Sordoni Baseball: Looking Into The Eyes Of The American Dream

By: Tony Mussari

Event Photographs By: Kitch Loftus-Mussari

You can observe a lot just by watching. -Yogi Berra

Someone once said: if you want to know what America is all about go to a baseball game. I would add this, if you want to know what the American dream is all ab out go to Sordoni Field in Dallas, PA.

More than a quarter of a century ago a group of youngsters met at this field every Saturday morning during the summer.  There were no adults to supervise what happened there.  There was no schedule. Some of the youngsters rode two miles on their bicycles to get there. Parents never worried about the safety of these kids.  Once there they spent the entire day playing the game.  They played until dark or until they lost all of the tattered baseballs they brought to the field.

In many respects Sordoni Baseball was a field of dreams.  It was a great place to grow up, a great place to make friends, a great place to learn about life, and a great place to make memories that would last a lifetime.

Event Photographs by: Kitch Loftus-Mussari

"Love and Work are the cornerstones of our humanness." Sigmund Freud

The Art Deco theater that sits proudly on Public Square is a masterpiece of architectural design. It is a cornerstone of our community. Constructed in 1928 as a monument to Michael Comeford, its 1,830 seats were usually filled by families like mine.

When I was a youngster, an evening at the Comeford Theater was a grand event. When I was a teenager, the theater was purchased and renamed, the Paramount. In 1977, it closed, and, shamefully, a number of its treasures were removed and sold.