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Originally Posted by slipk1068
I am thinking of making the trip from NY. My wife has been bugging me to do a road trip with some shopping. Maybe play some poker in Chester PA. Just looking for something to do this weekend. I have a question for you local guys.
Pottstown, PA seems to be nearby Lancanster. Many years ago, I read in a book about the Pottstown Fire Department having some Buck Weaver items in a display case. It wasn't much. A few trophies, his glove a bat. I was in the area so made a slight detour to check it out. It was a Sunday and the fire department was closed. I went to a nearby bowling alley to ask some local folks about the Buck Weaver items. They had no idea what I was talking about, but I don't think any of them even knew who Buck Weaver was.
Anyone familiar with Pottstown and know about any Buck Weaver tourist attractions?
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I grew up there and if not for Eight Men Out, wouldn't know of Buck Weaver. I never heard of a display at the fire company.
1952 AL MVP Bobby Shantz was local.
Howie Bedell, who drove in the run to end Don Drysdale's scoreless innings streak, was from Pottstown. Bedell worked for the Phillies, Royals, and Rockies before retiring. One of his sons was a teammate of Bo Jackson's for the Memphis Chicks.
Randy Gumpert (on some early 50s Bowman cards) was a longtime resident of Birdsboro.
80s & 90s pitcher John Smiley is from nearby Phoenixville, as was one-time Red Sox & A's catcher Creighton Gubanich (first big league hit was a grand slam), who hit one off of me in high school that hasn't landed yet. Ok, Mike Piazza is from there, too, as was 80s slugger Andre Thornton.
Surely others, just not popping into my head yet.
Mike