Never the right time for an injured D. Wright or Parnell BY JOE RINI The leap from high school baseball coach to major league manager may seem improbable – except if that major league manager is Suffern native Walt Weiss of the Colorado Rockies. Among his accomplishments, this former star athlete at Suffern High School’s […]
Sports columnist Marc Maturo’s official column Haverstraw all-stars enjoy ride to the finish It was a great season, and a great season to celebrate despite two losses on Long Island in a bid for the state championship. “They didn’t win the state (title), but they had a fantastic run. We were there (Long Island), we followed them […]
Sports columnist Marc Maturo’s official column Softball memories born on old diamonds Softball is a summer game, and many, many summers ago the county could boast any number of outstanding teams, from The Scoop in Orangeburg to Camp Hill Day Camp in Spring Valley. It was soon after the opening of the Tappan Zee […]
The Stony Point All Stars have two mottos, “get the job done today” and “leave it all on the field,” which is what they have been doing the last two weeks. They call themselves TEAM standing for “Together Everyone Achieves More” and as they represent the Town of Stony Point and all of Rockland County, […]
Amazins honor amazing ladies and a worthy cause BY JOE RINI For the Mets front office, the success of Marlon Byrd in 2013 may feel like the baseball equivalent of finding an original copy of the Declaration of Independence hidden behind a picture frame purchased at a yard sale. Following a 2012 season that saw […]