Hot Stove Breakfast with
Baseball Legend Bobby Valentine
Moderated by: George Grande
Wednesday, February 4
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Sports Haven Bar & Grille
600 Long Wharf Drive
New Haven, CT 06511

Cost: $15 Members  |  $25 Non-Members
Join the Sports Council for a fun morning of baseball talk about the upcoming season!

Baseball legend, Bobby Valentine will serve as the featured guest at the Sports Council's annual "Hot Stove" event. Sports broadcaster George Grande will serve as the moderator. 

Bobby Valentine is executive director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Sacred Heart University. In addition to his baseball achievements at Stamford's Rippowam High School, Valentine was the only three-time all-state football player in Connecticut history. He was widely recruited out of high school and attended college at the University of Southern California. He was voted by Sports Illustrated as one of the best athletes of the 20th century from Connecticut. After his selection in the first round by the L.A. Dodgers, his 10 years as an MLB player included successful stints with the Dodgers, Angels, Padres, Mets and Mariners.

Grande
About the Moderator
George Grande hosted the very first broadcast of SportsCenter on ESPN in 1979. Prior to his career at ESPN, Grande was a sportscaster for WTNH in New Haven and most recently for the Cincinnati Reds from 1993 to 2009 for Fox Sports Net.
About the Sports Council
The Sports Council monitors professional and college-level sports in the region, assists with marketing, and hosts several sports-focused events each year.

For more information about the Sports Council, Chamber membership, or sponsorship opportunities, contact:
Betsy Herlihy  |  (203) 782-4372   |  [email protected]
The Sports Council is a program of both the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce and the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce.