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 Now you may read about my father ........

           Strrr-ike!! Emmett Ashford

           Major League Umpire    

 And for the young reader......   

           Strrr-ike!! My First Biography

           Emmett Ashford, Baseball Umpire

"It's fantastic!  I want my children to read it.  I think people have forgotten about the important places and events that were here ( in Los Angeles)."
James Nash, Senior Editor, KCBS News, Los Angeles CA
 
"Excellent! I like the warmth.  It's inspiring.  I feel that I really know what he was like."  Dr. Vince Fortenasce, author,  Life Lessons from Little League and Life Lessons from Soccer
 
"It is good!  I'd forgotten those places existed." Helen Williams, retired school administrator, Los Angeles Unified School District
 
You may purchase these books from: Amazon.com,   Authorhouse.com,  barnesandnoble.com,  Borders.com  and  Vroman's Bookstores  in Pasadena , CA.                
 

A workbook to accompany Strrrr-ike!!, My First Biography is under construction.....
 
And for those of you who have asked me about the experience of self publishing....click on the Authorhouse banner below........

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There are the famous cufflinks.

Annual Emmett Ashford Award Inaugural Luncheon
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Adrienne and PCL All Star Game Umpires

Upcoming/ Current Events.........
Goal: to have Emmett Ashford inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. The Emmett Ashford Society  now has a page on Facebook..  Letters are being sent to the Veteran's Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.  More details and activities to come.
 
Listen to a March 28, 2009 interview inre to the EAS and my father in Tony McClean's Radio Sports Blog...it starts at 8 minutes....
 
Read a LA Times article which appeared on the front of the sport's page:
 
Read an article from the Orange County Register:
 
Kudos and Wins........
On July 12, 2005 an annual award was established in Emmett  Ashford's name at an inaugural  luncheon at the DELTA KING in Old Sacramento. The award will go to the top amateur/ youth umpires. The award was established by judges and umpires, both of whom  "play by the rules".  An original painting of Emmett Ashford by Terry Flanigan was revealed. The first of these awards was bestowed  upon Mike Demitilo on June 5, 2007.....in Sacramento, California @ Raley Field!
 
Emmett Ashford , a second time nominee, has been elected to the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals.  The induction ceremony took place on July 20, 2008 at the Central Library in Pasadena California.
 
CAHPERD (California Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) continues to confer the  Emmett Ashford Community Spirit Award in the Spring .  The 2009 recipient  was Rudy Benton.  
 
Emmett Ashford was honored during the LA Sparks game on August 14, 2009. Pix on my Facebook page.
 
There are continuing efforts to bring my father's story to the screen large and small :)

Baseball Reliquary

Playing By The Rules

CAHPERD

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