Lazzari’s Sports Roundup – 6/1/09
Lazzari’s “Cheap Win of the Week”: Goes to Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton–who pitched the minimum five innings vs. the Reds recently–throwing 97 pitches while giving up five runs. However, he benefits...
View ArticleA Magnificent Account of 1969
It’s hard to believe it’s been 40 years this past Friday since Davey Johnson’s fly ball went softly into Cleon Jones’s glove in left field. And a lot has changed. Shea Stadium is now gone and the Mets...
View ArticleLazzari’s Sports Roundup – 12-15-09
ITEM: Pittsburgh leads New Hampshire 15-7 at the HALF during a college basketball game last week–the fewest first-half points in a Division I game since the shot clock was employed. I haven’t seen...
View ArticleCuban Baseball Legends Honored at Cuban Cultural Center Conference
The Cuban Cultural Center of New York (CCCNY) [El Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York] presented its 10th Congress on Saturday at the McNally Auditorium of Fordham University’s Law School. The all-day...
View ArticleOrestes “Minnie” Miñoso Deserves Enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame in...
New York—The majority of people reading this article probably never saw “Minnie” Miñoso play baseball. Many may have never heard his name. Saturnino Orestes “Minnie” Armas Miñoso Arrieta was a great...
View ArticleNegro League Veteran Jim Robinson Speaks of the History of Black Baseball
LeRoy Neiman Art Center—The art museum, at 2785 Frederick Douglass Blvd., near 148th Street, is currently showcasing the “Black Ball Exhibition; illuminating Negro Leagues Baseball.” This exhibit of...
View ArticleStars Shine At Citi
The prelims were over and it was time for the main event. The 2013 All Star Game, the 84th Mid-Summer Classic since a sportswriter in Chicago named Arch Ward brainstormed the idea in 1933, was met with...
View ArticleA-Rod’s 24th Grand Slam Gives Yanks a 5-1 win over Giants
Bronx, NY—The San Francisco Giants made their first visit to the current Yankee Stadium on Friday night. Their last trip to the Bronx was in 2002 for an inter-league series with the Yankees. When the...
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Heritage Auctions Posts Early Yankees Ruth Bat
Heritage Auctions has posted a rare game used Babe Ruth bat in its latest baseball auction, dating back to his first three years with the club, according to HA’s info. This would be one that he used in...
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N.Y. Stadiums Featured In ‘Ballpark’ Book
BALLPARK: Baseball in the American City is the highly-anticipated and much-acclaimed new book from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Goldberger. Unlike any book ever written, Ballpark captures the...
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New Exhibit In Washington Heights Blends Civic, New York Sports History Together
In New York, the history of our sports and the history of well, history, rarely mix, but a little known gem of a museum in Washington Heights, within view of not just Yankee Stadium but another...
View ArticleLazzari’s Sports Roundup – 6/1/09
Lazzari’s “Cheap Win of the Week”: Goes to Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton–who pitched the minimum five innings vs. the Reds recently–throwing 97 pitches while giving up five runs. However, he benefits...
View ArticleA Magnificent Account of 1969
It’s hard to believe it’s been 40 years this past Friday since Davey Johnson’s fly ball went softly into Cleon Jones’s glove in left field. And a lot has changed. Shea Stadium is now gone and the Mets...
View ArticleLazzari’s Sports Roundup – 12-15-09
ITEM: Pittsburgh leads New Hampshire 15-7 at the HALF during a college basketball game last week–the fewest first-half points in a Division I game since the shot clock was employed. I haven’t seen...
View ArticleCuban Baseball Legends Honored at Cuban Cultural Center Conference
The Cuban Cultural Center of New York (CCCNY) [El Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York] presented its 10th Congress on Saturday at the McNally Auditorium of Fordham University’s Law School. The all-day...
View ArticleOrestes “Minnie” Miñoso Deserves Enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame in...
New York—The majority of people reading this article probably never saw “Minnie” Miñoso play baseball. Many may have never heard his name. Saturnino Orestes “Minnie” Armas Miñoso Arrieta was a great...
View ArticleNegro League Veteran Jim Robinson Speaks of the History of Black Baseball
LeRoy Neiman Art Center—The art museum, at 2785 Frederick Douglass Blvd., near 148th Street, is currently showcasing the “Black Ball Exhibition; illuminating Negro Leagues Baseball.” This exhibit of...
View ArticleStars Shine At Citi
The prelims were over and it was time for the main event. The 2013 All Star Game, the 84th Mid-Summer Classic since a sportswriter in Chicago named Arch Ward brainstormed the idea in 1933, was met with...
View ArticleA Magnificent Account of 1969
It’s hard to believe it’s been 40 years this past Friday since Davey Johnson’s fly ball went softly into Cleon Jones’s glove in left field. And a lot has changed. Shea Stadium is now gone and the Mets...
View ArticleLazzari’s Sports Roundup – 12-15-09
ITEM: Pittsburgh leads New Hampshire 15-7 at the HALF during a college basketball game last week–the fewest first-half points in a Division I game since the shot clock was employed. I haven’t seen...
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