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4 COMMUNITY THE NATIONAL HERALD, OCTOBER 6, 2007 Marathon Bank Continues to Branch Out to Long Island A Baseball Grudge About A grand opening party and rib- bon cutting was held at the new branch of Marathon Bank in Perfection Lasts for 35 Years Manhasset, New York. From left to right: Piraeus Bank general Continued from page 1 pas asks rhetorically, "when no manager for international activi- one's gone to your right to touch ties Yiannis Kyriakopoulos; Paul he needed but one more out. first base? So I don't buy that." AStathopoulos; Tina Chandra; Larry Stahl, a .232 career hitter, Nikos Tsakanikas, Council- stepped to the plate as the only Pappas goes around telling woman Maria-Christina Poons; Padre between Pappas and perfec- everybody he took it in the shorts Bill Kartsonis, Zoe Koutsoupakis tion. and that's not what was the case. and Nikos Kostakos. This branch The left-handed batter swung Froemming, now in the final is the 14th Marathon Bank in the and missed at the first pitch. month of a 37-year major league United States. Marathon recently Legendary Chicago broadcaster career, remains adamant that the opened new branches in Staten Jack Brickhouse set the tense scene gravity of the moment should never Island and Downtown Brooklyn. for his WGN-TV audience: be a factor. Marathon Bank is a member of "Wrigley Field, Chicago, Sept. 2, "As an umpire, you're not think- Piraeus Bank S.A., a $26.6 billion 1972. Milt Pappas, two outs in the ing on the pitch, 'geez, this is a per- asset banking group, headquar- bottom of the ninth, heading for a fect game,'" says Froemming. tered in Athens, Greece, with op- perfect game. Cubs ahead eight-to- "You're not into that; you're an offi- erations in Greece, South-East nothing; Larry Stahl pinch-hitting cial, not a fan. I can't give him Europe, Egypt, and London, U.K. for the pitcher; strike one the something that he doesn't have Mr. Kyriakopoulos stated that count." coming, either. It's either a ball or a “Marathon Bank is looking to Stahl didn't swing at the next strike, and that's the way I've um- open new branches throughout pitch, and umpire Bruce Froem- pired all my life." the country where there is a large ming called it a ball, outside, to Hundley says the 3-2 pitch was a Greek American community.” even the count. "hair low," but the couple before There was no stalling by Pappas were "excellent." between deliveries. "I don't think anybody would've "Pappas fires away. Swing and a squawked," says Hundley, if Froem- miss! Ball one, strike two." ming had called any of the three a Pappas was just one strike away strike. Metropolitan Evangelos Honors Greek Deputy FM from immortality. In Stahl's recollection, the 3-2 "Here it comes. Outside! Ball pitch was "about four to six inches By Dimitri Soultogiannis off your busy schedules to come and Today, Greece is a modern Euro- Mr. Valinakis offered the Metro- two, strike two." outside." He adds that all four balls Special to the National Herald see me, I certainly appreciate it,” pean country, an equal member of politan of New Jersey a painting of Pappas and Froemming were were accurate calls and that Froem- Mr. Valinakis said. the European union, a model of his hometown, the island of Kalym- both born in 1939; both midwest- ming appropriately called them as NEW YORK – Metropolitan Evan- He thanked the omogeneia for peace and stability in the region.” nos, as a sign of appreciation for the erners with roots in Europe. The he saw them, rather than helping gelos of New Jersey hosted a lun- its sympathy and support through- According to Mr. Valinakis, the metropolis’s hospitality. The Metro- home-plate ump was a Milwaukee Pappas. "You can't do that. It'd be cheon, on Tuesday, October 2, at the out last month’s difficult times in Greek American community is a pri- politan of New Jersey symbolically native of German origin. The pitch- throwing a game," says Stahl. “Graycliff Fine Catering Hall” in Greece, when wildfires killed 66 ority for the Greek government. offered Mr. Valinakis the holy cross er had entered the world in Detroit, Television coverage of the pitch- Moonachie, N.J. honoring the people and burned thousands of “In June we will be passing a res- and urged him and all the guests to with the unmistakenly Greek sur- es in question is inconclusive. The Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece acres of land. olution in the Greek parliament live humble and peaceful lives. The name of "Pappastediodis." videotape from the high-angle cam- Yiannis Valinakis who visited New “I am proud of the Greek Ameri- which