Baseball Charity Match Benefits Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:31:00 +0000

Former MLB legends and celebrities alike teamed up for the 21st Annual Joe DiMaggio Legends Game on January 24th at the Baltimore Orioles’ home for Spring Training, Fort Lauderdale Stadium. This year, the proceeds will help create a new oncology unit, complete with 20 new rooms, at the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood, Florida.

Saturday’s lineup featured Hall of Famers and former All-Stars such as Orlando Cepeda, Brooks Robinson, Orestes Destrade, Andre Dawson, Alex Arias, Chris Hammond, Dick Allen, Paul Blair, Ron Blomberg, Dennis Boyd, Bert Campaneris, Rico Carty, Mike Cuellar, Alvin Dark, Tommy Davis, Al Downing, George Foster, Willie Horton, Al Hrabosky, Ed Kranepool, Bill Lee, Phil Linz, Dennis Martinez, Gene Michael, Minnie Minoso, John Odom, Amos Otis, Jimmy Piersall, Art Shamsky and Ron Swoboda. Former Marlins third-base coach and broadcast announcer Cookie Rojas and former manager Jeff Torborg were also in attendance.

Of the event, former Marlins star Orestes Destrade commented to the Miami Herald that ‘’This is a fun event. It brings in a good demographic of players." On a more serious note, he added that, "this [charity] is closest to my heart. [South Florida] is where I grew up.’’

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Baseball Charity Match Benefits Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital