I just got an email from a fellow named Matt, regarding my stories on former Sacramento Solons owner Fred David, who died in October at 100 and whose estate was just liquidated. Matt wanted to know if he could see the interview I did with David in 2001 for my high school senior project. David [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Fred David’
One final Fred David post: My interview with him in 2001
Posted: 7th February 2010 by Graham Womack in Historical topicsTags: Fred David, interview, Sacramento baseball players
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More Fred David estate sale pictures
Posted: 6th February 2010 by Graham Womack in Historical topicsTags: Fred David, Sacramento baseball players
I wanted to post some more pictures that I took at the Fred David estate sale on Friday. For my initial post here early Saturday morning, I only used the picture I took of Gus Stathos, because I figured it was my best shot of the day, as well as the most original content I [...]
Day 2 of the estate sale for Sacramento Solons owner Fred David
Posted: 6th February 2010 by Graham Womack in Historical topicsTags: Fred David, Gus Stathos, Sacramento baseball players
SACRAMENTO– It’s as if the old Solon has been transported back more than half a century to his clubhouse at Edmonds Field. In front of Gus Stathos, in a cavernous warehouse downtown dubbed The Building lie some of the final baseball-related relics from the estate of former Sacramento Solons owner Fred David, who died in [...]
Looks like my weekend plans are set
Posted: 4th February 2010 by Graham Womack in Historical topicsTags: Fred David, Joe Marty, ongoing projects, Sacramento baseball players
I was just looking at my Google Analytics stats and saw I had a spike yesterday in the number of people who read my obituary on former Sacramento Solons owner Fred David, who died in October at 100. I wondered if the Sacramento Bee had finally written anything about him. They declined to do a [...]
Former Sacramento Solons owner, Fred David, dead at 100
Posted: 12th December 2009 by Graham Womack in UncategorizedTags: Fred David, obituary, ongoing projects, Sacramento baseball players
A pioneering member in Sacramento sports history, Fred David died on October 17, at the age of 100. David once owned a Pacific Coast League baseball team from my hometown, the Sacramento Solons, and I did my senior project in high school on it. I interviewed a number of former players and people associated with [...]