AOH 87 Happenings

February's Brimmer

2009-01-23T10:12:00.001-05:00

February’s Brimmer

Well, another exciting month in and around Division #87, on Jan. 3rd, about 12 of us went to New York City with the group from 29th & Tasker Sts., the Notre Dame Harvey crew which was led by Matty E’s Step Dad, Harvey himself, we went to see the Irish play basketball against St. John’s, a group of us took a side trip to a few different Irish watering holes in and around NYC, Obie was astounded to find “O’Brien’s Pub”, neatly tucked away on 47th St., before he left, Obie picked up a golf shirt, some coasters and a toilet bowl cover, all monogrammed with the Obie crust, I mean crest, he also picked up a very nice golf shirt for his Dad for Father’s Day, oh sorry, was that a surprise? On the recommendation of a fellow Hibernian from Brooklyn who I reached out to on the Internet, our last stop was the “Pig N Whistle” which is another Irish Pub which is situated on Times Square, nothing but the best for our traveling group, a great stop if you are ever in the area

for a Broadway musical, yes, Tigger, it says “Broadway” not a “Broad St. musical”, which according to the Tig is the Mummers Parade.
A good time was had by all.

Speaking of trips, if anyone has any interest in going to a baseball game, this spring/summer, Lehigh Valley, Reading or Trenton, let me know, always looking for co-conspirators to enjoy an afternoon/evening out.

Our about 10th annual Beef and Beer to benefit the Division was held on Sunday, Jan. 18th at Finnigan’s Wake, unfortunately the Eagles picked that day to lose in the NFC Championship game, so, it cut into the crowd, but we still made about $3000., which has been given to the Home, so, that they can work their magic with different bills that may and will come about. There is a lot of thanks to go around and I am sure that I am going to forget someone, so, don’t feel offended, everyone in attendance deserves a thank you, especially P.J. and Barb Driscoll, “Door” Matt and his silent partner, Acme Bob, who decided that the tighter

you put the wrist band on, the better off you would be, my partner Obie who decided to taste test all of the Coors Light in the building, Dominick would have been so proud and a special thanks to Peggy who not only worked the whole time but also donated her coat to the Finnigan’s coat drive. The crew at Finnigan’s, led by Mgr. Jimmy are top shelf and always do a great job, Super Bowl has the Boss for halftime entertainment, we had “Paddy’s Well” play at halftime and after the sad ending of the game, Paul Moore and the group did their fabulous job of entertaining the despondent crowd except for the Cowgirls fans, Mo and Martin who relished in the down mood of the Birds fans, if you are looking for a fun place to go, check out www.Paddyswell.com and find out where they are playing, also, pick up their CD, “First Friday” where AOH Division #87 is mentioned in the liner notes of being a proud sponsor, next year, we will do it again, same time, same station, mark it down, Jan. 17, 2010, we do get a lot of participation from the Division, we could always use more bodies there, it benefits US!

“Falcon Mike” Fetters will be running our new website, www.aoh87.com, check it out for updates and also, you will find “Tug’s Talking Here” which will have a special place on the site, I am sure. If you are a Norff grad or just a fan of the sports program, check out Mike’s www.falconnest.com which has great stories and pictures from the various events in and around North Catholic. That’s All Folks

You Go Girl..........................................

2009-01-23T10:04:00.003-05:00

Ex-Cheerleader

A story with a happy ending! This nineteen-year-old ex-cheerleader (now an Air Force Security Forces Sniper) was watching a road that led to a NATO military base when she observed a man digging by the road. She engaged the target (i.e., she shot him). Turned out he was a bomb maker for the Taliban and he was burying an IED that was to be detonated when a US patrol walked by 30 minutes later. It would have certainly killed and wounded several soldiers.. The interesting fact of this story is the shot was measured at 725 yards. She shot him as he was bent over burying the bomb. The shot went through his butt and into the bomb which detonated; he was blown to pieces. The Air Force made a motivational poster of her:

The Green Legion on Fox 29

2008-12-31T10:23:00.002-05:00

On Monday, Dec. 29th, the Green Legion was featured on the 10PM newscast on Fox 29, the infamous "Quimby" is featured, look for the "Spokesmodel" next to the Grim Reaper.

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/sidebar_video.jsp?contentId=8163142&version=1&locale=EN-US

January '09 Brimmer

2008-12-31T10:18:00.001-05:00

January’s Brimmer

2009, where does the time go? First of all, I want to thank Frank Gallagher for his service as President of AOH 87, personally, it was a pleasure working with you, thanks, Frank.

The newly elected President, Tom Healey has been my boss on the police department, I know that a lot of guys don’t know who he is, he will be a good leader, has experience, he was being considered for a Deputy Commissioner post in the police dept., he was the President of Penn Academy, A.A., if he could deal with the soccer Mom’s and Dad’, then this should be easy, congratulations Tom!

Okay, enough being nice, don’t want to hear from Bobby Murphy, left over from the last newsletter, Tigger when he was in Baltimore for the ND vs. Navy game, got into a cab for the ride back to the bus, he being this mathematical genius, think of rain man, but more on the partly cloudy side, anyway, he gets in to the cab and tells the cab driver, not to turn on the meter and he would give him $20. for the ride, the driver obliges, we get to the bus and driver leaves with Tigger’s $20., we found out later that everyone else paid $8. for the same ride, again, congratulations Mrs. Kiger, all of that money that you spend on his education is definitely paying off, for me, anyway!

