Major League Baseball Alumni Help Lazarex Cancer Foundation May 16, 2010

May 16, 5:30-9:30pm, celebrity wine reception; May 17, 10:30am, golf tournament

Wine reception, celebrity mingle , silent auction, golf, photo opportunities, prizes, fun.

If you like to play golf, hang out with former major league baseball players and support a local organization that gives end-stage cancer patients hope and another chance, then there is an event next month that might be for you. On May 16 and 17 members of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) will swing golf clubs instead of baseball bats to help the Lazarex Cancer Foundation of Danville raise money to continue its mission of providing hope and time to patients who have been told that conventional medicine can no longer help them.

The May 16 celebrity wine reception and May 17 golf tournament will be held at the Green Valley Country Club in Fairfield. Each foursome will include a 5th member from the MLBPA. The Sunday evening festivities begin with a hosted wine reception and silent auction of sports memorabilia at 5:30 p.m. Registration for the golf tournament begins Monday at 10:30 a.m. with a shotgun start scheduled for noon.

Ten-year major leaguer Jim Pagliaroni will be among the players attending the dinner and the golf tournament. Pagliaroni caught Catfish Hunter's 1968 perfect game in Oakland, played with Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski on the Boston Red Sox, and Roberto Clemente on the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pagliaroni was also a member of the 1969 Seattle Pilots and featured prominently in Jim Bouton's best-selling book Ball Four.

Official Website: http://www.lazarex.org