Bobby Valentine in NYC Monday Night — for a Great Cause
8/6/2016
Bobby Valentine will honor Shannon Forde, the senior director of media relations for the Mets, who died at 44 from breast cancer last March.
On Monday evening from 7 to 9 PM, the former Mets manager will be at Foley’s Pub at 18 W. 33 St. to sign autographs, schmooze in English and, who knows, maybe even Japanese, given his time spent managing over there.
The proceeds will go to the Forde Children’s Fund. She left behind her husband, John, and Nicholas, 8, and Kendall, 5, and hundreds of close friends including Shaun Clancy, the baseball-centric proprietor of Foley’s.
In a mad world, Shannon was a capable and friendly presence with the Mets. Stars like Keith Hernandez and John Franco and Mets staffers with a heart have helped raise money, and now Bobby V is helping.
He is home in Connecticut these days, working as a TV analyst and athletic director of Sacred Heart University.
Visitors are encouraged to bring their own memorabilia — each autograph is $40, and signed balls are $20 and photos are $10.
Valentine will participate in a Q&A, withPete Caldera, singer and sportswriter, serving as master of ceremonies at Foley’s the Irish pub devoted to baseball — with thousands of signed balls and photographs and memorabilia covering every square inch.
For information:
Tel: 212–290–0080.
foleysny@aol.com
