QBC 2021: State Of The Mets Is Back!
by On Jan. 13, the folks who run the Queens Baseball Convention announced that on Feb. 6, 2021, there will indeed be a QBC: We had …
Author: Mark Healey
The Longest-Tenured Player On Each Gotham Club
Our friend Will Leitch has a great piece over at MLB.com this morning, looking at the longest-tenured players on each MLB club: Though the Hot …
Mets Get Lindor, Carrasco
“Many players you watch and appreciate. Others you watch and smile. That smile is not just a function of appreciation, but also an empathetic reaction …
Another Legend Leaves Us
Maybe it’s because I am so New York-centric when it comes to baseball, but when I heard that Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro died …
Al Michaels Named 2021 Ford C. Frick Award Winner
Iconic National Voice to be Honored at July 23-26 Induction Weekend in Cooperstown; Al Michaels, whose passionate and authoritative voice was the nationwide soundtrack of …
Dick Kaegel Wins BBWAA’s J.G. Taylor Spink Award
Longtime Cardinals and Royals Writer to be Honored at July 24 Awards Presentation in Cooperstown Dick Kaegel, who covered the beats of Missouri’s two Major …
B.A.T. Will Absorb Operations of the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation
The Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.) will absorb all operations of the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation (PBSF) to further assist active and former scouts, B.A.T. and …
Author Talk: Mark C. Healey
Please join me, the author of Gotham Baseball: New York’s All-Time Team for an Author Talk on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. …
A Grateful Gotham Goodbye To WFAN’s Joe Benigno
I haven’t spoken to WFAN’s Joe Benigno in a long time, but I have listened to his show for pretty much every one of the …
The National Baseball Hall of Fame Remembers Whitey Ford
“To think when I was 21 years old, I’d be playing with DiMaggio and Berra, against guys like Stan Musial and Roy Campanella, it’s just …