Activities

This page is dedicated to the Winter Haven Senior Softball Club players and their various activities away from the ballfield. Click on the picture to view a larger image.

	Dave Podbielski met Carlton Fisk at a Red Sox fantasy camp in 1986.
	A view of the senior softball picnic in 1997.
	Ted Granoski and Fred White attended the senior softball picnic in 1997.
	Fred Dampier visited the Texas state capitol building while in Austin, Texas in 2002.
	Fred Dampier at the Disney MGM theme park next to a 1941 Cadillac in 2003.
	Joel Freedman hosted an appreciation luncheon for Winter Haven Senior Softball Club committee members & coaches in 2004. Pictured on the lanai are Morty Dermer, Bobby Riscoe, Bill Walker, & Ron Thompson.
	Rick Lipinski piloting his pontoon boat in the lake ajoining Cypress Gardens Adventure Park during the summer of 2004.
	Several Winter Haven Senior Softball Club members drop by the American Legion Post 8 lounge after the game.
	Ron Thompson hosted a leisure day outing at his home in 2004. He barbequed for his guests.
	Dick Sessink, Chuck Duff, & John Paye lounging around at the Ron Thompson party. Jose Agosto is on his cell phone in the background.
	John Paye resting before the barbeque feast.
	Jose Agosto relaxes on the lanai at the party.
	Ron Thompson, Fred Dampier, Chuck Duff, Hank Gomez, Dwight Pavkovich, & Gene Morey took a pontoon boat ride on the Chain of Lakes.
	Jack Valliere cruising the lakes on the pontoon boat.
	Jack Valliere (Number One) and Chuck Duff approaching a crossover bridge at one of the lakes.
	Fred Dampier attended a Houston Astros spring training game in 2004 at Kissimmee and visited with his friends from Galveston, Texas, Harold Backe and his son, Astros pitcher Brandon Backe.
	Jack Valliere and his son Bill Valliere attended a spring training game at the Red Sox camp in Ft. Myers in 2005.
	Robert Humphrey and his wife Penny Humphrey went to a Tigers game in Lakeland during spring training 2005. Penny is a devoted Detroit Tigers fan.
	Dick Sessink & his wife Erika Sessink visited Costa Rica in April of 2005. Here they are in one of the country's rain forests at the home of a friend.
	While in Costa Rica, Dick Sessink went deep sea fishing & hooked this silver tarpon, which is being held by the guide.
	Tony Ciaccio, who retired from Winter Haven Senior Softball after the 2004 season, stands in his back yard at his home in Bourbonnais, Illinois in 2005.
	Following the Winter Haven Wonders game against Nalcrest in 2006, several ballplayers met at the apartment of Hank Gomez. Pictured are Chuck Duff, Jack Valliere, & Jose Agosto.
	Bob Lewis pictured with his wife Bev Lewis in their winter home at Carefree Country Club in Winter Haven in 2006.
	Fred Dampier met with the famous space traveler Buzz Lightyear at Disney's Magic Kingdom Tomorrowland in 2006.
	Lakeland Senior Softball member John Cacioppo and his wife Marge Cacioppo camped near the Grand Canyon in 2006.
	Marge Cacioppo and John Cacioppo found a photo opportunity of a breath taking view of the Grand Canyon.
	John Cacioppo toured the Carlsbad Caverns in 2006.
	John Cacioppo camped at the Grand Tetons National Park in Wyoming during his trek across America in 2006.
	Ted Granoski travelled to his ancestors homeland with his wife Felicia Granoski in 2006.
	The VFW is the after game meeting place in Lakeland. Fred Dampier & Sam Harrell are regular guests.
	Fred Dampier visited with Brandon Backe at the 2007 Astros spring training complex in Kissimmee.
	Jerry Remington is ready to roll in his black leather biker outfit and his new ride in 2007.
	Dave Podbielski attended a Boston Red Sox fantasy camp in 2007 and played against the great Carl Yastrzemski.
	George Radlein caught a large mouth bass after playing softball in December of 2007.
