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Play Ball : The Jackals Ready to Play at Paterson’s Historic Hinchliffe Stadium

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Paterson NJ, n Wednesday, April 26, 2023, Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh and NJ Jackals General Manager Bobby Jones will announced that Jackals game tickets are officially available. Tickets for all 54 games, including the Johnny Briggs Highschool Baseball Classic scheduled for Sunday, May 7, can be purchased at www.Jackals.com.

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Ridgewood Baseball and Softball Opening Day !

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Baseball and Softball opening day . Ridgewood Baseball and Softball’s 70th annual Opening Day Parade and Family Fun Day to kick off the start of the Ridgewood baseball and softball seasons at Vets Field on Saturday, April 22, 2023, from 9 AM to 1 PM.

More than 1200 athletes marched in the parade through town and join their families at VETS field for the Opening Day Family Fun Day Celebration. There are food trucks, inflatables, music, vendors, a Varsity
Baseball game, and several rec baseball and softball games. It is a great community event to kick off the start of the season .

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RED & BLACK BASEBALL CAMP

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Upper Saddle River NJ, the Red & Black Baseball camp provide young baseball players withy the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the game and to help increase their skill level .Campers will be going through numbers offensive and defensive drills and games . The players will be divided into groups based on their age and skill level.

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MLB Minor League Players Get New Deal

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It won’t be long before the National League standings in MLB start to attract plenty of attention as the 2023 season is now underway. This MLB season is going to look and feel much different as there have been some new rules put in play to help speed up the game. 

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Best Stars To Watch For In The 2023 MLB Season

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The 2023 baseball season is underway, and the MLB schedule is loaded with compelling matchups from the end of March through the first Sunday of October. It’s the longest season in sports, but with all the rules and scheduling changes this year, things should be as exciting as ever.

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Play Ball : Opening Day for the 2023 Major League Baseball Season

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Ridgewood NJ, the 2023 Major League Baseball season begins today, with all 30 teams playing their first game on Opening Day for the first time since 1968 (see schedule). The sport has undergone several major rule changes analysts expect will have significant impact on the game.

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Former Yankee Star Roy White Will Appear at Bookends to sign his new book : “FROM COMPTON TO THE BRONX” on Wednesday April 12th

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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.

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Martin Luther King Jr. teaches his son, Marty, how to hold a baseball bat in the backyard of their Atlanta home

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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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Interested in Sponsoring a Ridgewood Youth baseball or Softball team ?

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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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Former Mets Pitcher Bobby Jones to Help Lead Expansion of The New Jersey Jackals at Newly-Restored Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson

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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 Native & Successful Businessman, Al Dorso, Returns to Support His Roots Relocating the New Jersey Jackals to Hinchliffe Stadium

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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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Hinchliffe Stadium to Become the New Home of the New Jersey Jackals

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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.

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Bergen County Historical Society : Next Saturday, July 9, is our annual Vintage Baseball Game!

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River Edge NJ, The tradition continues! Next Saturday, July 9, is our annual Vintage Baseball Game! Fans will gather at HNBL’s Meadow at 11 a.m. to watch a double header between the Flemington Neshanocks and our very own Enterprise Club of New Bridge with nineteenth century, rules, uniforms, and equipment. From 11 am to 2 pm at Historic New Bridge Landing, 1201 Main St, River Edge, NJ.

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Things to know before moving to ST Louis

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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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