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Our guest speaker is Frank Vaccaro. Legion baseball has been played in this country for over 100 years, and Central Mass has a rich history of the sport. Shrewsbury Post 397 has had great success recently having gone to the World Series in 2017, 2019 and 2022. The man who runs the show is Frank Vaccaro, a man who is affectionately known as “The Don.” Vaccaro has a reputation on the baseball diamond he’s well-known in the American Legion community for his ability to consistently field an excellent team. While Vaccaro does indeed de- vote significant time and energy teaching his 13- to 19-year-old players balls from strikes, he’s just as renowned for his ability to teach right from wrong. He’s a coach athletes have said they enjoy competing for. Vaccaro has coached the Shrewsbury American Legion Post 397 baseball team for the last 26 years, with 18 years as head coach.