Tom Wenger the Jr. leaves Atlantic City and exceeds the speed limit and gets stopped by a New Jersey State Trooper, Tommy tells the nice Officer that the reason he was speeding was because he was the God Father at a Christening and was running late, the Police Office, obviously, full of Christian Charity himself, tells Tommy that he will write the ticket as fast as he can, you can’t make up this kind of stuff!

On Thanksgiving, I went to a tail gate party with the Green Legion for my Thanksgiving dinner, just picture this, I am standing in McFadden’s backyard, bundled up with hat and gloves in place, eating my dinner with about 75 other people, the Brotherhood Mission on Girard Ave. has nothing on me, thanks, Quimby, you still are the best, speaking of him, he has a few ski trips upcoming, if you are interested, go to www.phillytrips.com.

On Sunday, Jan. 18th, our annual Beef and Beer fun/fundraiser will be held at Finnigan’s Wake, from 3P – 7P, the cost is $30. in advance and $35. at the door, I have tickets, if you are interested, if you would like to be a seller, that would be appreciated as well. Paddy’s Well with Paul Moore will be the entertainment, they will also be selling their new CD, “First Friday” where in the liner notes, AOH Division 87 is mentioned for being a big supporter of the band, also, for your entertainment pleasure, the famous “Door Matt” will be working the door, last year, we had over 300 people, this year, we are hoping to improve on that number, give me a call at 215 570 7385 or call Obie at 215 300 6332, I am aware of the Degrees that day, but you should be out of there in time to make Finnigan’s and enjoy the afternoon with AOH Division #87.

Thanks, as always, for reading my column, hopefully with the new administration, I will get a raise, it was always tough negotiating with Frank, I never received a raise from “no pay” job, I even joined Obie’s union to try to get help, but I guess having Tigger as my spokesman wasn’t such a good idea.

December's Brimmer

2008-12-31T10:15:00.000-05:00

December’s Brimmer

November was another busy month in and around Binlids,
first of all congratulations to everyone that got elected to the Executive Board for the next 2 years and hope to see everyone at the election for President on December 9th.

The “Comedy Night” on Thurs. Nov. 13th was a blast in front of a sold out room, good job by Tommy Wenger, our illustrious Steward who put it all together, our very own, Tommy Healey was his normal, abnormal self, Nicky Attytude, a former classmate of Pat Dever, was hilarious, but Joe Conklin stole the show, he did a solid hour of his comedy and impressions, the “man of a thousand voices” was very entertaining, great job by all! A brief infomercial shall follow, Joe Conklin did us a favor by appearing, I think a nice gesture would be for us to go to www.2funnyphillyguys.com and order the DVD featuring Joe and Big Daddy Graham, a great Christmas gift, but not for me, I already ordered it.

A group of us went to Baltimore on Nov. 15th for the ND vs. Navy football game, Billy Gibbons was in rare form, enough said about that, but Obie, Mo and Harvey’s stepson, Matty E. was in his glory at the Green Turtle, a watering hole in Fell’s Point, our bellies were full and we all got a new tee shirt to wear, thanks to Matty’s visa, not the one that got him to Fell’s, but the credit card, oh, Matty E., you’ve done it again! We went over to Notre Dame Harvey’s tail gate party in Lot J, ran into a lot of old friends, Harvey gave Billy G., the “T” and ejected him from the party. Harvey will be the referee at the North Catholic vs. Bonner basketball game at North on Fri. Dec. 19th, Kieran is getting a bus together to go cheer on the ref, not since Tim Donaghy has a ref had a cheering section, give Kieran a call if you are interested. Speaking of the trip to Baltimore, Freddy Mac became a Big Brother and took his little brother, Tigger with him, unfortunately there are no Tigger stories, Fred, you must have done a great job, I am sure that Tigger’s Mom appreciates that fine work.

Time for another commercial, on Sunday, Jan. 18th, our Annual Beef and Beer at Finnigan’s Wake, 3P – 7P, starring again our very own “Paddy’s Well” featuring Paul Moore, last year, we had over 300 people there, we are looking to improve on that number, if you were there, the last 2 years, you know how good it was, pass the word, the cost will be $30. in advance and $35. at the door, I have tickets, if you want to be a seller, give me a call, they will make great Christmas gifts. I spoke with Jimmy at Finnigan’s and he assured me that both bars will be open and his great staff will ready to serve us.

That’s All Folk…………………………..

Merry Christmas to All and to All, a Good Night!

November's Brimmer

2008-11-20T13:42:00.001-05:00

November’s Brimmer

First of all, I want to thank our Editor, “Perry White” for financing my Green Legion trips, last month, I am sure that he will have a full report on the monies spent at our next meeting.

