The Northeast Indiana Baseball Association is proud to announce three new members are be inducted into the local Hall of Fame in a ceremony to be help on Friday, November 9 at 6:30 PM at Classic Cafe Catering and Event Center.
- Former Major League Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick
- Local umpire Dave Switzer
- Long-time Huntington North baseball coach Don Sherman
Classic Cafe Catering and Event Center is located at 4832 Hillegas Road. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by mail at NEIBA, P.O. Box 12733, Fort Wayne, IN 46864, via the organization’s website at neibaseball.org or from NEIBA officers Jim Shovlin, Tim Kindler, Don Graham, Marge Graham, Jack Massucci, Isabel Alvarez, Dona Schaefer, Larry Windmiller, Bill Derbyshire, Ken Nicolet and Joe Moorhouse. The ticket deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 6.
In addition to the inductees, the Colin Lister Aware and Bob Parker Memorial Award will be presented to Jim Shovlin and Chad Gramling respectively.
To learn more about this year’s honorees, please read this article from a previous Bob Parker Memorial Award recipient, Blake Sebring.