	Rich Palmer enjoyed the smooth seas when he took a Sun Cruise in the summer of 2008.
	Lakeshore player Rey Pagan celebrated his birthday in January of 2008.
	Lakeshore players Felix Rivera, Regino "Gutey" Gutierrez, Rosendo "Popeye" Soto, Ivan Renta, Raphael Rivera, Jesus "Jay" Ortiz, and Rey Pagan gathered for a picture during the birthday party.
	Lakeshore players Jesus "Jay" Ortiz, Rey Pagan, Felix Rivera, and Raphael Rivera got together for a game of dominoes.
	Sam Harrell chilling out at Flagler Beach with Penny and Peanut in September of 2008.
	Lloyd Hopper stepped outside his home to check the weather one crisp October 2008 morning in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.
	Sam Harrell vacationed in Key West with his wife Debby Harrell and their grandchildren in December of 2008.
	Retired WHSSC player David Menges, actor and vice president of the Tombstone Wild West Productions company in Tombstone, Arizona, portrayed gunslinger Doc Holliday in a film.
	Sam Harrell and his wife Debby Harrell celebrated the 4th of July 2009 with their grandchildren from Maryland.
	Gene Baker won a fishing tournament while on vacation in Alaska in August of 2009.
	Gene Baker is pictured with the contestants of the fishing tournament.
	Rich Palmer worked on this model train display while on he spent time on the DL in the summer of 2009.
	The snow covered St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada home of former WHSSC member Lloyd Hopper in February of 2010. B-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-!
	Former WHSSC member Steve Collins brought his friend Isabelle to one of the Lakeland Senior Softball games in March of 2010.
	WHSSC member Ted Taylor and Nalcrest Senior Softball players Matt McKulvey, Ed Stewart, and Jim White were victorious in the second annual golf scramble, which took place at the Diamondback Golf Club on March 23rd, 2010.
	WHSSC members Carl Luebking, Bob Cooper, and Fred Dampier teamed up in the 2010 scramble with Don Garland, who is standing to the right of Fred.
	Former WHSSC member Mario Meglio hits an approach shot as Denny Shaffer and Jim Laffoon watch the flight of the ball at the Diamondback Golf Club.
	Felicia Granoski and Ted Granoski vacationed in France and placed a rose on a grave of a soldier in Omaha Beach in Normandy.
	Gene Baker and his wife Marcia Baker took an Eastern Caribbean cruise for seven nights aboard MSC cruise ship Poesia in November of 2010.
	One more photo of Gene Baker and his wife Marcia Baker on the November 2010 cruise to the Eastern Caribbean.
	Gene Baker met two time NL batting champ and former Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Tommy Davis while on the cruise.
	Ari Harris presented the appreciation letter for sponsorship along with a team shirt for the 2011 season to Dr. Jarbala, owner of Highland Center for Ortohpaedics.
	Pictured is the sign of the Highland Center for Ortohpaedics, a business that sponsored a team in 2011.
	One of the 2011 sponsors, the Highland Center for Ortohpaedics.
	Les Jacobson and his family went to Yankee Stadium on June 25, 2011 and watched CC Sabathia win his 10th game of the season with an 8-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Les is pictured with his son.
	Gene Baker and Fred Dampier attended a MILB Class A game in Lakeland on July 20, 2011. The Lakeland Flying Tigers slaughtered the Charlotte Stone Crabs 11-0.
	Gene Baker with his grandchildren Elliott Howard and Leslie Howard from Blackwood, New Jersey at the Lakeland Flying Tigers game.
	Gene Baker and his family visited relatives in California and visited the Drive-Thru Tree Park in Leggett.
	Gene Baker drove through the gigantic Chandelier Tree at the Drive-Thru Tree Park.
	Elmer Wilcox on his lobster boat in the waters off Beals Island, Maine.
	Elmer Wilcox holding his lobster bouy entwined with rockweed. He caught over 6,100 pounds of lobster in 2011.
	I thought everyone would enjoy this picture I snapped of Mariah Carey after she performed on the Today Show in New York City in 2003.