AS GIL'S # IS 14 IS WAS ONLY FITTING THAT LOU CUNDARI AND MYSELF
VENTURED INTO WILLIAMSBURG ON 6/14 TO HONOR GIL---WE MET THE DAD OF
ONE OF THE DODGERS SYMPHONY-RALPH BRANCA-JOE PIGNATANO-ART SHAMSKY-
JOAN HODGES-GILLY HODGES--ALL WERE GRATIOUS TO US---THE DINER PROCEEDS
GO TO THE PAL AND THEY WERE GRATEFUL--JEREMY SCHAAP(DICK'S SON) AND
AUTHOR OF CINDERELLA MAN AND MAURY ALLEN WERE HONORED AS WAS FRANK
CARBONE---NICK D'ARIENZO ARANGED THIS 4TH ANNUAL DIAMOND DADS TRIBUTE-
AND YES WE SIGNED A PETITION TO THE LA DODGERS TO RETIRE GIL'S #14.
THE 55 DODGERS WERE ALSO HONORED BUT NONE WERE PRESENT---JOE PIGNATANO
AND ART SHAMSKY PAID TRIBUTE TO GIL WITH AAA FIRST CLASS SPEECHES.
JOAN HODGES LOOKED FANTASTIC--SO KEEP PRAYING FOR HER GIL--SHE
DESERVES IT IN 2007. THERE WAS ALSO A SILENT AUCTION BUT MOSTLY
YANKEE STUFF--A SANDY KOUFAX AND DUKE SNIDER SIGNED BALLS IN A CASE
STARTED AT $600---SO YOU COULD IMAGINE SOME OF THE OTHER PRICES.
ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GREAT EVENING AND IF YOU CAN MAKE IT NEXT YEAR--
MARK YOUR CALENDAR--THE LOCATION CHANGES EACH YEAR-BUT IT IS TUESDAY
BEFORE FATHER'S DAY--AND HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU DADS.
WE WERE ALSO TREATED TO A METS YEAR BOOK AND A BROOKLYN BREWERY
BASEBALL CAP. GO BROOKLYN CYCLONES AND NY METS