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Jackie Robinson died unhappy with baseball

There was no Jackie Robinson Day in 1972. On the 25th anniversary of him breaking the MLB color barrier on April 15, 1947 the league hadn’t retired his number. In fact until June 1972, the Dodgers had never retired a number. They would do so for him, Sandy Koufax, and Roy Campanella. The league didn’t […]

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The boys of… spring? Full-season baseball back in Brooklyn for the first time since 1957

Tuesday was a big night for the Brooklyn Cyclones, as they played their first home game in more than 600 days, celebrated their 2019 New York-Penn League championship, and, after 20 years as a short-season affiliate of the Mets, brought full-season baseball back to Brooklyn. The Cyclones’ 4-3 loss to the Hudson Valley… Read more…

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We’ll never see another Doc Gooden

You know you’re getting old when you remember Doc Gooden’s no-hitter with the Yankees on May 14, 1996 was now 25 years ago — so long that the Mets have gone through multiple waves of promising young pitchers who ultimately disappointed: Pulsipher, Wilson, Isringhausen. Harvey, etc. Read more…

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Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme screwed the Mets for years, dies in prison

Bernie Madoff tried to get clemency from Donald Trump in 2019, and last year asked to be released from prison because of kidney disease. He didn’t get the presidential get-out-of-jail-free card, and didn’t get the compassionate release, but Madoff is now off the hook for the remaining 138 years of his federal prison… Read more…