On the Field with Bowa and Allen By Joe Rini The time at first pitch was more appropriate for brunch than for a baseball game as Jose Reyes stepped up against Nationals pitcher Joe Ross in Washington at 11:05 a.m. on the Fourth of July. Unfortunately for the Mets, despite Reyes’ leadoff homerun, the game […]
With Marc Maturo Greeley’s Hawks finish with flourish; Pirates set sail On the heels of a strong drive to the postseason tournament with the Rockland Community College baseball team, Coach John Greeley of Stony Point quickly shifted gears and took the American Legion-affiliated OTB Pirates on their first road trip of the season. “We […]
Mets’ ace reemerges but team staggers BY JOE RINI How rough was the Mets weekend series against the Nationals? Well, let’s put it this way; the series started on Thursday night but the Mets didn’t take a lead until Sunday afternoon, when the Amazins salvaged one game out of four with a 5-1 victory as Jacob deGrom picked up […]
On Sunday, June 11 the Haverstraw Police Athletic League hosted the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation Badges for Baseball clinic, co-sponsored by the Town of Haverstraw and SUEZ Foundation. This is a program where Town of Haverstraw police officers and other law enforcement officials are matched with local youth for a sports clinic. Using baseball and other […]
A Dugout View With Bench Coach Dick Scott By Joe Rini “It gets late out early,” so goes the Yogi Berra-ism about the perils of early-evening shadows in the outfield. Yet, one might say a similar shadow is hanging over the 24-32 Mets, who perilously trailed the first place Nationals by 11.5 games at the […]
Suffern HS grad Aviles making his pitch as a pro Count Suffern High School alum Robbie Aviles among those who can truthfully say they love what they are doing. “I love it; wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world,” said Aviles of his professional baseball career, which began right out of high school in 2010 […]