Page 12 COVID-19 testing now available in Malden, Cambridge and Somerville C OVID-19 tests are now available to the public at no cost. People do not have to be displaying symptoms to be tested but must have an appointment in advance. Please call 617665-2928 for an appointment. Testing is done Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.at the following locations: • Cambridge – 163 Gore St., outside the CHA East Cambridge Care Center • Malden – 195 Canal St., outside the CHA Malden Care Center • Somerville – Crown Street, behind the CHA Somerville campus THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, May 22, 2020 FATEFUL DECISION | FROM PAGE 8 Testing process and details • You must have an appointment. • People may arrive in cars, on bicycles or on foot. • If coming by car, please keep your windows rolled up. • No children under eight years old. • Please bring a picture ID. • Tests are provided at no charge to the patient. Getting results Results might take up to fi ve days to be available. You will get your results from the local health department. If you have not heard, it is because your result is not yet available. ~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT Middlesex Probate and Family Court 208 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02141 (617) 768-5800 Docket No. MI20P2028EA Estate of: Hugh Francis Flynn Also known as: Hugh F. Flynn Date of Death: 03/03/2020 CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION To all interested persons: A petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Frances V. Flynn of Malden, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Kathleen A. Dion of Saugus, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 06/12/2020. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Maureen H. Monks, First Justice of this Court. Date: May 15, 2020 TARA E. DeCRISTOFARO REGISTER OF PROBATE May 22, 2020 starting his professional baseball career with the Birmingham Barons, at the Double-A level. You heard that correctly. Here was a man who had last played baseball 13 years previously, at Laney High in Wilmington, N.C. Two games into his senior year baseball season at Laney, he was dismissed from the team because he had missed time on the baseball diamond due to playing in a basketball tournament. Despite his basically nonexistent baseball resume, the 31-yearold Jordan was getting a coveted and highly-valued outfi elder roster spot in one of the top Double-A professional baseball leagues in the nation. As for the aforementioned trio of Cappuccio, Cameron and Hurst? No Double-A for them. Not even a sniff in 1994, not with the Michael Jordan Show headed to Birmingham and the Barons. The promising trio of upand-comers were assigned to the Prince William Cannons in Woodbridge, Virginia, an Advanced (Long Season) Single-A White Sox franchise. It was not a step down so much as it was a “stay in place” assignment. Could Cappuccio, Cameron or Hurst have used that possible promotion to Double-A Birmingham as a stepping stone to the bigger and better futures? Of course they could have used it. Cameron actually did get a big league call-up the next season. He was playing for Birmingham in 1995, along with Cappuccio and Hurst, but he got sent back down after an unproductive, 22-game stint. Maybe if he had played with Birmingham that extra year, the added experience would have helped him to stick in the “bigs.” Same for Hurst. His value was high enough after the 1994 season in Birmingham that he was a decent piece in a trade to the Detroit Tigers in the 1995 off season. He bounced back and forth for a couple of seasons between the majors and the minors, never gaining a niche at the highest. Would that 1994 season at Double-A have made a diff erence? Sure it would. They even said on ESPN’s Sports Center As for Cappuccio? You bet it would have made a diff erence. They even said it on ESPN’s Sports Center! That very night of the news about Jordan, on Sports Center, I recall, vividly, anchorman Dan Patrick stating, “It’s great that Michael Jordan wants to try and play professional baseball. But who is the player that’s going to be held back an extra year in the minors because of this? “Maybe it’s Carmine Cappuccio from Malden, Mass. who led the South Bend White Sox in hitting last year? Or one of the other outfielders from that team like Jimmy Hurst or Mike Cameron?” Patrick said on national television. “Who knows? What we do know is that one of these White Sox prospects is going to miss experience at a higher level because of Michael Jordan.” So there, Dan Patrick said so. I remember sitting on my couch on Jacob Street that night, thinking the same exact thing. “Yeah, Michael Jordan a great basketball player and all that, but what’s up with him playing baseball? He’s 31 years old and there’s no way he intends on making this a longterm thing. “He’s playing outfi eld? That’s what Carmine plays. I hope this really does not hurt his chances,” I thought. Then, lo and behold, MJ goes to Double-A Birmingham and the other three outfi elders are off to Virginia with the Cannons. What followed in the 1994 season appears to be further validation of some suspect decision-making in the White Sox organization. Only success for Birmingham was at ticket booth The only success Birmingham had that 1994 season was in the ticket booth. They set an attendance record for the franchise that was never broken as the traveling carnival atmosphere Jordan brought to the team fi lled the stands all year. Truth be told, Jordan was far from great and shy of good. But he was not awful. He hit .203 for the season, starting nearly every night for manager Terry Francona (that guy again! future Red Sox icon). He did drive in 51 runs in 127 games and hit three home runs. He walked 51 times, nearly leading the team in that department, when the “Moneyball” era was not even a thought at the time. He did lead the team in strikeouts and was a below average fi elder, but stole 30 bases, too. Sports Illustrated bashed him with a cover story screaming “Bag it, Michael!” But even that writer later retracted part of his vitriol. For someone whose resume only went up to varsity baseball in his junior year of high school and then a 13-year layoff , it was actually pretty commendable MJ could even get up against 90-mph-plus fastballs. Of course, after he fashioned a remarkable, to say the least, 27game hitting streak in the early part of the season, the entire rest of the opposing pitchers in the Southern League went all “Not on My Watch” and threw the NBA’s greatest player nothing but the fi rst number of his Bulls’ jersey. Yup. Nothing but deuces. Ever. That’s probably why he walked so many times thereafter. Can’t hit what you can’t see. 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