The cast of Batboy has come to Tampa Bay to perform the play for the Veterans suffering from PTSD. The Batboy play has been performing for the past seven years to help different charitable causes. From a family that could not pay their rent to a family that could not …
In spring training of 1982 baseball’s first Latin General manager Omar Minaya went to Fort Lauderdale and put on a Yankee Uniform. He was there at the Yanks Spring camp as a player on the Bronx Bombers.However, it wasn’t the real team. Omar was there to shoot a commercial for …
I recently labeled Oswaldo Cabrera, The Wizard of Os. The reason being that there is nothing that this kid just can’t do. You ask him to play shortstop he does it. You ask him to play anywhere in the outfield and he does it. He has even played first & …
I am the most blessed person in the very very tiny part of my now Yankee existence. The reason I say that is because I came along at the perfect time. I got to witness so much and was around so many great and wonderful players. I got to see …
In the spring of 1977, the Yankees were playing the Mets in an exhibition game at Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg Florida. After the fifth inning, Billy Martin took Thurman Munson out of the game to give him a breather and let Cliff Johnson get some work in. After …
During Spring Training many players are just trying to get in shape and not take crazy chances on the field until the second and sometimes the third week of the spring. I remember one time years ago a ball was hit to one of our superstar outfielders with a runner …
It was 7 am and my phone was ringing here in Florida. It was a little early for me and I was about to press the button to shut the phone off but I saw it was our former Yankee captain Willie Randolph. He asked me if I was awake. …
What a great time we just had in Tampa bay this weekend. Two wonderful talents from New Jersey and the world of entertainment and sports wowed their audiences. Newark’s own true legend and Rock and roll hall of Famer Frankie Valli had his annual Ruth Eckerd Hall love in at …
When it comes to Frankie Valli, age is just a number. At 88 years of age and the oldest living member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, he still sells out Ruth Eckerd Hall two nights in a row. They even have a street named after him here …
I recently saw Arlene Howard the wife of the greatest African American Yankee, Elston Howard. She greeted me by saying hello Batboy. Her daughter Cheryl said to her mom … You remember Ray… and Arlene responded by saying yes but to me, he will always be the batboy. I took …
The best part of Super Bowl Sunday for me and my wife Theresa was that we got to spend our afternoon with Maria Cooper Janis, one of the great artist in America, and her husband Byron Janis who just happens to be probably the greatest classical pianist of all time. …
George Steinbrenner was probably the toughest yet most compassionate man ever to be a part of professional sports and entertainment organization. He sincerely loved Billy Martin. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. He loved the gangster, cowboy that Billy was all about. He loved the tough guy that would not …
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