February 2010 ARCHIVE

Minnie Torres Pays It Forward In the DR: With Help From Baseball’s Biggest Names.

(26th February, 2010)

Minnie Torres Pays It Forward In the DR: With Help From Baseball’s Biggest Names.  | read this item

Share In the United States, we are suffering the biggest economic crisis since The Great Depression. In these tough times there are people like Minnie Torres, coach Bob Salomon, A Glove of Their Own, and giants in the baseball industry such as Louisville Slugger, Modell’s, Upper Deck and Rawlings who are still going above and [...]

Gotham Baseball LIVE!

(24th February, 2010)

Gotham Baseball LIVE!  | read this item

Share Host Jay Ferraro and co-host Stephen Okawa re-launch Gotham Baseball LIVE!  They’ll be joined by former Met’s and Oriole’s GM, Jim Duquette, who will talk about recent offseason transactions by the Mets and Yankees, as well as the ins and outs of being a Major League General Manager.  Also joining us will be Cecilia [...]

Breaking News: Gotham Baseball LIVE is Back!

(18th February, 2010)

Breaking News: Gotham Baseball LIVE is Back!   | read this item

Share Pitchers and catchers are loosening their arms at their spring training homes and position players are soon to follow. There is no better time than now to officially announce the re-launching of Gotham Baseball LIVE. The well respected on-line radio program will re-hit the Blog Talk Radio air waves on Thursday February 25TH from [...]

The Changing of The Left Field Guard

(14th February, 2010)

The Changing of The Left Field Guard  | read this item

Share When the defending World Series Champions, the New York Yankees, take the field on opening day 2010, they will be doing so without Johnny Damon for the first time in four years. It seems like only yesterday that Damon decided to cowboy down, shave his beard, and join the pinstripes.  He batted leadoff and [...]

You’re A Mean One Mr. Farnsworth

(14th February, 2010)

You're A Mean One Mr. Farnsworth  | read this item

Share Pitchers and catchers are days away from reporting to their spring training homes and all thirty teams have question marks regarding their rotations. When will the Nationals call up Stephen Strasburg? Is Joba or Hughes the Yankees fifth starter? How many games will Kyle Farnsworth win as a starter for the Royals?  No, I [...]

1969 New York Mets – Art Shamsky Remembers

(13th February, 2010)

1969 New York Mets - Art Shamsky Remembers  | read this item

Share (Editor’s Note- This story was originally published in the Summer 2008 issue of Gotham Baseball Magazine – MH) Living in New York City offers me the opportunity to continually reminisce about the 1969 World Champion New York Mets.  There isn’t a day that goes by that someone doesn’t want to talk to me about [...]

UNBREAKABLE: Jack Chesbro

(13th February, 2010)

UNBREAKABLE: Jack Chesbro  | read this item

Share “He was either steady or wild as a hawk; with no middle ground.  He always had some trick up his sleeve, feeding the visitors on tender little ‘dew drops’ with slight curves, but awful drops” – New York Freeman’s Journal, July, 1896 on Jack Chesbro The question – Name the Hall of Fame pitcher [...]