BY KEITH S. SHIKOWITZ Baseball has been America’s pastime for over a century and a half. Professional and minor league teams have been playing it since the late 1860s. In 2011, independent league baseball came to Rockland County in the form of the Rockland Boulders, a member of the Can-Am League. While no teams in […]
Wright’s Farewell and deGrom’s Dominance By Joe Rini If the 2018 Mets season was a sandwich, it would be the infamous “wish” sandwich famously sung by Dan Aykroyd’s alter-ego, Elwood Blues, in the song, “Rubber Biscuit.” The sandwich is two slices of bread that leaves you wishing for meat just as this season left fans […]
BY AARON GENUTH On an emotional day in Flushing, the Mets responded to the looming end of an era with a day of inspired baseball. Or at least inspired enough to sweep a doubleheader from the Marlins, a team 10 games worse in the standings than the Mets are. Prior to the first game of […]
Late Bloomers McNeil & Voit Shine for Locals BY JOE RINI September has finally arrived for New York’s local baseball teams. The arrival of Suspense is yet to be announced. The fortunes of the 2018 Mets and Yankees have split like a fork in the road with the Yankees soaring and the Mets sinking, yet […]
Wins Scarce Despite Ace’s Dominance By Joe Rini One team stands in between Jacob deGrom and the 2018 Cy Young Award. Unfortunately, it’s his own team. Calling to mind the Cy Young Award winning seasons of Doc Gooden in 1985 and Tom Seaver in 1971, deGrom has pitched to a major league leading 1.71 ERA […]
Even in the lazy, hazy days of summer, we all find ourselves pressed for time. There’s never enough—we would all like to find more time to do things not just for ourselves, but also for people in need. You want to help out, but where is the time? If that sounds like you, I have […]