will allow Greek Americans expenses for the luncheon were After 13 years of toiling in the era fuels, rather than settles, the de- York early last week to address the can community and all its achieve- to vote in the Greek national elec- covered by “Graycliff Fine Catering minors and nearly two seasons in bate. 62nd Session of the UN General As- ments.” Mr. Valinakis said and tions from their local embassy or Hall” co-owner Mr. Tony Papa- the majors, Froemming was now Time often heals old wounds, sembly. Among the distinguished urged the community to also be consulates in the United States,” he markos. After the event, Mr. Vali- one of 14 men on the diamond -- but not this one. Pappas says he on- guests, his Excellency Metropolitan proud of Greece. “You should also said. “This is a big step that no one nakis went to the UN building four umpires, nine players, one bat- ly recently came across footage that Paisios of Tyana, abbot of the Patri- be proud of your motherland, has taken before. It brings the omo- where he addressed the 62nd ses- ter -- who could determine whether is new cause for consternation. The archal Stavropegial Monastery of Greece is not the country you or geneia and especially young Greek- sion of the United Nations General Pappas and "perfect" would become video shows Froemming, after Saint Irene Chrysovalantou, Bishop your ancestors once left years ago. Americans closer to Greece.” Assembly. synonymous that day, before Stahl's base on balls, looking to- of Apameia Vikentios, the General 12,979 fans at Wrigley Field. ward Pappas and then walking Consul of Greece Mrs. Aikaterini "Here it comes. It's a ball! Ball away, following an earful of invec- Boura, chairman of the PanGregori- three, strike two. Low and away tive from the pitcher. an, New Jersey, Inc. Mr. Ioannis that time." On WGN, Brickhouse said the Sakellaris, President of the Cyprus In the most famous of perfect following: "Froemming, the umpire Federation of America, Mr. Panikos games, Don Larsen's 1956 World walks out, he knows what's on the Papanikolaou, President of the Pan Series gem for the Yankees, veteran line here, he knows how important Dodecanese Federation Mr. Ioannis umpire Babe Pinelli called the 2-2 this is, he has his job to do, he called Kourdistos, President of P.G.E.I. of pitch to the 27th batter in Larsen's it as he saw it." America Charitable Foundation, Mr. favor. Pinelli raised his right hand James Logothetis, Medical Profes- to ring up Brooklyn's Dale Mitchell, sor at Rutgers University Dr. Panos though many saw the climactic Time often heals old Georgopoulos and many others. pitch as high and outside. Catcher wounds, but not this Metropolitan Evangelos and Mr. Yogi Berra leaped into the arms of Dimitrios Foulas, Vice President for the newly lionized Larsen. one. Pappas says he only the Metropolis of New Jersey In this case, Froemming's call on recently came across Board, welcomed the Deputy For- 2-2 was a ball. footage that is new eign Minister to New Jersey on be- Catcher Randy Hundley recalls half of the entire Greek American that 2-2 pitch as "a strike, not 'right cause for consternation. community. “Mr. Minister every sin- down Broadway,' but on the outside gle person who came here today did corner … a pitcher's pitch." But The Brickhouse description did- so for you,” Metropolitan Evangelos Hundley didn't dare argue, he says. n't capture what Pappas sees now, said. “We appreciate you being here Earlier in the game, he'd raised more than three decades later. for the third time within three years Froemming's ire by inadvertently From Pappas' perspective, the um- as we know how busy your sched- brushing dirt on him when Hundley pire appears to be enjoying the mo- ule can get.” Metropolitan Evange- was really upset at himself for hav- ment. los also congratulated Mr. Valinakis ing popped out on an at-bat. "When he (Froemming) turns for his recent reelection as a Greek With the count full -- just the sec- around and walks back to home parliamentarian and told him that ond time all game that Pappas got plate, he has a smirk on his face, the Greek-American community of to three balls on a hitter -- Hundley which I never noticed before," says New York and New Jersey appreci- gave the sign for a third straight Pappas. "Right then, again, I want- ate him very much. slider. ed to kill Bruce Froemming. I said, “I want to thank each and every Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Valinakis gives a speech during a luncheon in his honor hosted by "Now here comes one of the 'This man cost me a perfect game.

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