From the October 20, 1992 edition of The Wayne Herald
Former baseball great visits Wayne
Former major league baseball great Richie Ashburn was in Wayne, Monday afternoon signing autographs, answering quesitons and chating with baseball fans along with gaining signatures on a national campaign to get him into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
Ashburn, a long-time great for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1948-1959, and later with the New York Mets and the Chicago Cubs, has spent the last 30 years as a broadcaster for the Phillies.
The national campaign labeled as "Why the Hall Not!" is out to get 100,000 signatures across the nation to put Ashburn's name back on the ballot for the Hall of Fame.
This is Ashburn's first appearance in Nebraska as a speaker. "My family still lives around the Tilden area and I come back every so often to visit, but never to do something like this," Ashburn said. "I don't mind though, because I like seeing and talking to people."
Ashburn spent two and a half hours at Stadium Sporting Goods in Wayne.
