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Alexander Joy Cartwright IV Presents the City of Hoboken a Stunning Birthday Present
Alexander Joy Cartwright, IV, CEO of Mr. Baseball LLC will present the City
of Hoboken a birthday present this Friday the 17th of June at Hoboken’s
City Hall. Along with his partner Darrel Smith, Alex will present a stainless
steel plaque to the city.
Hoboken NJ (PRWEB) June 13, 2005 -- Alexander Joy Cartwright, IV, CEO of Mr.
Baseball LLC will present the City of Hoboken a birthday present this Friday
the 17th of June at Hoboken’s City Hall. Along with his partner Darrel
Smith, Alex will present a stainless steel plaque to the city
“Baseball is more than a sport in this country,” Mr. Cartwright
said. “It’s a declaration of our freedom and a designation of
the bond that makes our country great. Elysian Fields represents the place
in time where the seed of this great game was planted only to produce a remarkable
harvest many years later.
Mr. Cartwright will be available for comments after the presentation which
should take place around 1:30 pm. For more information please contact Geri
Fallow, Arts Director for the City of Hoboken. Geri’s phone number is
(201) 420-2207.
Hoboken, New Jersey celebrates its 150th Birthday this year and in so doing
is having a birthday party all year long but especially June 18-19th. During
these days a vintage baseball tournament will take place in Hoboken to honor
the Grand Old Game.
The birthday plaque was commissioned by Mr. Baseball LLC and manufactured
by a Seattle, Washington laser imaging company. Mr. Cartwright described the
process of creating this plaque as follows: “Using 16-gauge 304 stainless
steel, we applied a chemical to the surface that allows the laser to ‘stick’
to the metal. Then we laser-engrave it. Everywhere the laser touches turns
black. Once the process is done, the chemical is washed off and the result
is permanent graphite grey laser marks on the stainless steel. The overall
size is 26 7/16” wide and 21” tall.”
In
addition, Mr. Baseball LLC has produced a “Limited Edition” of
(120) Cherry Wood plaques depicting the Elysian Fields of 1846.
Background:
In the mid-1800s, Alexander Joy Cartwright, Junior was the founder of the
New York Knickerbocker Ball Club. Not only did he create the first organized
baseball team, but he also designed the baseball diamond and specified the
distance between the bases, along with other rules and regulations still in
use today. Although Cartwright was only with the Knickerbocker club for its
first four years of existence, the club itself lasted until 1882. Cartwright
caught Gold Fever in 1849 and ventured west. It is said he became a kind of
“Johnny Appleseed” of baseball, teaching the game to settlers
at frontier towns and Army posts, and even Indians along the way. He eventually
traveled as far west as the Hawaiian Islands where he lived a notable life
until his death in 1892.
His descendant, Alex Cartwright, IV, has become another kind of “Johnny
Appleseed,” who has spoken at various events over the years representing
his ancestor’s legacy. His website, MrBaseball.com, devoted to the history
of baseball, attracts interest from baseball enthusiasts from all over the
world. He receives emails for his assistance with historical baseball references
from publishers and literary agents, and even children who want help doing
a school report. Last year Mr. Cartwright created the Mr. Baseball Foundation
to assist small community youth groups and to offer monetary assistance to
the Cystic Fibrosis Society.
Contact: Alexander Joy Cartwright, IV
MrBaseball.com
2919 210th Ave East
Sumner, WA 98390.
877-551-1023
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Contact:
Alexander Joy Cartwright, IV
MrBaseball.com
2919 210 th Ave East
Sumner,
WA 98390.
877-551-1023
alex@mrbaseball.com
www.mrbaseball.com
Mr. Baseball L.L.C. produces wooden baseball cards for Hoboken Birthday Celebration
May 1 st , 2005, Seattle, WA --- Alexander Joy Cartwright, IV, and CEO of Mr. Baseball LLC has produced Vintage Wooden Baseball Cards depicting his ancestor Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr., The New York Knickerbocker Baseball Team and gorgeous Elysian Fields New Jersey. “These were made to honor the 150 th celebration of Hoboken's founding” says Cartwright to a local sports celebrity.
The baseball cards are laser engraved out of Cherry Wood and represent the company's first venture into Collectible Sports Cards . “The Hoboken Collection” will go on sale at www.mrbaseball.com starting May 1 st .and can be purchased separately or as a set.
In addition, Mr. Baseball LLC has produced a beautiful “Limited Edition” Cherry Wood plaque depicting Elysian Fields of 1846. These are limited edition and only 120 of these have been made and marked with the 150 th Celebration emblem.
Hoboken, New Jersey celebrates their 150 th Birthday this year and in so doing is having a birthday party all year long but especially June 18-19 th. . During these days a vintage baseball tournament will take place to honor the Grand Ole Game. Cartwright will be in attendance to present the city of Hoboken a very special gift honoring its baseball heritage.
