By Paul Gotham ROCHESTER, NY – Who says you can’t go home. Four decades after starting a travel baseball team which spawned the Northeast Collegiate Baseball, the New York Collegiate Baseball League’s precursor, Joe Antonio has returned to a familiar place: the dugout of the Syracuse Jr. Chiefs. When the NYCBL season opens on Monday June 3rd, the founder of the Jr. … [Read more...] about Syracuse Jr. Chiefs founder returns to the dugout
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Base Paths and ten baseball movies of those struggling for acceptance
By Doug Smith Courtesy of The Niagara Gazette More than 120 motion pictures, dating back nearly 100 years, have centered on baseball. Here’s a lineup of 10, listed alphabetically,which focused on “outsiders’” struggling to find acceptance: “The Bad News Bears,” 1976, Walter Matthau rallying a band of ragamuffins nobody else wants. Later … [Read more...] about Base Paths and ten baseball movies of those struggling for acceptance
Oneonta Outlaws return to the New York Collegiate Baseball League
ROCHESTER, NY – The newest face in the New York Collegiate Baseball League is a familiar friend. When the 2013 season opens, the Oneonta Outlaws return to the NYCBL. A new ownership group and a fresh approach look forward to another summer at Damaschke Field in Oneonta, New York. Putting a team in the NYCBL is a dream come true for the Outlaws new owner Gary Laing. “I … [Read more...] about Oneonta Outlaws return to the New York Collegiate Baseball League
2011 NYCBL West Final re-evaluated
By Paul Gotham One series, two teams, three games and the six players promoted to minor league baseball. More than a year has passed since the Webster Yankees trimmed the Geneva Red Wings in the 2011 New York Collegiate Baseball League West Division Final. Four runs proved the difference in a series dominated by the home team. Webster scored four in the … [Read more...] about 2011 NYCBL West Final re-evaluated
Base Paths confirms baseball still has a pulse
Courtesy of the Niagara Gazette By Doug Smith From computers to cars, new kids on the block are always way ahead of Base Paths, so he was only dismayed, not surprised, to read in one of Tonawanda News Sports Editor Matt Parrino’s first columns that baseball is dead Still, how could he have missed that? Okay, it did take an out-of-town comic-strip author to tell him … [Read more...] about Base Paths confirms baseball still has a pulse