Dickey and Davis lift Mets BY JOE RINI The Mets celebrated Italian Heritage Day this past Saturday but for many Rocklanders it was Tony DeFrancesco Weekend at Citi Field, as Suffern’s DeFrancesco earned his first win since being named interim manger of the Houston Astros. DeFrancesco led the Astros to a 3-1 defeat of the […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The Boulders have five more games to play this season finishing out their road games against the Worcester Tornadoes, with whom they split a twin bill this week. The Boulders won the first game 7-6 with Keith Brachold hitting two home runs and Landis Wilson and Phil Cuadrado each also hitting […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE With about 19 games to play in their second season, the Rockland County Boulders of the Canadien-American League have a shot of getting into the leagues championships between the top two teams. The Boulders, managed by former New York Yankee pitcher Dave LaPoint who was recently honored along with the rest […]
The Board of Election in Albany ruled Tuesday, August 7 that Grant Valentine’s petition for the September 13 Democratic primary was disqualified because he did not have enough valid signatures. Valentine was seeking the seat of the 38th Senate District, competing with Sen. David Carlucci. The district covers Rockland and some of Westchester counties. According […]
Mets unveil official 2013 All-Star logo BY JOE RINI While most New Yorkers were sleeping a few time zones away, the Mets had a respectable west coast road trip. When last seen in the eastern time zone, the Mets were dragging through a winless six game homestand and heading west with these parting words from […]
Oldest living Dodger and Larry King, Harvey in, Santana out BY JOE RINI The design of Citi Field, with its Jackie Robinson Rotunda, evokes Ebbets Field but when the Los Angeles Dodgers visited this past weekend, one could almost hear the echoes of Hilda Chester and her famed cowbell as the Mets paid tribute to […]