I am a big fan and supporter of the Green Legion, if you ever want to enjoy an Eagles away game, let Marilyn and Quimby take care of all the details, first class all of the way, www.greenlegion.com okay, enough for the plugs, back to the (ab)normal part of my newsletter, the weekend of Sept. 28th, Matty E. and myself headed to Chicago for the Eagles vs. Bears game, we had a great time, there are pictures and links to the march to the game from Bar Looie, where we had our tail gate party, on the web blog, on Sat. afternoon while in a bar on Division St. in anticipation of watching the Phils clinch the NL East, about 300 of us showed up to find out that Fox had blacked the game out, so, we could watch a meaningless Cubs game, of course, we were in Chicago, so, I guess that makes sense, undaunted by this happening, Quimby sent Marilyn back to his hotel room for his lap top, connected to his Sling Box at home, climbed into the ceiling at Shenanigans, got the security camera, mounted it near his lap top and we watched the Phils victory on 8 TV’s, great job, Macgyver! Matty E. was in his glory, a whole town full of people that have never seen his act and the boy didn’t disappoint, we were walking to breakfast and I was behind him, I turned on Bellevue St. and Mr. E. kept on walking, about 2 blocks before he realized that I wasn’t behind him, Sat. night, we went to Bar Chicago, where it set up that if you had on your wrist band, we had free beer from 8P – 10P and $2. bottles after that, till 5AM, no,

Obie wasn’t bartending with those hours, anyway, our hero tells me while walking in the block of the bar, that he forgot his wrist band and knew exactly where it was, on the sink in the hotel room, he decided that he would be like Slick Willie Sutton and sneak pass the doorman, which he did, well, the next morning, Matty realized that he was wearing the wrist band, the old time, it had rode up his arm when he put his jacket on, oh, Matty, you have done it again and again and again!

The weekend of Oct. 12th, Joe McGarrity and myself made the trek to San Francisco for the Eagles vs. the Niners, thanks again to Perry for getting me first class seats, I will be turning that expense report in soon! Anyway, it was Fleet Week in San Fran, besides it being a beautiful city, we rode the cable car, saw the Golden Gate Bridge, Joe was upset to find out that it wasn’t named after his golfing partner, “Joe Golden”, on suggestion of the reining Putso Award winner, Jim McGovern, we went to Lefty O’Douls, a fine restaurant to watch the Phillies playoff game, unfortunately, the dinner music that was playing in the background wasn’t conducive to watching a baseball game, so, we relocated to another sports bar where we hooked up with the gang from Owen’s in North Wildwood, Mike, Shawn, Phil and the Patterson boys know how to party! I have to tell you that there is nothing like being at Alcatraz, sitting in the recreation yard watching the Blue Angels do their thing and buzz The Rock, by the way, Hal “Back in the Day” Carty told this reporter that he remembers the rock when it was just a pebble. There are photos and links to these trips on the web blog, http://www.aohdivision87.blogspot.com check them out, I know that I haven’t been updating it, but it will be updated on a continual basis.

A couple of quick announcements, the Scats Dever walk/run is on Sunday, Nov. 9th, at AOH Division 87 South, aka Callahan’s, Taney and South Sts., a great time, starting about 9AM, also, Nov. 13th is the Comedy Night, if it isn’t sold out, already, check with
Tommy Wenger, it promises to be a fun night with Joe Conklin and Tommy Healey reliving their childhood where they grew up in the same neighborhood, having a “Joke Off”, Perry, that does say “joke off”, not the other, so, call off the censors. Well, how much more damage can I do, I am sure more, stay tuned!

Young Tom Lavelle

2008-11-20T13:28:00.007-05:00

LCPL Lavelle, Thomas
Echo Company
2nd Battalion
25th Marine
4th Marine Division

Tom's address in Iraq is

LCPL Lavelle, Thomas
2/25 Det. 1, Echo Co. HQTR Platoon
Unit 43507
APO AP 96426-3507

The Green Legion goes to San Francisco with Joe McGarrity and Tug

2008-10-20T07:37:00.010-04:00

Green Legion goes to San Francisco - 10-12-08

2008-10-16T21:55:00.002-04:00

Try to find Waldo in this picture and an even better trick is to find Joe McGarrity, (hint, he is sitting next to me)

Wrigley Field - Labor Day Weekend - 2008

2008-10-16T21:34:00.009-04:00

The Green Legion Invades Soldier Field

2008-10-16T08:35:00.004-04:00

On the weekend of Sept. 28th, Matty E. and Myself went with 600 of our closest friends to Chicago with the Green Legion, Quimby and Marilyn, again, did a great job! Check out this clip from You Tube of 600 of us walking the mile and a half from Bar Looie where we had our pre game tailgate party to Soldier Field.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rosTgC-HlI&feature=related

Another clip has your hero (me) and my sidekick (Matty E.) doing what we do best, drinking at Bar Looie in Chicago at the tail gate party before we marched to Soldier Field.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuUgsdNavDk&NR=1

