A Big Hit
LeLacheur Park in Lowell provided the setting for a Take Me Out to the Ball Game stamp unveiling when the Lowell Spinners (Boston Red Sox Single A team) hosted their New York Yankees rival the Staten Island Yankees on Thursday, July 31. Nearly 5,000 people witnessed the game (a 7-2 Spinners victory) and Lowell Post Office stamp presentation by, from left, Postmaster Peer Golden, Tim Bawmann, general manager; pitcher Stephen Fife and Dave Zaher, supervisor of customer services at Lowell Post Office.
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