Find Your Monmouth Beach Connection …
Find Yourself or Yours …
This image from the Monmouth Beach Recreation Department was taken in 1974 on Racoon Island. It includes most all the ballplayers in Monmouth Beach at the time — kids, coaches and officials. It is perhaps the town’s definitive legacy photo for its time. So many families, friends and neighbors are represented. Have a look and see if you can find a “Monmouth Beach Connection.”
Some more points about this classic MB photo:
• The only person in the picture who would play professional ball is John Farrell (a MLB American League pitcher from 1987-96); he went on to win World Seriess title as a manager and coach. Befitting his stature, he’s somewhat alone in the picture: lower center. Even then he had the “pitcher’s stare.” His father Tom, who played minor league baseball, is also in the photo.
• The Jones family represents the largest gathering in the photo — six of them: Linda, Allen, Lester, John, Bob and mom, Roberta.
Photo by Dan Hennessey
This is wonderful Greg. Thanks😄
Paula, is that your father in the back row?
Greg, this is an incredible picture which I don’t remember at all. I am in this picture to the left with the MB Falcons, right behind Allen Jones, and Bill Gironda. Thanks for sharing!
Greg Kelly: Thanks to you Chris for visiting my site, looking and commenting. Pass it along please keep coming back. Best, Greg.
Wonderful picture! Many missed!
I see Harold Murphy, Sid Johnson. Mr Burns, and Lou Sodano. But the others … I’m too old now. Will pass onto my younger sisters and brothers.
Greg, this is fantastic. I’ve seen it before but was never able to zoom in for a good look. I remember the day this was taken…over at the field on Racoon Island where the Babe Ruth league played and practiced.
I ran out of fingers and toes counting how many of them I taught!
There are actually 6 Jones’s in the photo. Linda, Allen, Lester, Bobby, Johnny, and our mom, Roberta. Great memories in this photo.