrancois 12/4/06 Mike Easler 1/8/07 Jim Rice 2/26/07 Billy Sample 3/12/07 Tommy Davis 4/16/07 Mark Fidrych 5/3/07 New Britain Rock Cats 9/10/07 Jimmy Piersall 10/9/07 Pete Walker, Todd Donovan 11/19/07 Dennis 'Oil Can' Boyd 12/10/07 Duke Sims 1/28/08 Bob Ojeda 2/25/08 Jim 'Mudcat' Grant 3/31/08 Stan Bahnsen 4/9/08 New Britain Rockcats 9/25/08 Ken Griffey Sr. 10/6/08 John Montefusco 11/10/08 Rick Cerone 12/15/08 Fergie Jenkins 2/18/09 Ricky Bottalico 3/9/09 John Ellis 4/22/09 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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