AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER
Volume 19 Number 9
National Cemetery dedication page 21
OF FLORIDA
January 2016
myseniorlife.com FEATURES
There’s no crying in baseball for this sports legend BY CARL KOTALA Dolly Konwinski loves to talk baseball. And on Feb. 5, at the 7th Inning Stretch Senior Expo at Space Coast Stadium, you can talk to the 84-year-old who played in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League that inspired the 1992 movie, “A League of Their Own.” She hopes to connect with boomers and seniors, whether they were fans of the movie or young fans in the stands. Held annually at destination locations around Brevard, the Senior Life expo marks the release of the 2016 Boomer Guide. “I hope people bring their cameras,” Konwinski said. “We’ll have fun.” Konwinski played in the AAGPBL from 1949 to 1952 under her maiden name, Dolly Niemiec, with the majority of her career spent playing second and third base for the Grand Rapids Chicks. “I was good field, no hit,” said Konwinski, who then joked, “…
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On the quilt trail in rural America Page 35
we got “ When to play organized baseball and got a paycheck every two weeks, why that was just unbelievable. We would have played for nothing, but we didn’t tell them that.” Dolly Konwinski
Tin can art man expands to birdfeeders Page 9
continued on page 16 SENIOR LIFE AP Photo/Kathy Willens
Hughlett family of Cocoa has impact across the sea Page 8
Dolly Niemiec Konwinski throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a spring exhibition game in Tampa.
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