October - Tug's Talking Here - Unedited Version

2008-10-16T08:05:00.001-04:00

October’s Brimmer

Well, where do I begin? It has been a busy month for Tug’s Talking Here, on Labor Day weekend, 10 of us went to Chicago to see the Phils vs. the Cubs with Phils Fever which is a part of the Green Legion, that I always rave about, Quimby always runs a top shelf trip and this was no exception. We had a pub crawl on Fri. night, “crawl” is the operative word here, we were on Division Street which has bars, bars and more bars, our illustrious steward, Tom Wengo, believe it or not got up on stage at Shenanigan’s and did a medley of Rolling Stones’ hits, included in this was him spraying the crowd with champagne, there are photos of this on www.greenlegion.com, under photos, obviously! Wengo and Obie decide that they were going to take beers out of the bar, so, they can drink while they walk to the bar, next door, you do never know if you are going to get thirsty, anyway, the Obster, takes one step out of the bar, falls down and breaks the Coors Light in his pocket, think “down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier”, Wengo has 3 bottles in his pocket, open of course, climbs into a cab and they spill all over him and the cab, good job, guys! We were staying at the Whitehall hotel right off of the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chi Town, which is a beautiful hotel, anyway, our hero, Obie, gets into a cab, slightly intoxicated, okay, more then slightly, anyway, Tom Wenger Jr., hears him tell the cabbie that he was staying at White Castle,

Tommy told him that he wasn’t at the hamburger joint, when Obie corrected himself and told the poor driver that he was staying at the White House!

There is a lot more to talk about with this weekend, with the roof top seats, Mo donating his glasses to the poor of Chicago, Rich, well, just being Rich, Freddy Mac, who slept all day and wanted to party all night, but lack of Space makes it impossible to tell the whole story, by the way, Arnold, I just wanted to get your name in the newsletter!

On the flight back to Philly, Wengo gets up in the plane turns towards the passengers and makes an announcement, well, think post 9-11, which was only a week away at that point, the shock on the passengers faces was quite evident, Wengo says “My name is Tom Wenger and I spent the weekend with Obie O’Brien and I am an alcoholic”, people sitting behind us were quite relived when we informed them of what he said! You can’t make this stuff up!

When we last heard about our hero, Tigger, he was trying to get a job teaching Tiggerish in Korea, well, their gain is our loss, on a recent afternoon, Tigger was directing a fellow worker on how to get on the Schuykill, after helping his buddy load up the back of his car with some left over foam, Tigger was leading this poor soul who had to get direction from Tigger, think of a GPS that speaks a foreign language, Tigger’s buddy, Pooh, gets smacked in the back of head by a piece of foam, he hits the gas pedal and rams Tigger on the expressway, ruining his truck, he now has a new truck, stop by the Club on any Fri.

afternoon for a free ride, Mrs. Kiger, I know that you are so proud!

Obie and Peggy has made an adventure land at their house on Aramingo Ave., they will be dressed as Mr. And Mrs. Pumpkin and lead your children, under 5 years old, please, thru the “Pumpkin Patch”, that they have created there, admission is always free, you must make reservations though, in case Obie is watching SportsCenter, operators are standing by, so, please call ahead of time to make reservations.

Enough said…………………………

P. S. Coming attractions, I am heading out to Chicago for the Eagles vs. Bears game with Matty E., so, please save me a couple of pages in next month’s Brimmer with the antics of Mr. Edgar, talk about a Windy City!

July's Brimmer

2008-07-18T10:54:00.001-04:00

Happy Summer to All:

While writing this, it is the first day of summer, even though someone failed to mention it to Mother Nature after the recent bout with 90 degree temps, I think that Hal should have told her because “back in the day”, they used to hang around together, speaking of Hal Carty, as I am apt to do, he recently came back to the Club on Wed. evening after a fine, for him, 9 hole total of 61, when he found out that Timmy Kober shot a 69, Hal thought he finally beat someone other then Kerrigan, then to his chagrin, he found out that Kobs played 18 holes, “back in the day” went back to the driving range, this time, he took his car!

During the past month, I noticed 2 very disturbing things going on in the Binlids, first of all, Racetrack Matty E. has a blue tooth and the sight of that thing growing out of his ear is not for the weak of stomach, also, Kieran has a bad back, to match his head, but anyway his Doctor prescribed steroids, think of Barry Bonds without the tan and you get the picture, Kieran also just returned from Myrtle Beach with a few of our goofers, I mean golfers and the rest from Callahan’s, Ernie’s fine establishment at Taney and South, on Wed. evening, he was complaining of a problem that Shrek had on hole #9 of the Myrtlewood Country Club, where the gents played on Father’s Day, evidently, his ball kept getting stuck in the windmill, I guess his back was okay, South of the Border!

On June 7th, 5 busloads of people headed up to NYC with a Division #88 run trip to the Yankees game run by Joe McIvor, great trip by the way, well, Obie, Matty E., Jim McGovern and myself went, what a foursome that is, we lasted one inning in the seats, the bleachers are first of all, very hot and sunny and it is an alcohol free zone, so, that combo doesn’t work, we went to Stan the Man’s across the street, where our Hero, Matty E. did it again, put up his credit card for our drinks, beers are $7., each, so, you get the picture, oh Matty, you done it again, again and again.

The following day, we played our first and last playoff game, our 9 -5 team lost to a 3 -11 team who we beat twice during the season, the blame has to go to “Obie” Ozark, who was fully responsible for taking the troops to NYC the day before, his “excuse” was that Babe Ruth used to drink during the games, unfortunately the Babe doesn’t belong to AOH #87.

