David Wright’s on the Right Side of .400 BY JOE RINI In the spirit of this Triple Crown horse racing season, the Mets stride into the quarter pole of the 2012 baseball season in fourth place, a “neck” behind third place Miami, and three “lengths” behind division leading Washington, who battles Atlanta for the lead. […]
MLB Awards 2013 All Star Game to Mets BY JOE RINI Sometimes timing and perspective are everything. If some casino owning, roulette swinging, baseball genie asked manager Terry Collins before the season if he’d take a 4 and 2 road trip this past week against the Philadelphia Phillies and Miami Marlins, he undoubtedly would have […]
After putting together a record breaking 2012 season, the St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans swept through the ECC Baseball All-Conference major awards as voted on by the conference’s coaches. Senior shortstop, Frank Salerno (New City, N.Y.) is the Player of the Year, senior pitcher Matt Marotta (Suffern, N.Y.) takes home the Pitcher of the Year, freshman […]
BY JOE RINI Major league baseball officially announced on Wednesday that Citi Field will host the 2013 All-Star game. This announcement formalizes what had been long expected since Citi Field opened its doors in 2009. Besides the actual game, there will be a number of other related events to entertain the fans, such as the […]
Outlook on Devils-Rangers Series BY CHAYIM TAUBER With the Eastern Conference title on the line for the first time since 1994 between these two teams, the physicality of the Rangers/Devils series should be akin to a twelve car pile-up. This series should be a nasty one, and for those who don’t like violence, there’s always […]
BY JOE RINI On Friday May 4, the New York Mets hosted their third annual Celiac Disease Awareness Night at Citi Field to benefit R.O.C.K (Raising Our Celiac Kids) Long Island. R.O.C.K is a free support group for parents, families, and friends of children on gluten free diets and it also raises funds for the […]