Bleacher bumming … yet Gilroy’s past is filled with exceptional athletes …
Coming like a football season freight train is the annual Gilroy Foundation Day in the Country auction on Saturday, Sept. 14. Co-chairs Sal and Annie Tomasello are working on the plan around the theme, “For the Love of the Game” which will highlight the athletes from Gilroy’s past which made it to the big time, like quarterback Jeff Garcia and boxer Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero and PGA professional George Archer, winner of the Masters golf tournament in 1969. Local wine tasting, appetizers, a sit-down dinner prepared by Top Chef Dave “The Dish” Bozzo. There’s a silent auction and a live auction hosted by Don DeLorenzo and Jim Habing with plenty of sports tickets and memorabilia on the block. It’s $100. Tickets online at www.gilroyfoundation.org and there’s also a super raffle for a Baseball Getaway for Two to Cooperstown which includes a visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame, a game day parade and an old-timers game on gorgeous Doubleday Field. Now that’s a classic prize.
