Hempstead Town Clerk Mark Bonilla recently attended the first of a kind baseball game at Garden City Community Park between the Harlem Black Yankees and the Garden City Bombers. Town Clerk Bonilla had the distinct honor of throwing the first pitch.
Pictured also are Nassau County Office of Minority Affairs Deputy Director Dean Bennett, Bombers Team Director Joe Mohen, Yankees Manager Joe Morgan, Yankees Assistant Coaches Gregg Walker, Chris Dolin and Rob Godosky, Bombers Manager Joe Rocco, Assistant Coach Lou Santos, Orville Hagler (nephew of Dan Blankhead, the first black pitcher in the major leagues), Father Marcerllus Gorleku of Saint Joseph’s Church and members of the Harlem Black Yankees and the Garden City Bombers.
