The Skipper Talks About Ed Smolinski
The Skipper said...
Baseball at Penn Fruit with our "coach" Ed Smolinski.
Ed was from North Trenton but was known all over town for
baseball and soccer. There were stories of him playing in
Europe and something about The Queen of Denmark. Al Dowling
and Bo Belinski. We played ball in that neighborhood at "The
Circle" (Penn Fruit) .. site of the old Dunn Field where Willy
Mays played and a small lot by the Anchor Pottery. Mack ..
what triggered this comment was you comment on keeping the
traditions going. Ed Smolinski was like a dad to most of us
back then and holy cow, even tried out for the Phillies.
Ed would not allow kids to just sit during the summer or
winter for that matter. "Get off that fat azz and get in
the house and get your glove". If it wasn't for him, I still
be a fat little couch potato.
Thanks for this Skip:)
6 years ago
3 comments:
Skip, I also played baseball at that same sight. Small world.
No doubt we probably played in one of those summer pick games. Even your buddy Bob would play. He was much better than I was. If I remember Bob had a pretty good pitching arm?
They don't make guys like Ed anymore and he still lives within the Burg and spitting distance of Wetzel Field.
God bless him.
TheSkipper
Skip: I use to live on Revere Ave. and Morris Ave., my boys and I were always at Wetzel Field playing ball, my younger son Jeff helped the Schroths as a bat boy.
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