It s not just a deck of cards: see page 2. Facebook bring two high school ballplayers together at Roy Hobbs

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1 Bob Werr of the Oak Lawn Rifles did all he could to complete a double pay against the Akron SilverHawks. Despite his effort the Rifles got the lead runner but not the runner at first. Photo by Greg Wagner It s not just a deck of cards: see page 2 Facebook bring two high school ballplayers together at Roy Hobbs By TOM MOORE Roy Hobbs Baseball This year s Roy Hobbs World Series continues a reunion for two Kentucky Orioles players. Thirty-six years ago, Vern Goodman, 54, and Steve Dickerson, 53, started playing street ball and then high school ball together when they were kids in New Carlisle, Ohio. Then as they grew up, they lost contact with each other. That is, until Steve spotted a picture of Vern in baseball uniform on Facebook. The two began to correspond and Steve admitted he hadn t played ball since high school. But having retired from his auto manufacturing job and looking for something to do in his spare time, he took up baseball again, even building a pitcher s mound in his backyard in Canton, Mich. He joined Vern in an exhibition game in Toledo, Ohio, and that led to the two continuing their reunion in Ft. Myers. How does it feel to be back on the mound after all the years? My arm feels good, Steve says. Vern added that it should: He s only thrown so many innings in the last 36 years. Steve has kept in shape by taking part in triathlons and marathons. Vern, manager and pitcher for the Kentucky Orioles lives in Ft. Mitchell, Ky. He was drafted out of high school by the New York Mets and spent three years in the minor leagues. These days Vern is in sales and a Methodist pastor for the last 10 years. see FACEBOOK on page 3

2 2 It s not just a deck of cards! By MIKE MURPHEY Roy Hobbs Baseball I don t want people to look at it as just a deck of cards, says Ellen Giffen. Obviously it is a deck of cards, but, she explains, that s not why we created them. Stop by the RHWS Pro Shop this week and shuffle through a pack of the 21 st Roy Hobbs World Series commemorative cards and you ll find 20 years worth of memories. You ll find a history of an event and an organization that has come to be a centerpiece in the lives and passions of baseball players around the world. You ll find a tribute to all of us who refuse to let age intrude on the exhilaration of stepping onto a baseball field. And you ll find testimony to what is at the core of Roy Hobbs Baseball all the relationships rooted in baseball that transcend the game to continually enrich our lives. Each year the Roy Hobbs staff seeks a theme upon which to build the World Series p r o g r a m a n d promotional c a m p a i g n. For the 21 st year, Ellen said, the obvious thing would have been to focus on something related to growing up, but they d already used a coming of age theme for the 18 th World Series. So they looked for other variations on the 21 theme and came up with Blackjack. Then with diamonds and aces and other baseball terms intertwined, the leap to a deck of cards was easy. The back is a variation of a traditional Hoyle carddeck-type of design. The faces of the cards consist of the 20 previous Roy Hobbs program covers and also named photos of the nine men who have participated in all 20 Roy Hobbs World Series tournaments. There are three jokers in the deck one with a photo of Ellen as Rosie the Baseball Clown, symbolizing the Roy Hobbs relationship with the Challenger Baseball program; a photo of Tom Giffen and Hobbs, symbolic of the Roy Hobbs commitment to support of leukemia research; and a photo of Todd Windhorst the clown, symbolic of clowns everywhere. The faces of the other cards consist of photos ranging over the years that together summarize why this is such a wonderful and powerful game in the lives of those who love it. Ellen says she was gratified last week to overhear a married couple veterans of may years of Roy Hobbs thumbing through a pack in the store, discussing the memories the pictures and program covers provoked. Sure, you can play cards with them, but those memories that s what the deck of cards is really all about.

