"Champions” is the watchword for the 2026 Thurman Munson Awards which will be presented by AHRC NYC Foundation at the 46th Annual Dinner on Thursday night, March 12, at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers (23rd Street at West Side Highway) in New York City. The three outstanding honorees are: New York Mets 1986 World Series Champion Bobby Ojeda; two-time Paralympic Gold medalist and world … [Read more...] about Ojeda, Pergolini, Zandee-Hart To Receive Thurman Munson Awards March 12
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Peter Schwartz, Mark C. Healey To Co-Host New ‘Gotham Baseball LIVE’ Podcast
Gotham Baseball, the media platform dedicated to the past, present, and future of New York baseball, founded in 2005, is pleased to announce the relaunch of its long-running podcast, “Gotham Baseball LIVE.” From its inception, Gotham Baseball has consistently endeavored to integrate its traditional media roots with emerging new media platforms, a commitment that began with … [Read more...] about Peter Schwartz, Mark C. Healey To Co-Host New ‘Gotham Baseball LIVE’ Podcast
Strat and Stats: Saint Ann’s School Uses Classic Game For Math, Mentoring
GLEN HEAD, N.Y. -- When the yellow Blue Bird bus began to unload students from Saint Ann's School at the Glen Head, N.Y., offices of the Strat-O-Matic, the media company whose games have entertained players of all ages for 65 years, it wasn't a normal stop. Instead, 29 boys and girls in grades four through 12 from the Brooklyn-based school joined more than 200 adults from … [Read more...] about Strat and Stats: Saint Ann’s School Uses Classic Game For Math, Mentoring
The Week That Was: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do For Mets Fans
2026 may be two weeks away, but Mets President of Baseball Operations David Stearns has already taken an “out with the old” philosophy. He traded Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers in late November. At the Major League Baseball winter meetings, he watched a pair of Mets mainstays, Edwin Diaz and Pete Alonso, leave as free agents to the Dodgers and Orioles, … [Read more...] about The Week That Was: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do For Mets Fans
Esposito: Stearns On A One Man Island
Why is it, out of literally everyone in the entire baseball industry, everyone in sports media, maybe even everyone in the news community, and as evidenced by the hundreds and hundreds, arguably thousands, of internet messages in social media panning the moves, no one can fully understand or justify why David Stearns felt compelled to allow Pete Alonso to leave the Mets as a … [Read more...] about Esposito: Stearns On A One Man Island