By Justin Lada NILES, OH -- You can’t script stories any better than this. From spring to fall it’s been a good year of baseball for Dan Fiorito. From being named as the Freedom Conference Player of the Year for Manhattanville College, hitting three home runs in a conference playoff game then being a New York Collegiate Baseball League All-Star. The journey for … [Read more...] about From the NYCBL to the New York Yankees; Syracuse Salt Cat Dan Fiorito inks a deal with the Bronx Bombers
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O Caption My Caption! Derek Jeter 12/12/10
by Patrick 'Rey' Reynell There is often nothing funnier than capturing a facial expression or occurrence at the right time, or, should we say, the most inopportune time. I challenge you, loyal readers, to view the picture below and provide a captivating caption that will cause “the shores a-crowding” with “people all exulting.” Should you provide the wittiest of … [Read more...] about O Caption My Caption! Derek Jeter 12/12/10
Tale of the Tape: The ALCS
By Aaron M Smith If Charles Dickens was here, I think he would love the upcoming 2010 American League Championship Series. This ALCS features a Tale of Two Cities if you will.. First you have the city/team that is excited to be here ( Texas Rangers). Then you have the city/team that expected to be here (New York Yankees). Both teams took different routes to get here. The … [Read more...] about Tale of the Tape: The ALCS
Tales of the Tape – The Divisional Series
By Aaron M Smith As we are in the first days of October, I have this vision of Vin Scully out walking his dog, describing the beginning of fall. It goes something like this: "As the leaves turn, so does the chapter in this novel we call the 2010 Major League Baseball season." I am sure his dog would be to busy trying to figure which tree to mark his/her territory to … [Read more...] about Tales of the Tape – The Divisional Series
Opening Day Woes
Another Rant from the Couch by Bill Ribas So here's the scenario: I am sitting in front of the television, 7:30 Sunday night, with a pair of hot dogs just gleaming from a visit to the microwave, two Labatt's Blue Lights (or as I like to call it, Canadian club soda), and as I click on over to see what channel the game is on, the first wave of indigestion hits - ESPN2? … [Read more...] about Opening Day Woes