Derek Jeter was enshrined Sept. 8 in Cooperstown.
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All Hands On-Deck: Revitalized Baseball Field A Home Run with Gravesend Community
Members of Boys Scouts of America Troop 376, sponsored by Our Lady of Grace Church in Gravesend, as well as community members from the parish and Catholic academy, spent August 7-9 cleaning up their ball field.
St. Edmund Prep Captures ‘A’ Baseball City Championship
The Eagles took home this year’s city title.
11-Year-Old Cancer Patient Rocco on the Road to Recovery
Rocco Pisani is hitting home runs on and off the field.
Superfan Sisters Set for Brooklyn Cyclones 20th Season
Two Cyclones fans have taken their fandom to the next level.
Priest’s Grandpa Witnessed ‘Black Sox Scandal’
Msgr. John Bracken has a tie to the 1919 “Black Sox Scandal.”
Priest Plans to Auction Coveted Baseball Cards to Aid Low-Income Students
A baseball card collection worth thousands of dollars was a split second away from being dropped into a trash can and disappearing forever in a landfill.
Home Run King Hank Aaron Overcame Racism to Excel On and Off the Field
Hank Aaron, who was baseball’s home run king for 33 years, overcame racism to make his mark in the game he loved. Aaron died Jan. 22 at age 86.
Tommy Lasorda, Baseball Lifer and Hall of Fame Manager, Dies at 93
Tommy Lasorda, who won two World Series titles during his 21-year managerial reign with the Los Angeles Dodgers and became an ambassador for baseball in retirement from the sport, died Jan. 7 in Los Angeles at age 93.
Catholic Athletes for Christ Celebrates St. Joseph
Msgr. Thomas Machalski led a spiritual journey to honor St. Joseph.