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September 26, 2009
6:30 P.M.
Positano's Restaurant
3309 Tampa Road
Palm Harbor 727-784-9100
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Photos of officers
Pictured below is the inaugural dinner in March where now former President Mike DiSalvo (right) "passes the baton" to current President Suzanne Lomascolo. Past President Larry Aiello is on the left.
Current Officers of the Young Italians of Florida (below)
From left to right, Vice-President and Past President Larry Aiello; Treasurer Debbie DiSalvo; Orator Joe Lomascolo; President Suzanne Lomascolo; Immediate Past President Mike DiSalvo.
Current Officers of the Young Italians of Florida (below)
From left to right, Vice-President and Past President Larry Aiello; Treasurer Debbie DiSalvo; Orator Joe Lomascolo; President Suzanne Lomascolo; Immediate Past President Mike DiSalvo.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Article on Italian-American Managers -response
In regards to a recent post, we received a response regarding the Italian-American managers in baseball:
We will put a “clarification” about Mr. Maddon in the next issue of our magazine. Thank you all for the head’s up
Dona De Sanctis, PHD
Editor-in-Chief
Italian America Magazine
the most widely read publication in the U.S. for people of Italian heritage
219 E Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Tel: 202 547 2900 - Fax: 202 547 1492
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Il Villaggio wine tasting and dinner review
For those of you that couldn't make it, you missed an awesome dinner with wine that complimented each course perfectly!
There was even a magic show as part of the entertainment.
They will have more events like that in the future.
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Thanks,
Larry Aiello
Vice-President,
Young Italians Lodge, #2668
There was even a magic show as part of the entertainment.
They will have more events like that in the future.
Sign up for our mailing list, and we will pass that information along to you, or check back on this site periodically.
Thanks,
Larry Aiello
Vice-President,
Young Italians Lodge, #2668
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Italian-American managers in baseball
Hello baseball fans. We just received our latest Italian America magazine, summer edition and were reading it over dinner. There's an article about Baseball's Italian American Managers, but the writer forgot someone very important - Joe Maddon. Here's a message we sent; feel free to send your own if you would like.
On Aug 19, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Joe Lomascolo wrote:
Dear Mr. Darden:
My wife and I enjoyed your article, Play Small Win Big - Baseball's Italian American Managersthat appeared in the Summer 2009 Italian America magazine.
Unfortunately, you missed the 2008 Manager of the Year, and manager of the American League Tampa Bay Rays, Joe Maddon. Joe was the Angel's bench coach from 1996 to 2005 under Mike Scioscia, and is a former Minor League catcher who had been in the Angels organization for 31 years. In 2006, Joe was chosen to manage the Tampa Bay Rays.
Joe grew up in Pennsylvania the oldest of three children in a tiny apartment atop the business started by his Italian immigrant grandfather, C. Maddon & Sons Plumbing and Heating. (The family name was originally Maddoninni.) Joe was an excellent high school quarterback — nicknamed Broad Street Joe after a main Hazleton thoroughfare.
In the Tampa Bay area, as well as in his hometown, Joe and his wife help serve food to the homeless.
My wife and I live in Palm Harbor, Florida (Tampa Bay area) and are both Italian Americans
Joe Lomascolo, Orator of the Young Italians of Florida Lodge 2668
Suzanne Lomascolo, President of the Young Italians of Florida Lodge 2668
P.S. By separate e-mail I forwarded you an article about Joe Maddon.
Subject: Re: In response to your article on Italian-American Managers
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:27:16 -0700
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Lomascolo:
Thank you for telling me of Joe's Italian lineage. I regret not being aware of it. Unfortunately, when an individual's family name has been changed, as you know, the lineage is often not publicly known after a couple of generations. I have long been familiar with Joe's professional as well as personal qualities which your email causes me now to realize have their roots in his Italian heritage.
The way I remember it, Joe spent three decades with the Angels before being promoted to bench coach by Mike Scioscia early in Mike's career as manager. Mike didn't come to the Angels till after the close of the '99 season. So if Joe became bench coach in '96 as you say, I am in error. However, I still attribute his great success in that job to Scioscia's support as well as to his own skills. They learned from each other. Mike's support continued in Joe's gaining the Tampa Bay job, and Joe has done Mike a big favor since, which I won't elaborate on here. I understand they communicate regularly by Text messages.
Thanks to you, I will now support the Rays not only because of Joe's relationship to Mike, but because of his own Italian bloodline. While I don't possess Italian blood myself, I have strong personal ties to your race.
I haven't found the article you sent me. Please resend.
Ciao,
Lloyd
On Aug 19, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Joe Lomascolo wrote:
Dear Mr. Darden:
My wife and I enjoyed your article, Play Small Win Big - Baseball's Italian American Managersthat appeared in the Summer 2009 Italian America magazine.
Unfortunately, you missed the 2008 Manager of the Year, and manager of the American League Tampa Bay Rays, Joe Maddon. Joe was the Angel's bench coach from 1996 to 2005 under Mike Scioscia, and is a former Minor League catcher who had been in the Angels organization for 31 years. In 2006, Joe was chosen to manage the Tampa Bay Rays.
Joe grew up in Pennsylvania the oldest of three children in a tiny apartment atop the business started by his Italian immigrant grandfather, C. Maddon & Sons Plumbing and Heating. (The family name was originally Maddoninni.) Joe was an excellent high school quarterback — nicknamed Broad Street Joe after a main Hazleton thoroughfare.
In the Tampa Bay area, as well as in his hometown, Joe and his wife help serve food to the homeless.
My wife and I live in Palm Harbor, Florida (Tampa Bay area) and are both Italian Americans
Joe Lomascolo, Orator of the Young Italians of Florida Lodge 2668
Suzanne Lomascolo, President of the Young Italians of Florida Lodge 2668
P.S. By separate e-mail I forwarded you an article about Joe Maddon.
Subject: Re: In response to your article on Italian-American Managers
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:27:16 -0700
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Lomascolo:
Thank you for telling me of Joe's Italian lineage. I regret not being aware of it. Unfortunately, when an individual's family name has been changed, as you know, the lineage is often not publicly known after a couple of generations. I have long been familiar with Joe's professional as well as personal qualities which your email causes me now to realize have their roots in his Italian heritage.
The way I remember it, Joe spent three decades with the Angels before being promoted to bench coach by Mike Scioscia early in Mike's career as manager. Mike didn't come to the Angels till after the close of the '99 season. So if Joe became bench coach in '96 as you say, I am in error. However, I still attribute his great success in that job to Scioscia's support as well as to his own skills. They learned from each other. Mike's support continued in Joe's gaining the Tampa Bay job, and Joe has done Mike a big favor since, which I won't elaborate on here. I understand they communicate regularly by Text messages.
Thanks to you, I will now support the Rays not only because of Joe's relationship to Mike, but because of his own Italian bloodline. While I don't possess Italian blood myself, I have strong personal ties to your race.
I haven't found the article you sent me. Please resend.
Ciao,
Lloyd
Monday, August 17, 2009
Festa della Madonna, Ybor City
One of our members asked to put up this flyer regarding the Festa della Madonna, at the Italian Club in Ybor City:
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