The erosion of The Sandcastle
A mural at the entrance to the Sandcastle Things are not looking good in Atlantic City. In some ways, that’s true of many aspects of the Boardwalk Empire (great show, by the way), but it’s especially true of the old…
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Those pesky Skeeters are back
It was considered a stretch when the South Atlantic League expanded northward into Lakewood, N.J. Then the Sally League went westward, adding Bowling Green, Ky., and Eastlake, Ohio, to the circut. Those clubs have since shifted to the Midwest League,…
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History | MLB | New Jersey
The Giants’ Jersey roots
Something occurred to me on Monday night as I watched the Giants celebrate their first World Series championship since moving to San Francisco. I looked over at my blue Jersey City Giants cap, the white “JC” outlined in red, and…
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History | MLB | New Jersey
When the Yankees flirted with New Jersey
In a weird coincidence on Tuesday, I found myself reading early in No Minor Accomplishment, Bob Golon’s account of baseball’s revival in New Jersey beginning in 1994, about the Yankees’ flirtation with moving to the Meadowlands. On the day George…
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All my jerseys in Jersey
Fanboy There’s an interesting discussion over at Mets Police about personalized jerseys. I find it interesting because I have not come across such a large group of people who are in the “Your Name Here” group. I have been drawn…
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Jeter rules Jersey
I was kicking around Baseball-Reference‘s birth sites and, after some sorting, made a minor discovery: If Derek Jeter plays 150 games this season, he’ll have played more games in the majors than any other New Jersey-born player. <br>Report Created on…
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Berra museum removes Clemens’ jersey
While the American tenet that you are innocent until proven guilty should provide Roger Clemens with the benefit of the doubt, and while anything he may or may not have done with Brian McNamee certainly wouldn’t make him the only…
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There used to be a ballpark: Hinchliffe Stadium
Bordering Maple Street, Paterson Here, the ghosts of past indiscretions — others’ indiscretions — still play. Tucked into a corner of Paterson, New Jersey, stands a massive stadium now overgrown with more than just grass and weeds. Trees sprout from…
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Knowing your South (Jersey) from your Central (Jersey)
At first I blamed it on Scott Schoeneweis, figuring that the town listed as his birthplace might be technically true, but that doesn’t mean he grew up there. But that’s not the case. It’s the Star-Ledger‘s fault. OK, here’s the…
