1+ week, 1+ day ago  (908+ words) Brooklyn Eagle Wilbert Robinson: The man who turned Brooklyn Dodger baseball delightfully weird He was nutty as a grapefruit Dodger history has always been associated with screwballs and screwball happenings. Take, for example, having a ragtag group of musicians become…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (939+ words) A total of 17 Public School Athletic League baseball student-athletes competed in The Exceptional Senior Game, staged at Staten Island University Hospital Community Hospital on Sunday. The Brooklyn squad was molded with athletes from Staten Island and Manhattan. The Bronx and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1071+ words) Today's fans may associate baseball research with cutting edge analytics. But long before data-driven tools like Statcast and Fan Graphs, university students were conducting research about baseball. About three years ago, I came across a 1988 article published by the Society…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (568+ words) He was my bud " my bestie " although back in the day that term wasn't invented " maybe, because he didn't get around to it. He was my best friend. And now he's gone. I met David Halberstam in the halls of…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago  (161+ words) CITYWIDE " LIGHTING AT 50 SPORTS fields and courts across the city will stay on for an additional hour this summer, extending permitted use until 11 p. m. , Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura announced on Friday." From June 11 through Labor Day weekend,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (23+ words) A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." " Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, who was born on this day in 1925....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (286+ words) I could choose Dixie Walker, who died in May, but I didn't like him, and I did like Walker, although truthfully, as a kid, what I noticed about him most were what to me looked like Dumbo's ears. Yet, ears…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (132+ words) Brooklyn Eagle Vietnam vet Carmine Lengua to be honored Sunday at Yankees game YANKEE STADIUM " VIETNAM VETERAN and Southern Brooklyn resident Carmine Lengua will be honored at Yankee Stadium on Sunday at the Yankees/Orioles game, according to the organization…...

1+ year, 1+ day ago  (198+ words) CONEY ISLAND " CLERGY, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS in the Diocese of Brooklyn were treated to an extra ball game at Maimonides Park on Wednesday, June 25." They celebrated Catholic Schools Night, held in conjunction with the Brooklyn Cyclones game vs. the Jersey…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (389+ words) BOROUGH PARK " Brooklyn Dodgers great Sandy Koufax has won the sixth Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Baseball Digest. The Hall of Fame pitcher was honored Thursday with an annual distinction that "recognizes a living individual whose career has been spent…...