Published: August 14, 2008 12:08 am      

The ABC’s of the AAABA

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.