Ray Negron's Playball Weekly Blog

Ray Negron's Play Ball Weekly Blog

Hall of Famer Alomar feels Chisholm can be true spark

The greatest baseball minds that I have ever known in my 51 years in the sport come from a family …

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Ray Negron's Play Ball Weekly Blog

Gleyber Torres is about what is best for the Yankees

When the Yankees made the deal for Jazz Chisholm one of the happiest players on the team was Gleyber Torres. …

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Ray Negron's Play Ball Weekly Blog

Who was Rachel Minaya and why we will never forget her!

To so many Rachel Minaya was the wife of Major League Baseball’s Latin pioneer and the sport’s first Latin General …

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Ray Negron's Play Ball Weekly Blog

Lisa Caprara to introduce new popcorn line on Good Day NY with Rosanna Scotto

Professional Soccer Player and longtime spring training stadium voice of the NY Yankees Lisa Caprara will be introducing her new …

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Ray Negron's Play Ball Weekly Blog

True Yankee Royalty and what love really meant

I was recently going over my many thousands of photos that I have accumulated over the years. This one was …

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Ray Negron's Play Ball Weekly Blog

Bucky Dent was my roommate and a mentor… I was the spy who loved him!

In 1974 there was a short stop on the Chicago White Sox named BB Richard. As was customary to me …

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Ray Negron's Play Ball Weekly Blog

Two phone calls… The universe receives two Angels!

Yesterday I received a phone call from child activist Nick Singh. For years now Nick’s job has been to bring …

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Ray Negron's Play Ball Weekly Blog

Marc Levine, Great Mets Photographer and just a great person. Will be missed

Baseball teams have different issues and during the course of a season, they have lots of losses. For the New …

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Ray Negron's Play Ball Weekly Blog

Gooden and Montana were at one point The Very Best!

Someone sent me this picture of Doc Gooden and Joe Montana and they said that they should have been the …

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Ray Negron's Play Ball Weekly Blog

To Palminteri, Gooden, and De Niro… Harlan is more than just Media

Harlan Friedman is one of New York entertainment’s leading idol makers. He helps young inspiring artists try to find their …

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Ray Negron's Play Ball Weekly Blog

In honoring Mays, Doc and Straw Mets show importance of their Legacy!

Back in April, the Mets retired Doc Gooden’s number 16. I was standing next to Doc on the field and …

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Willie Mays will never be forgotten… Thanks Yanks for understanding! 

Last Saturday I received a phone call from long-time Mets executive Jay Horwitz. He asked me if I could possibly …

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