During the past week was also the one year anniversary of the death of Peter J. Hanlon, the softball team used our left over funds and bought a plaque which hangs in the Club, the “MVPete” award is handed out each year following the Penn State vs. Notre Dame Division #87 Softball Classic, next month there will be a full report on this game which was played on June 29th, I am sure that our “Angel in the Outfield”, Pete will be smiling down on us!

Talk to you, soon!

Tug

May's Brimmer

2008-05-23T10:19:00.001-04:00

May’s Brimmer

Well, the last few months have been busy around Binlids, here is a recap, in case you haven’t been part of the festivities or like Obie who doesn’t remember them!

There was a North Catholic Soccer Hall of Fame dinner at Romano’s, where a few of the Falcons stars were inducted, our own soccer star, too many head balls, Tigger showed up, sat down and was amazed to find out that the guys were getting inducted, not indicted, as he thought!

We had a beef and beer for the softball team which at this moment is 3 – 5 and heading to the playoffs, believe it or not, Tom (Mr. Happy) Healey was the entertainment and put on a heckuva show, people pay a lot of money for that kind of fun, that was his first attempt at standup and was hilarious, as any of you who have seen him on Wed. nights at the Club, he along with Hal (Back in the Day) Carty are like Martin and Lewis or maybe it is Lewis and Clark!

The dog park’s VP, Jack (Obarka) Cassidy is running for another term at the dog park, unfortunately the election was April 26th, we hope that it wasn’t ruff for the VP, he is also involved in a fundraiser for the park on May 10th, the entertainment will be Three “Dog” Night and Jimmy “Ruff”in, if you are interested, give Jack a bark!

Our annual trip to Delaware Park is Sat. August 23rd, the price this year is $65. per person, it includes the usual, party in the grove, plus beer on the bus, up and back, we also will have another Trophy race, the AOH Division #87 Handicap, our own horse whisperer, Matty Edgar will give out tips, free of charge, remember you get what you pay for and if Matty gives you a tip, then take it with a couple grains of salt. This trip always sells out, so, get your name to me, ASAP, plus your monies, the cost of bus transportation is very high, as I am sure that anyone that stops at a gas station will attest, so, I need sign ups and money, real quick.

On March 17th, a few of us went up to Out of Wack Jack’s bar, Healey’s neighborhood watering hole, for the 2nd annual,
“Healeypolluza”, not too many people showed up, but next year’s gala promises to be a good time, look for the ads on TV for that event!

Breaking News! We all saw the Pope in his trip to the U.S. driving around in his Pope Mobile, in fact, the Yankees brass forbade the Pontiff of driving on the Yankee Stadium grass, well, we had a similar incident recently at the Binlids when Kieran could not park his Shrek Mobile in the back parking lot of the Club, please, we will have no more benefits that include using the parking spot of Shrek, no one could enjoy themselves when our hero sulked all day!

That’s All Folks!

April '08 - Tug's Talking Here

2008-03-21T09:10:00.001-04:00

April’s Newsletter:

The following was omitted from last month’s newsletter due to a space problem, no, Arnold, you had nothing to do with it!

I know that you wondering why, so far, I haven’t mentioned our Hero, Matty Edgar, well, saving the worse for last, on Sat. Jan. 26th, five of us including the "Door" Matt went to the Wachovia Center to see the Notre Dame vs. Villanova basketball game, as luck would have it, for us, not him, our tickets are in the Club Box where I am sure that you know has a cash bar, well, Matty puts up his credit card to run a tab, in the box, our crowd swelled from 5 to about 15 or so, including the Wenger Clan, ND Harvey and assorted other miscreants, our Hero, kept whispering that his tab number was 90, when the 2 hour basketball game was over, his bar bill was $437., he put another $100. on it for a tip for the exhausted barmaid, not bad for a Sat. afternoon, $537., Oh, Matty, you really done it this time!
Congratulations to all of the members of AOH and LAOH on winning the Joseph Montgomery award at the parade, I understand that our very own, Jimbo had requested to drive the flat bed in the parade, but due to the safety of the parade watchers and the fact that the band would have been called "Scrapped Bare Knuckle Boxers" when they fell off of the rig, it was a good call not to use, Client 9 7/8!
On Sat., Feb. 23rd, a fearsome, foursome, myself, Obie, Mo and of course, Matt the Cat went to the Nova game again, then frequented a few watering holes in South Philly and then went to St. Gabe’s, 29th & Dickinson for a beef and beer, Jimmy Bell did a great job at the door while being watched by the organizer of the great event, George Sumner who wants everyone to know that in reality, ND Harvey is his brother, there were a few questions amongst the crowd on why Matt the Cat, was out there solo dancing under the stars while wearing gloves, not the Michael Jackson look but the Matty Edgar look, there was much debate on which one was stranger, then the Cat got a dance with one of the Nuns in attendance, I bet she wished she had her yard stick with her!
Glad to see Timmy Murphy out and about, because of Timmy losing out on the North Catholic baseball coach job, he has been appointed the 2nd base coach of our AOH 87 team which starts up on March 30th, in fact by the time you read this, the Bad News Bears should be 0-4! By the way, my approval rating from Bobby Murphy went up, I have to appease my constituents!

