Friday, April 19, 2013 seemed like a typical day at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. The New York Yankees were in town to take on the Blue Jays, with veteran lefty Andy Pettitte squaring off against right-hander Brandon Morrow. The turnstiles clicked away as 40,028 fans filed into the stadium to witness the game between […]
Former New York Mets’ closer and Brooklyn native John Franco made a special guest appearance at Mercedes Benz of Brooklyn July 8 in anticipation of Saturday’s MLB All-Star Game 5K run at Prospect Park. Franco is the captain of “Team Franco.” Proceeds from the race benefit the ongoing Hurricane Sandy relief effort. In the above […]
Andrew Florides was watching the coverage of the MLB First-Year Player Draft on his computer on Saturday, June 8. The Toronto Blue Jays were about to make the 805th selection in the 27th round of the draft. But before the selection was announced, a lasting image popped back in Florides’ mind. While playing shortstop as […]
The MLB Draft took place June 6-8 and featured the best baseball talent from around the country and beyond. A handful of current and former local Catholic school players were selected and will be given the opportunity to pursue their baseball dreams. The following players from the N.Y.C. area were drafted: Colin Moran, 3B No. […]
In professional baseball history prior to this season, 88 sets of brothers have been teammates at some point in their careers, most notably Dizzy and Daffy Dean; Paul and Lloyd Waner; Phil and Joe Niekro; Roberto and Sandy Alomar; and Felipe, Jesus and Matty Alou. This year, outfielders Justin and B.J. Upton of the Atlanta […]
The new Jackie Robinson movie, 42: The True Story of an American Legend, opened April 12. The film chronicles the Brooklyn Dodgers’ star as he broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947. Robinson faced intense adversity at a time when racial segregation was the norm. Yet his teammates stuck by him as he paved […]
Don Cooper vividly remembers growing up in Maspeth, Queens. He and his buddies played sports every day – mainly as Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) stars in baseball and basketball for St. Mary’s of Winfield, Woodside. He said he didn’t have a care in the world and can still recall the schoolyards, gymnasiums and baseball fields […]
When Brooklyn diocesan hero Mike Piazza retired after the 2007 MLB season, there was really only one question: Would he wear a New York Mets or Los Angeles Dodgers cap after being voted into the Hall of Fame five years later on the first ballot? However, following the vote of the Baseball Writers’ Association of […]
It took the New York Mets 8,020 games, but on June 1, 2012, lefty ace Johan Santana tossed the first no-hitter in franchise history. Santana was the star that evening, but it was an incredible defensive gem from Whitestone native Mike Baxter that preserved the no-hit bid. Baxter, a graduate of Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, […]
