Occasionally,
if a community is lucky, it is graced with a person like Steve Kalafer, a man who
measured his success not merely as to how he built his wealth from scratch, but
who saw himself as responsible for employing his substantial resources to support
benevolent organizations, and a host of people less fortunate in life.
One of Kalafer’s
principal legacies to Somerset County, NJ reflects his love for baseball;
namely, TD Bank Ballpark, the stadium that he built in Bridgewater and the team
to go with it: the Somerset Patriots, now a Double-A affiliate of the New
York Yankees.
Some might
think that Steve missed the opportunity to see the first pitch thrown for the
2021 season, but others will think of him and say that he will be cheering his
team to victory from a higher vantage point.