I am, Tug McGraw and I approve this message!

LAOH #87 Irish Potatoes News Clip

2008-03-04T10:41:00.001-05:00

Nice Job Ladies!

http://cbs3.com/video/?id=53623@kyw.dayport.com

March '08's Brimmer

2008-02-22T10:25:00.001-05:00

After last’s months version of “Tug’s Talking Here”, a couple of our members, (Rich & Bobby Murphy) complained that I had mellowed since my “strike”, well, guys, I am back.

Good luck to Kieran who as you are reading this is heading to Broadway to audition for the part of “Shreik – The Musical”, which will be opening soon on the Great White Way. We all know that he is a star, now the whole world will recognize, our very own Shreik.

Timmy Murphy is starting a phone/email/mail campaign to right a wrong, Murph got passed over for the Head Coaching job for North’s baseball team, by someone from Ryan, what is up with that? See, Timmy for all of the sordid details. His Press Agent, Tigger, is already mounting the campaign, including a couple of speaking engagements at a watering hole near you. Speaking of a Murphy, House of Rep., Patrick Murphy who covers the Far NE and also parts of Bucks County, recently during a vote which was proclaiming that the New York Giants were some wonderful team, was the only dissenting vote in the 412 – 1 tally because Pat is a lifelong Eagles fan and couldn’t vote for the Jints, make sure you look for him on your November ballot.

Condolences are in order for the original Roman Gladiator, Billy Gibbons, who was so enamored with the Roman basketball team that was 14-0 in the Catholic league until they lost in the 1st round of the playoffs, they will be missed! Tommy Healey is working on a new rap song for that gang at Broad & Vine, which can be heard at the Binlids, soon. Speaking of former Captain, Tom Healey, he is perfecting his comedic act for his stage debut, upstairs in the Hall during the softball team’s Beef and Beer which should happen at some point in late March or early April, You can always check the web blog at http://aohdivision87.blogspot.com for the updates.

Jimbo has started a business of moving houses, if you don’t like the way you house sits, or would like to move it to a different neighborhood, just give him a call, 800-badtruckdriver, he will move it for you.

I know that you wondering why, so far, I haven’t mentioned our Hero, Matty Edgar, well, saving the worse for last, on Sat. Jan. 26th, five of us including the “Door” Matt went to the Wachovia Center to see the Notre Dame vs. Villanova basketball game, as luck would have it, for us, not him, our tickets are in the Club Box where I am sure that you know has a cash bar, well, Matty puts up his credit card to run a tab, in the box, our crowd swelled from 5 to about 15 or so, including the Wenger Clan, ND Harvey and assorted other miscreants, our Hero, kept whispering that his tab number was 90, when the 2 hour basketball game was over, his bar bill was $437., he put another $100. on it for a tip for the exhausted barmaid, not bad for a Sat. afternoon, $537., Oh, Matty, you really done it this time!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to One and All, see you at McScotty’s!

The Green Legion Pre Eagles game vs. Buffalo

2008-02-11T12:01:00.000-05:00

Below is a few of our members, attending the pre Eagles game tailgate party at McFadden's, do your self a favor, next year and join the Green Legion, especially if you have season tix to the Eagles, a fun time was had by all.

Pictures from the Beef and Beer

2008-02-11T11:54:00.000-05:00

Click on the below link to enjoy all of the pictures from our very successful Jan. 20th Beef and Beer at Finnigan's Wake and keep in mind that our Annual Beef and Beer will be on

Jan. 18th, 2009, same time, same station.

http://www.paddyswell.com/Jan08Fin.html

Feb.'s Brimmer

2008-01-21T18:45:00.000-05:00

I am bacccccccccccccccccccccck, thanks to the efforts of our President, the writers strike has been settled, It would have been settled months ago, but I got Obie to be my shop steward, it took awhile to settle the strike. Obie does the same wonderful job negotiating for his fellow workers at Origlio’s, right Mo?

Jan. 20th, we had our annual Beef and Beer at Finnigan’s Wake, we raised over $4,000. Which will go towards needed repairs to our Home, there are a lot of thank you’s to go around, But special thanks go to the manager of Finnigan’s, Jim Masiak and his staff who, again out did themselves, also to Paul Moore and Paddy’s Well, who put on a great show, also, Obie, Peggy, “Door”Matt, Terry, Beth, Donna, John and Eileen, if anyone feels slighted, I apologize in advance, also, to our Members who really came out, sold tickets, etc., we had over 220 people there, it is good to see such a turnout and realize what we can do, if we all get together, awesome job, everyone! Also special thanks to Jimbo who put us over the top with the one ticket that he sold, he didn’t even buy it from himself but got it from Joe Kilian instead!

While working the door, our hero, Matty, sees an older gentleman come in the door and he yells out “Billy Gibbons”, well, it wasn’t Billy our hero then stated that all older gentlemen look alike, oh Matty, you’ve done it again. As some of you may know, Matty’s sister, Barb, was in the hospital briefly, I walk into the bar and overhear Matty telling his Dad, Obie, that “Barb was stable”, I have to admit that is the first time that I heard Barb and stable in the same sentence. We are going to have a beef and beer for the softball team, straight from Vegas, that is the diner down the shore not the gambling Mecca, but straight from the diner, making his comedy debut, will be Tom Healey, make sure that you get your tickets for this on, stay tuned, you can check the webpage for updates, Also, I am looking into a few trips, the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs is a definite, looking into the Reading Phillies as well, again, stay tuned.