3 3 Facebook continued from page 1 His daughter Holly loves sports and keeps the scorebook for her father s games when wife, Debbie isn t around doing that job. Photo by Tom Moore Debbie and Vern Goodman with Steve and Tresa Dickerson at Lee County Stadium. Notebook 50/50 raffle 50/50 raffle tickets, to benefit the Roy Hobbs Foundation, are available each day at the concession stands at each of the playing venues and at the World Series T-shirt pickup stand at Lee County Stadium. The Veterans week pot was $913 with $ to the winner. And more than $800 of tickets for Masters week have already been sold. Tickets are $1 apiece or 6 for $5. The Roy Hobbs Foundation was established to raise monies for research on finding a cure for Leukemia and to assist our Challenged Athlete friends. Player ID cards Just a reminder that all players must have their player I.D. cards with them at games. No card, no play, and Roy Hobbs Baseball reserves the right to do card checks at games. Players without their ID cards will not be allowed to continue to play and will be required to bring his ID card to the Tournament see NOTEBOOK on page 7

4 4 Masters Sunday, November 8 Bridgewater A s 9, Cleveland Rocks 7 Chicago Giants 11, Franklin Red Sox 0 Choctawhatchee Indians 12, DuPage Indians 10 Cleveland Rocks 8, Wilmington Sting Rays 7 Cuyahoga Indians 15, Wilmington Sting Rays 9 Dayton Cardinals 11, Cuyahoga Indians 7 Dayton Cardinals 8, DuPage Indians 4 DHBA Athletics 16, PSOF Rangers 6 DuPage Angels 3, Americans Baseball Club 2 Fort Myers Blues 15, Washington All-Stars 9 HPK Oilers 3, Pittsburgh 48s 2 Huntsville Hitmen 11, Atlanta Yankees 10 Jersey Shore All Stars 12, Monroe Muskrats 0 Kenmore Eastern Brewers 10, Maine Boston Braves 9 Kent Mudhens 13, Cincinnati Colts 4 Kentucky Orioles 8, Monroe Muskrats 5 Livingston Dodgers 11, Huntsville Hitmen 0 Massachusetts Chiefs 9, Oakville Golden A s 1 48s Results Midatlantic Redwings 5, Akron SilverHawks 1 Minnesota Bandits 15, Atlanta Yankees 3 New Jersey Pirates 7, Apple Valley A s 2 New Jersey Rockies 6, Salem-Pittsburgh Warlocks 1 Oak Lawn Rifles 14, Akron SilverHawks 4 Oak Lawn Rifles 4, Orlando Blazers 3 Orland Park White Sox 14, Kodak Reds 6 Orlando Blazers 14, Philadelphia Phillies 2 Pensacola Privateers 6, Cincinnati Colts 1 Pensacola Privateers 9, Kentucky Orioles 3 PSOF Rangers 15, Maine Boston Braves 9 Puerto Rico LBBA 5, Bergen Yankees 2 Salem-Pittsburgh Warlocks 7, Orland Park White Sox 5 South Dakota Rushmores 11, Border City Brewers 10 Tennessee Dirtbags 10, TC Crosstown Traffic 6 Tennessee Dirtbags 17, Richmond Riverdogs 7 Tidewater Drillers 16, Midatlantic Redwings 2 Toledo Paramount 13, New Jersey Pirates 1 Washington Nationals 19, Apple Valley A s 1 Windy City Warriors 14, Fort Myers Blues 9 Windy City Warriors 8, Kenmore Eastern Brewers 5 Youngstown Astros 9, Minnesota Bandits 4 Photo by Greg Wagner Massachusetts Chiefs left fielder Tad Dickerson fought the wind to make this catch against the Oakville Golden A s.

5 48s Standings 5 DHBA Athletics catcher not quite catching a PSOF Rangers pop foul. Photo by Lester Kuhn AAAA Masters W L PCT RA Chicago Giants Massachusetts Chiefs DuPage Angels HPK Oilers Puerto Rico LBBA South Dakota Rushmores Americans Baseball Club Pittsburgh 48s Bergen Yankees Oakville Golden A s Border City Brewers Franklin Red Sox Orland Park White Sox Kentucky Orioles New Jersey Pirates Cleveland Rocks Kenmore Eastern Brewers Midatlantic Redwings Cuyahoga Indians Huntsville Hitmen Fort Myers Blues PSOF Rangers Twin Cities Crosstown Traffic Kodak Reds Philadelphia Phillies Washington All-Stars Richmond River Dogs Akron SilverHawks Cincinnati Colts DuPage Indians Monroe Muskrats Wilmington Sting Rays Maine Boston Braves Apple Valley A s Atlanta Yankees Masters W L PCT RA Pensacola Privateers Oak Lawn Rifles Dayton Cardinals Tennessee Dirtbags Windy City Warriors Jersey Shore All Stars Livingston Dodgers Masters New Jersey Rockies Toledo Paramount Washington Nationals Tidewater Drillers Kent MudHens Youngstown Astros DHBA Athletics Bridgewater A s Choctawhatchee Indians Orlando Blazers Salem-Pittsburgh Warlocks Minnesota Bandits

