The Southern Connecticut Diamond Club will hold its annual Hall of Fame Induction dinner to honor those who have contributed to baseball in the area.
It will be held on Thursday, Oct. 13, at Monticello’s Restaurant, 577 S. Broad Street, Meriden.
Hors d’oeuvres will be at 5:30 p.m. Dinner follows promptly at 6:30 p.m.
Those being inducted include Donna Caldeira of New Haven, long-time volunteer for the Dom Aitro Little League program; Bob Cuozzo of West Haven, long-time coach and volunteer for West Haven Little League; “The Coach” George DeMaio of West Haven, local broadcaster of high school sports; Tony GolinoINO (posthumously) of New Haven, former high school and local athlete; Steve Reilly of Derby, volunteer high school assistant coach and longtime volunteer broadcaster and assistant broadcaster of Connecticut High School and American Legion baseball games; and Dave Ryan (posthumously) of Milford, former American Legion baseball coach in Orange for almost two decades.
Dave Pittman of New Haven will be inducted as the recipient of the Andrew Gassira Memorial Umpire Award.
Harry O’Neill, long-time coach and volunteer for the Hamden Fathers Baseball/Softball Association, will be inducted as the recipient of the Tony Mentone Memorial Distinguished Service Award.
Tickets can purchased by contacting Rose Mentone at rmentone@comcast.net on or before Oct. 6. Tickets are $60 per person and include a family-style dinner. Children’s meals are available at a price of $25.
If you prefer to pay by credit card, go to our website at: http://www.southernctdiamondclub.org/hall-of- Fame.html and press Add to Cart to order tickets either through PayPal or by credit card.