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Link: Read about Sharon and the Tug McGraw Foundation


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Published Feb. 12, 2010 at 8:19 a.m.

The Tug McGraw Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of people coping with brain cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injury ...

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Willie Mays, at 78, Decides to Tell His Story


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Published Jan. 31, 2010 at 7:16 a.m.
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The Hall of Famer is the subject of the forthcoming “Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend,” the first time he has cooperated with a biographer ...

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Art Shamsky Rekindled


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Published Jan. 23, 2010 at 12:04 p.m.

Art Shamsky has re-launched his offical website, and it’s looking good. Nice to see the internet can properly rekindle Mets history, since the Mets themselves are incapable. Be sure to check it out and “eduMETcate” yourself.James K at Amazin Avenue likes the idea of Fernando Tatis returning to the Mets. I disagree, and you will [ ... ] ...

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Doc, Darryl going to Citi 'Hall'


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Published Jan. 20, 2010 at 3:19 a.m.

The Mets yesterday announced yesterday that Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Davey Johnson and Frank Cashen will be inducted into the team's Hall of Fame this summer ... A new member hasn't been added since 2002, when Tommie Agee was elected ... Gooden, estranged from the organization for several years because ...

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Berra Calls ’em as He Sees ’em


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Published Jan. 20, 2010 at 2:23 a.m.
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Yogi Berra said that Mark McGwire admitted steroid use too late to help his Hall of Fame chances ...

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Audio of the Day: Pat Zachry


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Published Jan. 18, 2010 at 8:48 a.m.

One of the key pieces to the infamous “midnight massacre” trade of Tom Seaver was Pat Zachry. In 1976 Pat was co-winner of the NL Rookie of the Year. That season he won Game 3 of the World Series as the “Big Red Machine” won their second championship over the Yankees.A year later he was [ ... ] ...

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Remembering the Days of Stickball


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Published Dec. 31, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.

Brent Mayne takes a walk down memory lane over at his site The Art of Catching.He talks about a book he received during the holidays called “The Fortress of Solitude”, which is story of a boy growing up in downtown Brooklyn in the late seventies. Part of the lore of that era was kids playing [ ... ] ...

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Audio of the Day: Johnny Blanchard


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Published Dec. 31, 2009 at 7:05 a.m.

We are hours away from the end of 2009. This year New York baseball lost one of its own in Johnny Blanchard.Being a catcher for the New York Yankees in the fifties was a death sentence for any young player since they already had  Yogi Berra and Elston Howard. Starting your career behind a Hall [ ... ] ...

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Miracles Never Cease


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Published Dec. 19, 2009 at 10:55 p.m.

Apologies in advance if a technical matter temporarily disappears this post. We're still in the process of switching blog platforms, and I was going to wait on any further posting 'til it's done, but I wanted to continue to get the word out about the following project ... plus snow is falling on Long Island like pop flies on Luis Castillo's head, and I need to stop staring out the window ... Back when Bob Costas was an up and coming broadcaster whose every other utterance was cheekily charming

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Ron Swoboda on Outfield Play


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Published Dec. 18, 2009 at 5:25 a.m.

Before Endy Chavez, “The Catch” in Mets history referred to the diving snare made by Ron Swoboda in the 1969 World Series.I had the great pleasure of talking to Ron about that catch and how he turned himself — through hard work, pride, and dedication — into a Major League outfielder capable of making one [ ... ] ...

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