6 6 48s Schedule Masters Monday, November 9 10:00 AM Bridgewater A Choctawhatchee Indians, 5P5 Orlando Salem-Pittsburgh Warlocks, CPP Dayton Twin Cities Crosstown Traffic, CPS Pittsburgh Puerto Rico LBBA, LC1 HPK Franklin Red Sox, LC2 Chicago Bergen Yankees, LC3 Philadelphia Akron SilverHawks, LC5 Windy City Washington All-Stars, LC5 Washington Kenmore Eastern Brewers, LCS New Jersey Washington Nationals, TP Border City Massachusetts Chiefs, TP2 South Dakota DuPage Angels, TP3 Americans Baseball Oakville Golden A s, TP4 1:30 PM Kodak Oak Lawn Rifles, TP Oakville Golden A South Dakota Rushmores, TP2 Massachusetts Americans Baseball Club, TP3 DuPage Border City Brewers, TP4 1:45 PM Richmond Wilmington Sting Rays, 5P2 Choctawhatchee Cleveland Rocks, 5P4 Cincinnati Huntsville Hitmen, 5P5 Twin Cities Crosstown DuPage Indians, CPP Livingston Kent Mudhens, CPS Bergen HPK Oilers, LC1 Puerto Rico Chicago Giants, LC2 Franklin Red Pittsburgh 48s, LC3 Cuyahoga Tennessee Dirtbags, LCS 5:00 PM Toledo Fort Myers Blues, CPS Maine Boston DHBA Athletics, LCS New Jersey Tidewater Drillers, TP Midatlantic Kodak Reds, TP2 Kentucky Jersey Shore All Stars, TP3 Atlanta Youngstown Astros, TP4 8:15 PM PSOF Apple Valley A s, TP Pensacola Monroe Muskrats, TP2 Orland Park White New Jersey Rockies, TP3 Jersey Shore All Minnesota Bandits, TP4 Photo by Greg Wagner Bergen Yankees left fielder makes a great sliding catch against Puerto Rico LBBA. 10-, 15- & 20-year recognition Have you been at the Roy Hobbs World Series 10 or more years? If so, Roy Hobbs has a recognition pin for players with 10 or 15 or 20 years at the Tournament. See Todd, Tony, or Tom at RHWS headquarters to get your pin.

