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When the Bronx Bombers were the Highlanders: A brief history of the Yankees
The Highlanders play a game at Hilltop Park in 1912, photo via NYPL Not unlike their current power-house lineup, the most dominant team in American sports got off to quite a rocky start. Not only did...
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A Buckminster Fuller dome almost kept the Dodgers in Brooklyn
With baseball season back in full swing, talk at some point turns to the heartbreak of losing the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles. Modern Mechanix informs us that team owner Walter O’Malley had...
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How the 1919 World Series was rigged at the Upper West Side’s Ansonia
The Ansonia in 1904, via Wiki Commons With the 2018 World Series kicking off today, it’s amazing to think that one of the most iconic landmarks of the Upper West Side played a crucial role in shaping...
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Finding 42: Swing through these 10 NYC sites associated with Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson at bat, 1949, photo by Frank Bauman, courtesy of MCNY, LOOK Collection On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson strode onto Ebbets Field, and into history, as the first African American Major...
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The city is selling historic artifacts and photos from NYC’s bygone era of...
Babe Ruth shakes the hand of actor Gary Cooper (playing Lou Gehrig) during the filming of the movie “Pride of the Yankees” in 1942. The scene is a recreation of “Gehrig Appreciation Day” on July 4,...
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Try food from all 30 MLB ballparks in NYC next month
Photo by Kevin Harber on Flickr Forget the peanuts and Cracker Jacks. A food festival coming to New York City next month will serve out-of-the-box ballpark food from all 30 Major League Baseball...
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With baseball set to return next month, Yankees and Mets will train in New York
Photo of Citi Field by Tomas Eidsvold on Unsplash Baseball is back. After the coronavirus pandemic put the sport on hold for over three months, Major League Baseball on Tuesday announced a plan to...
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Baseball is back: New York announces increased capacity for sports venues
Photo by Matt Boulton via Wikimedia Commons In a press conference this morning, with guest appearances by former Mets and Yankees pitchers Al Leiter and CC Sabathia, Governor Cuomo announced that as of...
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It was illegal to play baseball in NYC on Sunday until 1919
1912 World Series at the Polo Grounds. Image via Wikimedia Commons Baseball may be a long-standing tradition in New York City, but not so very long ago that seemingly innocent pastime was illegal on...
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Yankees and Mets opening at full capacity for vaccinated fans, will offer...
Photo by Matt Boulton via Wikimedia Commons Are you a baseball fan who’s still not vaccinated? Starting May 19, you can attend a game, get a free ticket, AND receive the Covid vaccine. In a press...
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