ABC’s of the AAABA national tournament in Johnstown:
From beginning to end ... as compiled by members of the 2008 New Orleans franchise.
A: Ambassadors, Arcurio, Announcer, All-American Amateur Baseball Association, Altoona.
B: Baseball, Bomb Squad, Boosters, Boys of Summer, By George Inn, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Buffalo.
C: Chicago, Candy Store, Cracker Jacks, Championship, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus.
D: Delweld, Double Play, Detroit.
E: Eat n’ Park, Elk County.
F: Fans, Franchises, Friends, Family Atmosphere, Fifty- Fifty, Franklin, Flood Museum.
G: Games, Galleria, Grounds Crew, Glen Martin.
H: Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn, Hall of Fame, Home Run, Home Away From Home, Hot Dog, Hoss’ Steak House.
I: Inclined Plane, Innings, Infield, Isenberg.
J: Johnstown, Johnnie’s Restaurant, Johns and Washington Streets, Jerry’s Lounge.
K: Keeping the Tradition Alive.
L: Lilly Field, Lodestar Charters, Livonia, Lansing.
M: Mary at Johnnie’s, Mike Mastovich, Music, Morley’s Dog, Main Street, ManTech, Media, Market Street, Maryland State, Milford.
N: Ninth Inning, Night Games, New Orleans Boosters.
O: Outfield, Oldtimers, Opening Night.
P: Paramedics, Point (old and new), Peanuts, Portage, Player Parade, Philadelphia.
Q: Quest for the Championship, questionable calls.
R: Roxbury, Rain Delay, Registration, Regionals, Revloc.
S: Sportsmans, Sunday Mass at St. John’s Cathedral, Strikeout, Suppes Ford, Summertime, Sportsmanship, Scoreboard, Scheuermann Family, Surf n’ Turf, Schenectady, Statisticians.
T: Tribune-Democrat, Tradition, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”.
U: Uniforms, Umpires, United Jewelers, UPJ.
V: Victory, Vacation.
W: Washington.
X: X-tra Innings.
Y: Yoder Hill’s Bomb Squad, Youns, Youngstown.
Z: Zanesville.
