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Ridgewood Police Question Several Individuals on Vets Field Baseball Diamond Damage

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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.

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Friday marked 75 years since Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball

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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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Spring Ahead : Daylight Saving Time Begins on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at 2:00:00 am 

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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.

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Hinchliffe Stadium Begins to Take Shape

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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.

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Cleveland Drops the Name “Indians” a name honoring the First Native American to play Professional Baseball

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Cleveland Ohio, Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians announced Friday that it is doing away with its moniker, Cleveland Indians, and renaming the team the Cleveland Guardians,  a move that erases a 106-year-old name said to be in honor of Louis Sockalexis, who played major league baseball for the Cleveland Spiders in the late 1800s and is credited as the first Native American to play professional baseball.

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Ridgewood Baseball Softball Association Congratulates its Champions !

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Baseball Softball Association Congratulates the 2021 Junior Division District 4 Champions and  the 2021 9/10 Grade Division District 4 Champions!

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America’s favorite summer pastime baseball, and the Hot Dog

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New Bridge Landing, River Edge  NJ,  according to the Bergen County Historical Society Baseball, America’s favorite summer pastime, boasts many early influences in its development. Played like early similar games [one called rounders], it is first referenced in England in the 1700s in a child’s book “A Little Pretty Pocket Book” where it was actually called baseball using three posts in a triangle whereas today’s four bases are the better known diamond.

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The County of Passaic will honor Paterson Native Larry Doby , the first player to go directly from the Negro Leagues to Major League Baseball

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Paterson NJ, The County of Passaic will honor Passaic County Hall of Famer Larry Doby throughout the month of July. In 2016, the Passaic County Board of County Commissioners passed a resolution declaring July 5th as Larry Doby Day. On July 5, 1947, Doby made his Major League debut for the Cleveland Indians becoming the first player to go directly from the Negro Leagues to Major League Baseball. In honor and memory of his accomplishments, the County of Passaic will offer baseball related programming throughout the month of July.

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Vintage Baseball at Historic New Bridge Landing

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Historic New Bridge Landing NJ, Love baseball? Love history? Step back into yesteryear when the Bergen County Historical Society hosts an old-time game in the meadow at Historic New Bridge Landing in River Edge. Featuring the Flemington Neshanock verses the Enterprise Club of New Bridge.

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Ridgewood Baseball Softball Association Announces Winners of Pitch ,Hit and Run Competition

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Baseball Softball Association held it’s local pitch ,hit and run competition on May 15th . At Veterans Memorial Field, at The Varsity Baseball Field for boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 14 years old.

Ridgewood’s local winners were from left to right SkyAnne Whelan Softball 11/12, Kelsey Miller Softball 9/10 ,Phebe Cohen Softball 7/8 , Andrew Pfiel Baseball 9/10 Dylan DeSisto Basball 7/8  and not pictured Kenneth Orr Baseball 13/14

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Bergen County Historical Society : Vintage Baseball at Historic New Bridge Landing

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New Bridge Landing NJ, Love baseball? Love history? Step back into yesteryear when the Bergen County Historical Society hosts an old-time game in the meadow at Historic New Bridge Landing in River Edge. Featuring the Flemington Neshanock verses the Enterprise Club of New Bridge.

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Major League Baseball Strikes Out on All Star Game Move

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Atlanta Ga, the Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. issued a statement today regarding the 2021 All-Star Game , claiming that, “Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box.”

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Join Bookends for a Series of Baseball Virtual Book Events

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Ridgewood NJ, April 1st is opening day for major League baseball and Bookends in Ridgewood will be hosting a series of baseball oriented virtual book events :

Join Dave Parker, 7X All-Star, 2X Batting champion, 1978 National League MVP, frequent Gold Glove Winner and World Series Champion with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland A’s will discuss his new book: Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood
Virtual Event – Thursday, April 1st @ 6pm EST

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Tickets include one Signed (Bookplated Book) by Dave Parker and Zoom Entry

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Opening Day is April 1st for Major League Baseball

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Ridgewood NJ,  Opening Day is April 1st for Major League Baseball , all 30 will play in 15 games nationwide . According to the US Census , MLB has 29 teams spread across 25 metro areas in the United States and one in Canada. Four metros have two teams each:  the three largest — New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago — and No. 12 San Francisco. The 30th MLB team, Canada’s Toronto Blue Jays, is in a metro area with an estimated 6.3 million population, so would rank sixth if it were in United States.

Both the Yankees and Mets have away games for the home opener.

“During the late 19th and 20th centuries, baseball was the most widely played sport in the United States, earning the title ‘America’s pastime’… The story of baseball and the story of our nation are intertwined.”

— National Archives

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