“I’m just a guy who wants to see his name every day in the lineup.

“Baseball was a love and obsession of mine.”

— Legendary Baltimore

Orioles third baseman

Brooks Robinson

There are voices in life that will always be remembered. In my life, one of those voices was a local one: That of Joe Iaconis.

When I think of Yankee baseball my thoughts take on the voice of Phil Rizzuto. When I think of Mets baseball my thoughts take on the voice of Ralph Kiner. The Yankees were on Channel 6 when I was kid, and the Mets were on Channel 4. And when I think of baseball while growing up here in Geneva, my thoughts take on the voice of Joe Iaconis. As far as I’m concerned, Joe is the Phil Rizzuto-Ralph Kiner of Geneva baseball.

As the dedicated voice of Shuron Park, Joe called the spectators to rise for the “Star-Spangled Banner,” made the essential announcements throughout the game and, most notably of all, his was the voice that informed the stadium who was coming up to the plate to hit.........

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