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Ridgewood NJ, Roy White long time NY Yankee Great: Two Time All Star & Member of 1977&78 World Series Championship Teams will sign: FROM COMPTON TO THE BRONX on Wednesday April 12th at 6pm.
Baseball Americana is celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Atlanta GA, Martin Luther King Jr. teaches his son, Marty, how to hold a baseball bat in the backyard of their Atlanta home (that’s daughter Yolanda on the right), November 1964.
A longtime admirer of Jackie Robinson, Dr. King had many connections to the baseball world. In fact, it was King who helped convince Jackie to ignore detractors and take a more vocal role in the civil rights movement (they often appeared together at public events). King once said of Robinson: “[B]ack in the days when integration wasn’t fashionable, he underwent the trauma and the humiliation and the loneliness which comes with being a pilgrim walking the lonesome byways toward the high road of Freedom. He was a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides.” (Jackie disagreed with King on some issues, especially the Vietnam War; however, Robinson—who called King “one of the most magnificent leaders the world has today”—devoted an entire chapter of his 1972 autobiography to MLK’s influence.)
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Ridgewood NJ, “the support of our sponsors has always been and will continue to be a critical part of our success, so we hope you will please consider one of our 2023 sponsorship programs. “
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Paterson NJ, The New Jersey Jackals, a member team of the Frontier League, a Professional Baseball League of 16 teams and Partner League of Major League Baseball (MLB), today announced that former-left handed pitcher of the New York Mets, Robert “Bobby” Jones will be joining its front office leadership team as Vice President & Chief Business Officer.
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Paterson NJ, the New Jersey Jackals, a member team of the Frontier League, a Professional Baseball League of 16 teams and Partner League of Major League Baseball (MLB), today announced the team is relocating from Yogi Berra Stadium in Montclair, NJ to its new, larger home at landmark Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson.
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Paterson NJ, on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, Mayor Andre Sayegh and Al Dorso will announce that the New Jersey Jackals have secured their new home in Paterson. The Jackals, a member team of the Frontier League, a Professional Baseball League of 16 teams and Partner League of Major League Baseball (MLB), will be relocating from Yogi Berra Stadium in Montclair, NJ, to its new and larger home at Hinchliffe Stadium.
Continue reading Hinchliffe Stadium to Become the New Home of the New Jersey Jackals
photos courtesy of Ridgewood Baseball Softball Association!
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Ridgewood NJ, Congratulations Ridgewood Baseball Softball Association!
Continue reading Congratulations Ridgewood Baseball Softball Association
photos courtesy of the Bergen County Historical Society
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Moving to ST Louis can be one of the most interesting choices to make. ST Louis is such a peaceful and beautiful city to live in. Its inhabitants are very kind and charitable, and the entire city has been rated third in the ranking of the city with the most charitable inhabitants. It is such a beautiful place to be.
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Branchburg Township NJ, a Staten Island Coach has been charged with third-degree aggravated assault and fourth-degree assault . The assault occurred during a 13-and-under U.S. Amateur Baseball League tournament game on June 4 in Branchburg and left the 72-year-old baseball umpire with a broken jaw that required extensive dental surgery.
Continue reading Staten Island Coach Charged Violent Assault on Umpire During 13-and-under U.S. Amateur Baseball League Tournament
photos courtesy of Boyd Loving
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Ridgewood NJ, several individuals were questioned by Ridgewood Police Department Patrol Officers late Thursday night regarding an incident in which the driver(s) of a vehicle(s) allegedly drove onto a baseball/softball diamond at Vets Field and performed “donuts.” Employees from the Village’s Parks Department were observed repairing the damaged infield this morning.
Continue reading Ridgewood Police Question Several Individuals on Vets Field Baseball Diamond Damage
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Ridgewood NJ, Friday marked 75 years since Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball and broke barriers beyond the field. Seventy-five years ago today, in Brooklyn, New York.
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Ridgewood NJ, daylight saving time, also known as daylight savings time or daylight time, and summer time, is the practice of advancing clocks during warmer months so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in the spring and set clocks back by one hour in autumn to return to standard time.
Continue reading Spring Ahead : Daylight Saving Time Begins on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at 2:00:00 am
photos courtesy of Friends of Hinchliffe Stadium
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Paterson NJ, yes it is finally really happening, in October 2019 the Paterson’s City Council approved an agreement with developers for a renovation that could save the historic landmark during an Oct. 1 meeting. The roughly $76-million project is expected to turn the stadium into a 7,800-seat athletic facility, with a 314-space parking garage, restaurant with museum exhibits dedicated to Negro League baseball, 75-unit apartment building for senior citizens and a 5,800-square-foot childcare facility. EDA still needs to authorize the $49.9 million state tax credits for the $76.7 million project.
