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VIDEO: Medfield Youth Baseball and Softball Remembers Vincent 'Red' Palumbo

Those in attendance at Sunday's Little League Parade and Opening Ceremonies took time to pay tribute to the late Vincent "Red" Palumbo, co-founder of Medfield Youth Baseball and Softball.

Exactly one month after , the community he was apart of for 93 years remembered him and the organization he co-founded in 1952 paid tribute to him.

During Sunday’s Medfield Youth Baseball and Softball Opening Ceremonies, league president Jerry Potts invited members of Palumbo’s family to the infield as he spoke about Red Palumbo and the significant contributions he made to Medfield Youth Baseball and Softball over the years that made the organization what it is today.

“You’ll see the Palumbo name all over fields and you certainly see it all around town,” Potts said. “This is a family that I can say without any question that there probably isn’t Little League Baseball without if it wasn’t for Will and Red Palumbo.”

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Eleven members of Palumbo’s family joined Potts on the infield to remember and pay tribute to his legacy on the field he built.

“If [Yankee Stadium] was the ‘House that Ruth Built,’ then Metacomet is the ‘House that Palumbo Built,’” Potts said.

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A moment of silence was held for Palumbo before Potts presented the Palumbo family with a letter from the Medfield Youth Baseball and Softball Board of Directors, thanking them for Vincent Palumbo's service to the town and detailing its plan to keep Palumbo's legacy ever present in the community.

"Red Palumbo's legacy will live on in Medfield Youth Baseball through the following awards," Potts said.

  • The Palumbo Trophy - "We have a Championship Day where we give all the championship teams a trophy and that trophy will now be known as the Palumbo Trophy," Potts said.
  • Red Palumbo Award - "A player from each level of Little League will receive this award based on the core principles Red Palumbo instilled in the league 60 years ago – sportsmanship, tolerance and understanding," Potts said.
  • Palumbo Circle of Excellence - Will be a featured section on Medfield Youth Baseball and Softball's website that highlights and details excellent achievements by teams and players in the youth programs.

"We as a community value what was Red was able to do, what Will has done and what the entire Palumbo family has done," Potts said.

And in turn, the community will continue Palumbo’s legacy through its youth in the program he helped create and on the diamonds he helped build.


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