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Elsie Zengel
Director of Community Relations
Altoona Curve

An email from Elsie on Wednesday 11th July 2007

Thought we'd pass this on

We're pretty proud of "our boys" - as I'm sure you are!

 

Below is an email sent to the Curve following the game
on Sunday 8th July 2007

Sunday 8th July 2007

Altoona Curve v Bowie Baysox
at Prince George's Stadium in Bowie

SUBJECT - Curve players showed excellent poise at Baysox Stadium on July 8th

Dear Front Office Staff

I just wanted to write a quick note to let SOMEONE know that both Brett Roneberg and Dewon Brazelton showed tremendous poise the other night versus the Bayox at PG County Stadium

I am an Altoona native living in the Bowie area, so my husband (who is from Huntingdon) and I went to see the Curve
We had great seats right behind the BAYSOX dugout, and it was a HOT night with a small crowd

Both Brett and Dewon were harassed the entire evening by several Baysox season ticket holders
I'm not sure that Dewon was able to hear the comments, but Brett certainly was
For such a young man, he was much more even tempered about the whole thing than the four middle-aged Curve fans were
The Baysox fans made fun of Brett's accent, home country, culture, etc


It was embarrassing to see members of our own DC area community behaving in such a ridiculous and insulting manner
It was far worse that small children in attendance had to see adults behaving so poorly

Please thank both Brett and Dewon, on behalf of the Curve fans in attendance, for being excellent role models for young baseball fans who came out on a hot night to see a Curve win
They made up proud to say that we are from Altoona


Sincerely

Michelle and Bob Mowchan
Owings, MD
mowchan@verizon.net