Mark Healey

Today’s Game Era Committee Ballot to Be Considered Dec. 9 at Baseball’s Winter Meetings

December 3, 2018 Mark HealeyMajor Leagues

With 2019 just around the corner, Cooperstown is preparing for another historic summer. And the latest candidates for induction will soon learn if they are headed to the Hall of Fame. Six former big league[…]

BABE RUTH – A Superstar’s Legacy

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Mark HealeyTop Story

Jerry Amernic, the author of BABE RUTH – A Superstar’s Legacy, joined Gotham Baseball’s podcast to discuss the legacy of baseball’s greatest player. In the book, Amernic explores the legacy of Babe Ruth on many different[…]

Gary LaRocque Is Perfect Man For The Mets GM Job

August 11, 2018September 26, 2018 Mark HealeyNew York Mets

When I first started covering the Mets’ minor league system in 2001, one of the first Mets’ executives I dealt with was Gary LaRocque, then the team’s scouting director. Like many of the Mets’ executives at that[…]

MLBPAA Brings Legends For Youth Baseball Clinic Series To Scarsdale

August 1, 2018 Mark HealeyMajor Leagues

Free youth baseball clinic to feature Angel Echevarria and other MLB Alumni Colorado Springs, Colo. – Local youth will have an opportunity to play with their big league heroes at the Major League Baseball Players[…]

Congress Introduces Integration of Baseball Commemorative Coin Act

July 22, 2018 Mark HealeyMajor Leagues

(COOPERSTOWN, NY) – In 1947, the National Pastime truly became America’s game when Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby integrated baseball. The United States Congress announced the introduction of legislation that will celebrate and honor these[…]

MLB, USA Baseball Introduce “Girls Baseball Breakthrough Series”

May 29, 2018 Mark HealeyMajor Leagues

Major League Baseball will partner with USA Baseball to host the inaugural ‘Girls Baseball Breakthrough Series,’ a groundbreaking amateur development camp designed specifically for girls baseball players, at Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fla., from[…]

MLB, USA Baseball Announce “Hit and Run Baseball”

May 21, 2018 Mark HealeyTop Story

Major League Baseball and USA Baseball today announced “Hit and Run Baseball,” a program supporting modified forms of the game that allow players to develop their skills in a more interactive format while also promoting[…]

Harvey’s “Maggio Moment” Is Here

April 23, 2018April 23, 2018 Mark HealeyNew York Mets

Gotta hand it to the local sports media and many Mets fans, Matt Harvey’s fall from #HarveyDay and “Dark Knight of Gotham” superstardom to selfish pariah has been incredible to watch. I never got all[…]

The Real Battle Of The Bronx

April 10, 2018 Mark HealeyTop Story

On April 9, Rob Walsh — writing for The Irish Echo, shared a story of when he went up to Fordham University’s beautiful Rose Hill campus on Easter Weekend to watch one of the longest[…]

Fonzie Returns as Cyclones Manager, Joined By Royce Ring and Marlon Anderson

March 6, 2018 Mark HealeyMinor Leagues

Brooklyn, NY, March 6, 2018 – The Brooklyn Cyclones will open their 2018 season on Friday, June 15th against the Staten Island Yankees with a familiar face at the helm. Former National League All-Star and[…]