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you Sweethearts!

Jan. '08 - Tug's Talking Here

2008-01-04T19:24:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year to Everyone!

2007 was a tough year for Division #87 with the loss of a few valuable members, most notably, Pete Hanlon and George Schrader, these losses will be felt by us for years, we as a group need to come together as one and make those 2 gentlemen in Heaven proud of us!

Jan. 20th is our Annual Beef and Beer at Finnigan's Wake with Paul Moore and Paddy's Well in concert, tickets are $25. in advance and $30. at the door, the monies raised from this benefit will help defray the costs of maintaining out Club, there are much needed repairs including the refrigeration unit in the walk in box, also, the insurance is due, some bills are past due, no one wants to have the cost of drinks raised, but we need money, so, if you can sell a few tickets or at least purchase one, I have tickets available and can be reached at 215 570 7385, also, I will be at the Jan. meeting, tickets in hand.

In a separate post on this site, info on a trip to Chicago for the Cubs vs. Phils, 8 of us are already on board with the trip including our Steward, that Froggy Carr member, himself, Tommy Wenger who is ready to take the Windy City by storm, if anyone is interested, again, let me know.

I am looking in a trip to see the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, Reading Phillies, Trenton Thunder and hopefully, a trip to the Phillies, see me, again for any info. Also, if you have any ideas for trip, let me know, this pertains to everyone except Jerry Spoerl, who the last time, I did this, recommended a trip to Broadway to see a Broadway musical, not sure, Jerry, if this is a Musical type crowd, except Matty Edgar who was on Broadway in the Wizard of Oz as the Tin Man, or maybe it was on Broad Street at Temple Hospital, getting a heart, it was one of those places, I know that for a fact.

There is going to be a softball team, this year at AOH #87, a fun team who is being led by Obie, Tom Wenger and myself, more info to follow, including a beef and beer at the club to raise monies for the team, with a special guest appearance by that local comic, "Tommy Healey", who will be making his big room debut on stage, the entertainment will be hilarious, that is for sure.

That is it, for now, see you at the meeting and also on the 20th!

Tug

Oh, Matty, you've done it again!

2007-10-26T09:49:00.000-04:00

The exploits of our hero in California have the makings of a "I hope this isn't "Reality" Series", on Fri. of the weekend, our "Hero", Harvey and Myself went out for an early AM walk, while walking, Matty E., being of a very keen eye, noticed a little restaurant that we could possibly have breakfast at, on our way back to the Marina Del Rey Hotel, we stopped in "Cousin Cheryl's Bakery Cafe" at 4662 Admiralty Way in Marina Del Rey, the place was nice, clean, the food was very good and really inexpensive, as you can see from the picture, Cousin Cheryl was so thrilled to have her picture taken with the "Sex Machine", she ducked her head down, just in case there was a paper trail of that Super Hero, little did she know that was her chance to get her photo with a star, Cheryl, look, Marge Simpson and Minnie Mouse didn't hesitate!

Oh, Matty, you've done it again!

While, out and about with Matty, my cell phone rang and Matt says "is that yours or mine", I asked him if he had the same ring tone, he stated "no", well, obviously, it was my phone ringing,

oh, Matty, you've done it again!

While on the "Amazing LA Tour", as I stated, we had some beer and with the mini bus not having bathroom facilities, Matt waits for everyone to exit the bus and decides that he can pee in a cup, when our bus driver starts to the back of the bus, Matty yells "don't come back, I am going to the bathroom", the driver, who I am sure has seen a lot in his tours, tells Matty, there is no bathroom on this bus, to his chagrin, Matty tells him, he is not peeing on his bus, but into a cup,

oh, Matty,

you've done it again!

The Rest of the ND vs. UCLA trip

2007-10-23T20:21:00.000-04:00

After that day on Thurs., the rest of the weekend could not compare obviously, Fri., a group of Us including ND Harvey and his wife, Debbie, went on a tour of the Hollywood and Beverly Hills, much more mundane compared to our other tour, with a cooler of beer and a couple bottles of vodka, you know that we were in for some fun, well, the tour was pretty bad, when you see hedges and they tell you that a George Clooney or someone of his stature's house was behind them and you couldn't see over the hedges, you might as well have been in Mt. Airy. We went to Hollywood and saw the stars on the ground, there were a lot of characters there for your picture taking pleasure, as long as you tipped them, of course, Matty E. got his picture taken with Dorothy and Toto and also Super Girl, when it came time for the tip, Matty opened the vault and gave the girl, $1.oo to split, after they complained, big spender gave them another dollar, what a guy! Sat., we all boarded the bus to head to the Rose Bowl and to see, so far, anyway, Notre Dame's only victory, it was great to see those Sumner brothers, Harvey and Matty called each other that AM to make sure they were wearing the same shirt, as you can see by the photo above, in the Rose Bowl parking lot, we had an 87 group portrait taken, put any caption under it, you wish! Sunday, was a day of relaxation and NFL football, a few guys including our hero, Racetrack Matty E. went to Santa Anita for the horses, of course, our hero was cashing them and not trashing them, Mon., we went with the Wenger Clan to Universal Studios, where Matty, who obviously, is very shy, as we all know, wore his tee shirt which read "This is not a beer belly but a fuel tank for my sex machine", even I could not make this up, being suave and debonair as he is, he picked up Marge Simpson from Homer, the photo is up there, as well, I know that this is brief and there is a lot more to this story, but that is the condensed version, I may add in the near future, stay tuned................................