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Contact:
Alexander Joy Cartwright, IV
The MRBaseball Foundation
2919 210th Ave East
Sumner
, WA 98390
877-551-1023; 253-640-6039 (cell)
alex@mrbaseball.com
www.mrbaseball.com
The Mr. Baseball Foundation will raise money for a new monument at Oahu Cemetery in Honolulu Hawaii
August 13, 2004, Seattle, WA --- Alexander Joy Cartwright, IV, Founder of the Mr. Baseball Foundation and CEO of MR Baseball LLC will be asking the Hawaiian public for funds to raise a monument at the gravesite of his ancestor Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. to acknowledge his Great Great Grandfather's contribution to baseball. Cartwright's gravesite at Oahu Cemetery is visited by hundreds of people each year, yet there has never been a formal marking that indicates his contributions to Hawaiian society and involvement with baseball's beginnings.
“This new monument will sit next to the existing headstone and will bare the words of Alick's Hall of Fame Plaque in Cooperstown NY . Forever will the people of Hawaii and visitors know that Alick was both a great statesman of Hawaii and the “Father of Baseball”
The website to donate to is http://www.mrbaseball.com/fundraiser.php
Oahu Cemetery http://www.oahucemetery.org/history.html
The monument is scheduled for completion in 2006 with a ceremony scheduled around April 17 th 2006, Alick's Birthday.
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Alexander J Cartwright newest Board Member of the "World Sports Hall of Fame"
TORONTO -- JUNE 3, 2004 -- The World Sports Hall of Fame announced the names of its first indcutees today. Seventeen of the worlds greatest athletes representing seven countries and 13 sports make up this inaugural class. The World Sports Hall of Fame was created to honour all-time excellence said chairman Bruce Prentice of Toronto.Our selectors started with a list of more than 400 superstars that, after much discussion and analysis, has been reduced to our first seventeen selections.
All inductees must have been retired from elite competition for five years. Four of those selected in 2004 -- Sonja Henie, Joe Louis, Babe Ruth and Jim Thorpe -- are deceased and therefore inducted as Legends of Sport.
Four sports contributed two inductees each: boxers Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis , basketball players Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Russell , baseball stars Babe Ruth and Willie Mays and tennis greats Billie Jean King and Rod Laver .
The remaining nine inductees are scattered from one end of the world of sports to the other. The one characteristic they all share is excellence: an ability to perform at their best when the stakes are highest, said selection committee member and sports historian John Thorn of Kingston, New York.
Jim Brown was the National Football League's most valuable player four times while figure skater Sonja Henie won gold at three consecutive Winter Olympics. Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Mt. Everest and crossed the Antarctic in the 1950s. Gordie Howe starred in the National Hockey League in five different decades. Cyclist Eddy Merckx won 445 professional races.
Jack Nicklaus , golf's “Golden Bear,” won 70 PGA events and 20 major tournaments. Pele led Brazil to soccer's World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970, Mark Spitz dazzled in the pool at the 1972 Olympics and, in an earlier era, Jim Thorpe excelled in many sports including athletics, baseball and football.
In addition, the World Sports Hall of Fame has honoured two outstanding sports dynasties, the Brazilian national soccer team of 1958 to 1970 and the Soviet national hockey team of 1963 to 1990 as well as the single-season performance of the New York Yankees of 1961. Bob Beamon's world-record setting long jump at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City has been selected as a great moment in sport.
“Selecting sports' greatest teams and moments forced us to think beyond outstanding individual careers,” said sports publisher Dan Diamond of the Selection Committee. “Great teams almost always have coaching to match, so these awards are a tribute to coaches and managers that enabled their athletes to perform at their best.”
Fifteen directors and advisors of the World Sports Hall of Fame from North America, Europe and Asia participated in the selection of the inaugural group of inductees. Many of those honoured will be in attendance at the World Sports Hall of Fame's first Induction Gala in Toronto, Canada, October, 14, 2004.
The World Sports Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization. It is allied with charities that uses sport and play to facilitate child growth and development for children living in disadvantaged circumstances.
For more information, contact Bruce Prentice at 416 694-1200 or baprentice@sympatico.ca.
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APRIL 5, 2004, SEATTLE, WA --- Mrbaseball.com to honor Jackie Robinson on April 15th, 2004
In conjunction with Major League Baseball, Mrbaseball.com will honor Hall of Famer’ Jackie Robinson for his contribution to the human race and to baseball and his fellow athletes.
MrBaseball prides itself on offering interesting and reliable baseball history to our viewing audience. Our statistics show that the average age of our visitors is 11 years of age. MrBaseball feels its contribution to this age group helps promote education, patriotism, and an appreciation for cultural diversity.
Before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s “color barrier” in 1947, he was a college graduate, military veteran, and Negro League ball player. His accomplishments stand for all that America has to offer everyone, no matter what their color or ethnicity.
Mr. Baseball and his web design and writing team are proud to pay a special tribute to this great man and his legacy.
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AUGUST 1, 2003, SEATTLE, WA --- Alexander Joy Cartwright, IV, Lockheed Martin
Corporation employee, will be visiting Pennsylvania and New York on vacation
between August 22nd-27th. He is scheduled to throw the first pitch for the
vintage Silver Ball Tournament on Friday, August 22nd, in Mumford, New York;
and on Saturday, August 23nd at 3:00 PM at one of the games for the Little
League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
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