June, 1961 in front of Kings County Hospital. L to R: Howard Schwartz, Gerald Ruthen, Yale Rosen, Robert Schwartz, Bernard Challenor, Edward Scileppi
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L to R: Bernard Challenor, Yale Rosen, Howard Schwartz, Gerald Ruthen
Spring 2011: "I have had the incredible good fortune to have been chosen to serve on the playing field for the San Francisco Giants for the past 8 years as a “BallDude”, one of two persons who sits in the foul ball area on the playing field on 1st or 3rd base during the game to retrieve foul balls to give to fans in the stands. My career recently peaked as I was chosen to work first base for the first game of the recent incredible World Series, an extraordinary experience for ‘a boy from Brooklyn’." 

April 2013: "I have received  my second World Series Ring. If they should win again, I will either have to get a nose ring or prepare a set of heavy earrings for my wife."


Richard Cohen - Medical Oncologist and "BallDude" for the San Francisco Giants