John Hanna Men’s Fast Pitch Invitational
Saturday, July 4, 2015 – Sunday, July 5, 2015
Ken Lindley and Bill Vallely Field
Contact Andy Eggen at 602 390-6740 for more information
Editor’s note: Prescott remains one of my favorite places to play fastball. The 4th of July weekend is like a trip back in time, to small town Americana. Fastball. Fireworks. Rodeo. Whiskey Row. Arts & Craft show. All rolled into one weekend.
More information on the Prescott Rodeo Days Fine Art & Craft Show:
Friday, July 3, 2015 – Sunday, July 5, 2015 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Yavapai County Courthouse 120 S. Cortez Street Prescott, AZ 86303
Please join us July 3, 4 & 5, 2015 on the grounds of the beautiful Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza, for the 35th Annual Prescott Rodeo Days Fine Arts and Crafts Show, sponsored by the Prescott Downtown Partnership, Inc. Held in conjunction with the Worlds Oldest Rodeo, the Prescott Rodeo Days Fine Arts & Crafts Show has a thirty three year history, with over 150 on site artists and crafters coming from many of the western states. Other events will be the Kiwanis Kiddie Parade on Friday, July 3rd at 9:00 a.m., and the Frontier Days Parade on Saturday, July 4th at 9:00 a.m. The weekends activities also include daily entertainment on the Courthouse Plaza, the Whiskey Row Boot Races, Whiskey Row street dance, firemen hose cart races, and the Worlds Oldest Rodeo performances all week long.
Editor’s note: For those who may not know of the storied career of Herb Wisdom, be sure to visit Bob Otto’s website, “Otto in Focus” for a great bio piece he penned about Herb back in 2010: “Someone to know: Herb Wisdom, Si Senor men’s fastpitch”
Among other things, Herb was the catcher for the legendary Long Beach Nitehawks. He remembered the Nitehawks manager Red Meairs fondly:
“Red was a great, great manager,” Wisdom said. “He told me something I never forgot. He said, ‘stay in shape, come ready to play, and be on time. See that guy up in the stands? He wants to be a Nitehawk, so you’d better hustle.’”