Summer makes me happy, but I must confess to being very irritated by one subject. I refer to the Yankees and the Mets.
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7/27/23
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Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said that “being Irish means knowing that somewhere, somehow, the world is going to break your heart.”
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7/6/23
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It is unknown if anyone will recite the movie line, ”you’re killing me, Smalls,” but former Major League Baseball player Daniel Murphy — a Mets playoff hero — said he is just looking for a sandlot to play in. The 2015 postseason record breaker is part of the 2023 Long Island Ducks, the team’s 23rd season.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/3/23
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Lazar LaPenna had just celebrated his 10th birthday on Wednesday. Two days later, he was doing what he loved best — playing Little League baseball. But it would be his last game.
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By James Bernstein
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5/2/22
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Whether we like it or not, our political system and our erratic president are wearing us down on a daily basis, so it’s worthwhile to switch to a completely different topic. At this time of year, I favor discussing college graduations and the Yankees.
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6/7/19
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I am a child, scavenging the halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan. I am 6 or 8 or 10; I can’t recall. Many of the world’s greatest works of art stare down at me. I am unimpressed. My eyes are fixed on the oak floor.
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3/8/19
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Mets third baseman David Wright was holding an impromptu news conference amid a crush of reporters around noon on Monday when the 5- to 7-year-old campers started to cheer his name repeatedly, followed by three thunderous claps.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/9/16
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Late Sunday night and early Monday morning, my sons Joseph, 17, and Michael, 12, and I stayed late at Citi Field, watching our Mets lose the World Series. We’re all bummed.
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11/5/15
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The Long Island Volunteer Center, an affiliate of Points of Light’s HandsOn Network, secured a $50,000 grant from the Major League Baseball Players Trust to help restore the damage done by …
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5/23/14
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Sean McCarthy called his close friend Michael Chandler on April 9 to chat about the Mets’ opening day and to catch up. The two lifelong friends and diehard Mets fans grew up in the West End, and …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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4/16/14
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