One of my few photos from the 2004 Futures Game BP session. I don’t know if it came from knowing his name when he was in the South Atlantic League in 2002, when I was covering the Lakewood BlueClaws, but…
The Corner: Michigan and Trumbull, Detroit. This is the ninth in a series. Previous posts are: Atlantic City SurfTrenton ThunderCape Fear CrocsNewark BearsNew Jersey CardinalsNew Jersey JackalsStaten Island YankeesSomerset Patriots October 3, 1999 The San Francisco Giants finished their stay…
This is the eighth in a series. Previous posts are: Trenton ThunderCape Fear CrocsNewark BearsNew Jersey CardinalsNew Jersey JackalsStaten Island YankeesSomerset Patriots August 22, 1999 The Surf is always up at the Sandcastle. The name is a bit misleading, but…
Where minor league baseball returned to New Jersey. This is the seventh in a series. Previous posts are: Cape Fear Crocs Newark Bears New Jersey Cardinals New Jersey Jackals Staten Island Yankees Somerset Patriots August 8, 1999 Something sets Mercer…
This is the sixth in a series. Previous posts are: Newark BearsNew Jersey CardinalsNew Jersey JackalsStaten Island YankeesSomerset Patriots August 15, 1999 It’s sad, really. In the spring of 2001, Lakewood will join six other New Jersey towns and cities…
August 1, 1999 New Jersey’s baseball history is rooted in Newark. Sure, one of the first organized professional games was played in Hoboken, but Newark’s involvement with the national pastime lasted much longer. However, in 1949, it all disappeared. The…
July 25, 1999 Skylands Park is New Jersey’s Field of Dreams. Take the barn-style architecture, add the rolling hills and countryside, and throw in 32 eager, aspiring ballplayers wearing those classic – and classy – Cardinal uniforms, and people will…
July 18, 1999 The beautiful thing about baseball is that from April through September there’s always a game. While the major league All-Stars slugged it out in the Home Run Derby in Boston on Monday, my father, my friend Dave…
Shad Whiteley delivers a pitch. Second in a series. July 11, 1999 The Pittsfield (Mass.) Mets were in town Tuesday, so the Staten Island Yankees billed it as the “Subway Series of Tomorrow.” But how many of these players will…