P Alesse wrote:
Original still holds tours of the field and their \"museum\" and still continues to distinguish itself separate and apart from LLB Inc. A lot of that has to do with the conflict in visions between Mr. Stotz and then president, PJ McGovern, who came in with big rubber bucks and wanted to take LLB to commercial levels beyond what Mr. Stotz had ever envisioned. For one year, the LLWS was actually called the \"Keds Tournament\". McGovern had been the major supplier of rubber to Keds sneakers. Until recent, the Stotz collection of Little League memorabelia had been more vast than the LLB Museum itself. Fortunately, the Stotz family and LLB were able to break bread over the past 10-15 years and many of Carl\'s original items are on now on display in South Williamsport.
Ted... nice shots, but I have to admit... history aside, Original has not distinguished itself as \"visually historic\" in my opinion. The field on 4th avenue unfortunately looks like any other Little League field across the nation. Once again, it\'s awe is in the fact of knowing that the very first Little League game was played there and for ButchM... in knowing that the great Putsee Vannucci was there to capture it.
Thanks for the reply [aul. I learned more about LLB from you and Butch than I previously knew.
Ted
Jun 23, 2009 at 06:29 AM
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