Tuesday, August 16, 2011

MIKE SCHMIDT MOMENTS AFTER OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT FROM BASEBALL (5/28/1989)

Phillies' legendary third-baseman Mike Schmidt relaxes while talking to the media after officially announcing his retirement from baseball at Veterans Stadium on May 28, 1989.

Columbus Square's legendary recreation leader Ralph Frangipani enjoys a good cigar as he watches the action from a vantage point a puff away from Mike Schmidt. To Frangipani's right is ABC's Scott Palmer (currently the Phillies' Public Relations Director) and legendary South Philadelphia photographer, Mike Reno.

Frangipani, who had worked at the popular playground in South Philadelphia for many years, was promoted to oversee the field operations at Veterans Stadium in the early '70s.

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