Month: August 2017
Steven Rodas' 1st Cocktail Fundraising Event for the Cristian Rivera Foundation
Negron’s Impact: Tim Tebow Visits George M Steinbrenner Field
TAMPA – One of my favorite people in all of baseball happens to be New York Mets Public Relations director Jay Horwitz. The reason being is that Jay has always been a true friend of all baseball players. Someone that really cares about the person. Someone that when the player is out of the game, […]
Negron’s Impact: Murcer, Daulton, Baylor…Cancer Doesn’t Care But We Do
Today we lost three time all star catcher from the Philadelphia Phillies, Darren Daulton from brain cancer. He had been dealing with the decease for about five years. Even though I did not personally know Dutch as he was affectionately known in Philadelphia, his death hit home because it’s the same disease that took the […]
Negron’s Impact: Ricky Signs With The Blue Jays
Ricky Negron yesterday signed with the Toronto Blue Jays. As I reported before, he had been drafted in the 34th round of the 2017 MLB. Draft by the Atlanta Braves. It was truly a wonderful moment for Ricky and his family and friends. Ricky signed a contract with the Braves, however he never heard from […]
Negron’s Impact: Thurman Munson…What if?
This past week marked the 38th anniversary of the death of our beloved Yankee captain -even though he hated to be called that – and for me, someone whom I considered a big brother. Thurman Lee Munson was, as we would say in the Bronx and Brooklyn, a very bad dude. In those days, saying […]