Unexpected friendships are often the best kind. Look no further than 11-year-old little leaguer Ty Barber and 96-year-old WWII veteran Richard Snethen. Last fall, the two were seated in the same section at a Buffalo Bisons game. Barber was wearing his baseball mitt and Snethen, a former 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was in full uniform. Between innings, the [...]
The Baltimore Orioles may currently hold the worst record in Major League Baseball, but there will be a major bright spot in the season on Sept. 18. That's because the team plans to host National Federation of the Blind Night to honor those who cannot see. To commemorate the night and recognize the 40th anniversary of the National Federation of [...]
Before baseball bats ruled the diamond, broomsticks were king of the streets. That's why the New York Yankees are hosting a stickball tournament outside of Yankee Stadium as part of their annual celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The team's effort to recognize Hispanic Heritage Month is part of the league's “Ponle Acento” (“Put an Accent on It”) campaign, launched in [...]
Editor's Note: Nine Days in Cape Cod is a two-part series detailing the Brewster Whitecaps’ 2017 championship season in which manager Jamie Shevchik assembled a ragtag bunch of overlooked and underrated college baseball players to face the Cape Cod League’s most elite MLB prospects. You can read Part I here. Day 3 | The Whitecaps Shouldn’t Be Here Shevchick looks [...]
Editor's Note: Nine Days in Cape Cod is a two-part series detailing the Brewster Whitecaps’ 2017 championship season in which manager Jamie Shevchik assembled a ragtag bunch of overlooked and underrated college baseball players to face the Cape Cod League’s most elite MLB prospects. Part II of the series will be published on on Aug. 8. Part 1: “We were [...]
There are the kind of friends who take you to a baseball game, and then there are the kind of friends who surprise you with the opportunity to throw the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park. The latter was true for Dave Turcotte, a 52-year-old Boston Red Sox fan from Lewiston, Maine who has multiple sclerosis. His good friend, Dan [...]
Most of the time, when a baseball player makes his major league debut, it's not a leading headline. Then again, most Triple-A ballplayers don't endure brain surgery 14 months prior to their big-time moment like Daniel Poncedeleon did. The 26-year-old pitcher was struck in the right temple by a line drive in May of 2017, and needed immediate life-saving surgery [...]
Drake Grillo may be little, but he has a booming voice and the big-time confidence to go with it. That's part of the reason why the Auburn Doubledays asked the 3-year-old if he would sing the National Anthem prior to their July 11 game against the Lowell Spinners. Drake, who had his mother kneeling beside him to help him remember [...]
There are certain things you can just expect in a given year in New York City: brilliant colors in Central Park in the fall, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in November, holiday lights and window displays in December and cherry blossoms in Madison Square Park in March. And, don't forget to add New York Yankees' HOPE Week to that list. [...]
Every baseball player relishes that celebratory jaunt around the bases, making his or her way into the arms of over-the-top excited teammates. In early May, 18-year-old Dylan Cunningham experienced that for the first time. The West Virginia teen who has Down syndrome belted an inside-the-park home run. Cunningham doesn't normally suit up for the baseball team at Robert C. Byrd [...]