7 Ace & King of the Diamonds Sunday s Ace and King of Diamonds in the Masters Division come from the DuPage Angels and the Windy City Warriors. Ace: Bill Knudsen of the DuPage Angels: In a 3-2 victory over the Palm Bay Americans, Bill went 8 innings for the victory, allowed 6 hits and 2 runs. King: Rob Flammini of the Windy City Warriors: In a Sunday double-header Rob was a combined 8-for-9, with 2 home runs, a triple, and 9 RBI, the Warriors defeating the Fort Myers Blues 14-9 and the Kenmore Eastern Brewmasters 8-4. Each of the daily winners will receive a gift of playing cards from Roy Hobbs Baseball, and at the end of the week, the names 5 Aces (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) and 5 Kings will be entered in a Saturday morning drawing for a $25 Roy Hobbs Pro Shop gift certificate. The Ace and King will be announced each day in the daily Inside Pitch, and their names will be posted on an announcement board at Lee County Sports Complex. Players considered for the Ace and King designation come from the daily reports supplied by managers, either on the game reports turned in after games or game reports turned in via the same day as the game was played. Reports turned in a day late will not be considered for the recognition. 65s Schedule Vintage Monday, November 9 10:00 AM Midwest Chicago Spirit, 5P1 Detroit New England Red Sox, 5P2 Western Silver Florida Crush, 5P3 American National Georgia Classics, 5P4 1:45 PM Chicago Washington Nationals, 5P1 Ohio South Dakota Pheasants, 5P3 continued from page 3 Director or Site Manager before being allowed to return to the playing field. Replacement cards are available at the Roy Hobbs Headquarters. Bring a photo ID to verify identity, and the fee is $10. So, please don t lose the card and please keep it with you. Team photo plan Just a reminder that if any team wants to get signed Notebook Highlights Highlights from Sunday s games DHBA Athletics 16, PSOF Rangers 6: (Rangers) Jack Deheer 2x3, 2B; Sean Hoye 2x3, 2 1B. DuPage Angels 3, Americans Baseball Club 2: (Angels) Bill Knudsen, 8 IP, 2 runs, 6 Hits; Tom Clark 1B, RBI; Tim Garren 1B, RBI. (Ameicans) John Rosette 2B, RBI; Randy Harrick 4 IP; Steve Larussa 2x4; Randy Hamrick 1x3, 5 IP, 0 ER, 6 Ks. HPK Oilers 3, Pittsburgh 2: (Pittsburgh) Sam Sibeto 2x4, Run; Kelly Morton 2x3; Bill Devine 2x4; Pat Devine 1x3; Dave Hoff 5 IP, 5 Hits, BB, HBP, 2 Ks. Jersey Shore All-Stars 12, Monroe Muskrats 0: (Jersey) Gregg Balin 4x4, 2 RBI, 2B; Rich Carlucci 3x3, 2 RBI; Ralph Pappas 2x3, 3 RBI, 2B; Wayne MacMath pitched shutout. Kenmore Eastern Brewers 10, Maine Boston Braves 9: (Braves) Drew Kellock 2B; Ed Simmons 2B; Tony Gonatas 3x6. Kent MudHens 14, Cincinnati Colts 48s 5: (MudHens) Kevin Fowler WP, 6 IP; Leroy Moore, 2 IP, 0 ER; Denny Bloom 4 Hits, 3 RBI. Kentucky Orioles 8, Monroe Muskrats 5: (Orioles) Steve Dickerson pitched, first start in 36 years; Pat Macveigh 3x3; Tom Huetter 2x3, 3 Runs, 3 SB; Tom Knochelmann 2 RBI, 2B. New Jersey Rockies 6, Salem Pittsburgh Warlocks 1: (Rockies) Martin Rival WP, CG 1 run; Steve Hawks 3x3; RBI; Jim Smykal 1x1, 2 RBI. Pensacola Privateers 6, Cincinnati Colts 1: (Colts) Doug Stultz 7 IP, 2 Runs; Al Spector RBI. Pensacola Privateers 9, Kentucky Orioles 3: (Orioles) Pat Macveigh 3x4. PSOF Rangers 15, Maine Boston Braves 9: (Rangers) Al Bauman WP, 8 Ks; Sean Hoye 3x4; Jack DeHeer 3x4, 2B, 4 SB. (Braves) Ed Simmers 3 1B; Ralph Engly 2B, 1B. South Dakota Rushmores 11, Border City Brewers 10: (Brewers) Dave Cooper 5x6, 4 RBI; Ian Mosher 2x4, 2 RBI; Mike Lopicolo 3x7, RBI. Windy City Warriors 14, Fort Myers Blues 9: (Warriors) Rolando Quiroga 3x4; Rob Flammini 4x5, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs; Jim Fleck 3x3, 2 2Bs; Jack Kotas WP, 5 Ks. Windy City Warriors 8, Kenmore Eastern Brewers 4: (Warriors) Jim Wagoner WP, 9 IP, 3 Ks, 4 hits; Rob Flammini 4x4, 4 RBI, 3B; Bill Pittman 3x3; George Garcia 2x3, RBI, 2B. up for the photo plan this week, the manager should visit Photo Mom at the Wagner Photography Booth on the Lee County Stadium Concourse Monday or call Greg Wagner at (cell phone) Monday in order to get on the schedule for Tuesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday. Also, teams participating in the photo program can view their photos online by going to com and clicking on the Roy Hobbs World Series link near the lower right corner of the front page. And of course they can see their photos at the booth. 7

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