Thursday, May 23, 2013
Richie Ashburn’s Widow in Tears Over His Endangered Gladwyne Grave
(blogs.phillymag.com)
Read More...It has been nearly 16 years since Philadelphia lost Richie Ashburn, one of the greatest Phillies players of all time. The beloved Hall of Famer, who played for the team from 1948 through 1959, died of a heart attack in 1997 after broadcasting a Phillies-Mets game from Shea Stadium. His family buried him in the cemetery outside of Gladwyne Methodist Church, where all was quiet until some developers announced plans to turn the church into condos and put a parking lot next to the cemetery. ...
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1. Srul Itza posted on December 31, 2012 at 10:27 PM # hit 0 | hit 01. All that head banging by Rich Ledered seemed to work wonders for Bertie.
2. Being inducted into the Hall would cause a heck of a lot more baseball fans to be reminded — or even informed for the first time — about Tim Raines.
Don't let Ray see you say that, he is under the impression that Lederer made no difference, that Bert was going to go in without his help.
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