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EPCHS Number Retirement Ceremony for Jim Adduci Is POSTPONED

Evergreen Park Community High School number retirement ceremony for Jim Adduci postponed due to rain.

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Evergreen Park Community High School will retire former Mustang and MLB player Jim Adduci's number May 5 before the EPCHS-Tinley Park game.
Evergreen Park Community High School will retire former Mustang and MLB player Jim Adduci's number May 5 before the EPCHS-Tinley Park game. (EPCHS)

EVERGREEN PARK, IL — The number retirement ceremony for Jim Adduci has been postponed due to rain.

Jim Adduci, a former Major League Baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs, among other teams, will have his uniform number – #1 – retired at his high school alma mater, Evergreen Park Community High School.

Adduci graduated from EPCHS in 2003. He's currently an instructor for the White Sox Academy.

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The ceremony will take place before the Mustangs’ home game against Tinley Park High School at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 5. The fields are located behind the high school at 99th Street and Kedzie Avenue, off 99th Street.

Also, a reminder that Donn Pall Night will take place on May 16.

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