The Merry Men - Our First Day in LA

2007-10-11T21:00:00.000-04:00

We arrived in Marina Del Rey on Thurs., Oct. 4th, just in time to watch the Phillies go down the drain, but while at the bar, we were chatting with a fellow who told Us about his yacht, his cars, his lawyer job, etc., well, be a bunch of doubting Thomases, we didn't believe him but listened intently, well, Greg the Lawyer, as it turns out was right on the money with his stories, being a guy who grew up in Detroit and recognized some down to earth guys, which obviously, we are, he is now an attorney in Beverly Hills, well, we told him that we were heading out looking for bars while sitting in "Tony P's Dockside Grill", the sports bar where we went to see the Phils, the first picture is our group shot taken behind the bar at Tony's. Greg suggested that he would take his two seater scooter home and get his BMV, well, we said good bye to him figuring that we saw the end of him, Greg showed up in 20 minutes as advertised with his convertible BMW, Freddy, Matt and Myself go out to the parking lot to begin this journey, as we got to the car, Chris Wenger aka Junior showed up, saying that Tommy told him that if he wanted to have fun to go with us, instead of hanging with Mom and Dad, we went to Santa Monica to a place called "O'Brien's", Greg might be a great lawyer but he lacked some parking abilities and dinged his BMW on the side of a Lexus SUV while attempting to parallel park, O'Brien's wasn't happening, so, our Tour Guide decided that we should go to Beverly Hills, us, being America's Guests went along to for the ride. First stop was "Smith & Wollensky", a high end steak joint on Rodeo Drive, no, Tigger that is not like Pat's Steaks, we go in there and rub elbows with a bunch of high end attorneys, including one who represents the stars and their kids including one who was Rod Stewart's kids lawyer, we also met Greg's financial planner who helped Matt Edgar put his 20's and 10's together in his wallet. After a few drinks there, remember now, we are in our 10th hour or so of drinking, we move on to "Nic's Beverly Hills Martini Lounge", where on the web site it says "Nic's restaurant and the Martini Lounge, the well-known celebrity hangout in the heart of Beverly Hills. A bit alluring, a bit bohemian yet very people-friendly", I know that you are thinking, wait until that get a load of these clowns, you are right, Greg introduces us to Larry Nicola who is the owner of "Nic's", Nic invites us into the Vodbox which is a -15 degree climate controlled room, our host pictured above put on her mink coat and directed us to a room full of minks, for our wearing pleasure, also, there were mink hats to put on, I, being a person who is against harming animals wore my Phillies hat with my mink coat, Greg is also pictured with us, Diane wasted a few breaths explaining the qualities of these $30. a shot, if we were paying mind you, vodkas, when Jacquins would have worked for us, we had a couple of shots, exactly what we needed, then went back to the bar, we stayed there for awhile longer and then Greg had enough of that place and we headed to "Mastro's Steakhouse", where if you go on their web site, you will see Tom Cruise and his wife dining there, as opposed to Freddy "Out of Cruise Control", who was enjoying this evening in the Hills, at the front door, the doorman, who knew Greg, asked where we, including Brad who was with us, who I worked with at TU in Wilmington who relocated to LA, we picked up Brad while at the Martini Lounge, were going as dressed as we were not, Greg told him that he was in a yacht race that day and he won and we were his crew and we were out celebrating, against his better judgement, I am sure, the doorman allowed us entry into this exclusive upstairs piano bar where everyone was dressed up, including jewels and all of the other accessories that rich people wear, while at the bar, drinking a Miller Lite, which obviously wasn't the drink of choice there, the bouncer kept waving to me, I waved back three times, but got tired of saying hello to him, I am thinking that this guy is pretty friendly, until he came over and told me to take off my f___ing hat, then someone else told me that he has been coming to this place for seven years and never saw anyone with shorts on, in there before, Greg's friends including his financial advisor advised him to stay at a nearby Beverly Hills hotel and let us, Merry Men, begone, smart move, Brad drove Matty and Me back to the Marina Del Rey Hotel, Freddy and Junior stayed behind to rub elbows, I know that this story was a tad bit longer then "Roots", it was our first day in LA, obviously, a fun time was had by all, stay tuned.........................................

Double D makes TV

2007-10-10T06:11:00.001-04:00

The famous "Double D" who in the past was only famous in Grays Ferry, has now gone world wide, check out the link below and see Double in all of his glory wearing that wig of his at the Notre Dame vs. UCLA game on Sat. in the Rose Bowl.

YouTube - Notre Dame UCLA 2007 Highlights