Johnson, Backman and Orosco share recollections STORY AND PHOTOS BY JOE RINI “There’s not a greater city than New York. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. I firmly believe that,” said former manager Davey Johnson, whose 1986 Mets succeeded in New York and everywhere else in capturing a World Championship […]
Ace’s place in rotation questioned STORY AND PHOTOS BY JOE RINI If Matt Harvey is a team’s worst starting pitcher, how bad can things really be? Well, if we’re talking about the Harvey of 2015, with his 2.71 ERA and 188 strikeouts in 189 innings, not bad at all. Unfortunately, the 2016 Harvey has been […]
BY MARC MATURO Ex-Red Raiders ace Wirchansky is Player of the Year Southpaw Dan Wirchansky of Stony Point already exhibited high-collegiate talent at North Rockland High School, and his performance as a rookie on the diamond at Rockland Community College did nothing this season to lessen the expectations. “He certainly has the ability to […]
Matz Excels and Harvey Improves By Joe Rini What will Bartolo Colon do for an encore? Hit two home runs in one game? How about stealing home? Perhaps leaping a tall building in a single bound? With a league leading 49 home runs through 32 games, the first place Mets are on pace to smash […]
The Rockland Community College men’s tennis team won the NJCAA Regional tournament held last weekend at Suffolk Community College. The men’s tennis team has now qualified for the national junior college final to be held in Texas the week of May 16. Not since 1976 has the RCC men’s tennis team qualified for the nationals. Yash Baghat and Warren Brown […]
BY MARC MATURO Midfielder McNamara a leader of New York City FC West Nyack native and one-time FC Westchester standout Tommy McNamara keeps on kicking. McNamara, in his third year as a professional player, continues to be a cog on the New York City FC side, which snapped a seven-game winless streak with a 3-2 […]