The St. Louis Browns Fan Club Presents
Lunch With The Browns
May 14, 2008 ~ 12 Noon
Missouri Athletic Club-West
1777 Des Peres Rd.
St. Louis County, MO
On the outer road along I-270 between
Clayton and Manchester Rds.
Cost - $22 (Buffet)
Out of the Park: Memoirs of a Minor League Baseball All Star
Ed Mickelson
Ed Mickelson was born on September 9, 1926, in Ottawa, Illinois. Mickelson was 19 years old when he was signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Cardinals as a first baseman. He broke into the big leagues with the Cardinals on September 18, 1950.
Ed was claimed on waivers by the Browns in October 1952. He played for the Browns during their last season here in St. Louis in 1953.
Sportsman’s Park
The Players, The Fans & The Game
Dan O’Neill
Dan O’Neill is a sports columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He has covered a number of beats at the Post primarily baseball, hockey and golf and he currently writes columns five days a week.
Dan joined the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1985. He is a regular contributor to MSNBX.COM, Athlon Sports and other national publications. Dan Has won awards from the Associate Press, Golf Writers Association of America and the Society of Black Journalists for feature writing and columns.
Meet Ed and Dan, enjoy a buffet lunch and network with other baseball enthusiasts.
St. Louis Browns Names Rogers as Editor
St. Louis, MO - The St. Louis Browns Historical Society has named Bill Rogers Editor of
the St. Louis Browns Fan Club newsletter called “Pop Flies.” Rogers is a life-long resident
of St. Louis living in Oakville in South County. Bill is also an avid baseball and Brownie fan.
Bill started a consulting business in 1988 and writing a technology newsletter for credit
unions along with one on biometric identification (fingerprint, facial recognition, iris, etc.)
Rogers maintains several blog and web sites on the Internet in support of local issues,
credit unions and the biometric ID industry. He is actively involved in producing conferences
and seminars as a meeting planner. Bill is also on the speaking circuit and acts as a
moderator for several national programs.
According to Bill, “As a youngster I recall seeing dozens of Browns ball games along with Cardinal games. I still have a collection of Browns scorecards which we’ll share with our readers. Many of the scorecards are covered with autographs. I recall seeing one game where Joe DiMaggio hit three line drive home runs off the scoreboard at Sportsman’s park. I can’t recall who won the game, but I suspect we lost.”
Bill was also a legitimate member of the Knot Hole Gang as a young lad. “We often waited under the stands to get autographs from players as they walked from the field to their locker room. If we didn’t recognize the player, we found out later from his autograph. Those were the days of real baseball.”
St. Louis Browns Historical Society was formed to preserve the history and memory of the St. Louis Browns baseball team. The Browns won only one pennant in their 50 year history in St. Louis meeting the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series in 1944.
Rogers says, “If you have any Browns memories such as the one recalled above, how about sharing it with us. You can make it as long or as short as you want. You can mail it direct to us or send it by e-mail.”
