News release celebrating book on little league champs:
Famous 50s Diner, 472 Huntington Turnpike in Bridgeport, will host Shelton author and baseball fanatic, Chris Gallo, Sunday, Dec. 7th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at a special 25th anniversary celebration of the 1989 Trumbull Little League champions along with all area little leaguers and their families. Gallo has also extended an invitation to members and coaches of the 1989 Little League champions.
Gallo, a CPA turned author, wrote a commemorative book about the 1989 Trumbull champions entitled, Unlikely Champions: Miracle at Williamsport. He will be signing and selling copies of the book and donating a portion of proceeds to an area charity, according to Pedro Sanchez of Bridgeport, Conn., co-owner and manager of Famous 50s Diner. A baseball fanatic since 1958, Gallo will gladly share any and all baseball stories with customers.
“We’re very excited to have Chris join us on December 7th,” said Sanchez. “I come from a baseball family and we’re hoping that some of the players or coaches from the 1989 team and certainly current little leaguers and coaches will join us that morning.
“A lot of our customers are from Trumbull, so we hope they will join us as well. This book can be a great stocking stuffer and we’ll be keeping some books on hand through the holidays.”
According to Gallo, the book, released on Amazon in August 2014, opens on the first day of practice in July 1989 and takes the reader through the entire tournament that ended 52 days later in Williamsport, Pennsylvania with Trumbull’s victory over Taiwan and a crowd of 40,000 chanting “USA – USA – USA” as the kids from Trumbull circled the field with the Little League World Champions banner. Gallo follows the team as they return home, celebrated champions; are feted at the White House and are featured on “Good Morning America.”
“I remember how much pride there was in the State of Connecticut and really all of New England when Trumbull won the Little League World Series in 1989,” said ESPN commentator Chris Berman in his foreword to the book. “I remember watching these youngsters running around the field in their forest green jerseys, celebrating. The joy you saw on their faces is a reminder to everyone that the Little League World Series is still pure. It’s fun. It’s competition. It’s baseball. It’s America. Everything was right with it, and I was proud to be from Connecticut.”
ABOUT THE FAMOUS 50S DINER
Famous 50s Diner opened in April 2014 with its signature 50s music playing throughout the day. Co-owner and chef Pedro Sanchez of Bridgeport, who had worked at Andros Diner in Fairfield, Conn. and has more than 15 years of experience, has created a broad, multi-cultural menu for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. The diner is open from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., Monday through Thursday and 6 a.m. To 3 a.m. on weekends.ABOUT CHRISTOPHER GALLO
Christopher Gallo is a certified public accountant in Shelton, Connecticut and opened his own consulting/forensic accounting practice after retiring in 2012. His passion for baseball began at age 6 when he attended his first baseball game in the 1958 World Series in New York. His passion for the game has never waned and it includes his collections of over 125,000 baseball cards and 200 autographed baseballs of Hall of Famers. A native of Fairfield, Connecticut, Gallo graduated from Brown University in 1974 with a degree in Applied Mathematics and from Northeastern University with a Masters in Accounting. He and his wife Debbie have three adult children.
Famous 50’s Diner is a great place to eat and meet friendly people. The service is great and the food is great.
It was great to watch Trumbull win the world series at Williamsport. What made it significant for me was Bridgeport’s Park City Little League beat Trumbull one time in the district’s double elimination. Trumbull came back and won the tournament and the World Series. They did a great job.
Sounds great!
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