Baseball Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays and Tom Seaver have joined the list of the more than 100 current and former Major Leaguers who are scheduled to attend the 23rd annual “Going to Bat for B.A.T. Fundraising Dinner presented by Natural Balance Pet Foods” celebrating the 50th anniversary of the New York Mets. [...]
Special Events
Today’s Trivia contest is being sponsored by Fundex Games. Fundex makes a lot of wonderful games, but they also feature a free jigsaw puzzle club, and a lot of MLB licensed products. Today’s prize is very cool. Its Scrabble, but with a baseball theme. The tile racks represent teams, the [...]
The Shane Victorino Foundation was established in 2010 by Philadelphia Phillies’ All-Star outfielder, Shane Victorino, and his wife Melissa. The Foundation is dedicated to promoting opportunities for underprivileged youth in Hawaii and Philadelphia. The Foundation engages in projects which provide children with educational, recreational and wellness programs.
The foundation’s first project was a $1 million renovation [...]
On Friday, Willie Mays, and the SF Giants returned to New York and to Harlem. Mays visited the students of PS 46, an elementary school that now sits on the land where the Polo Grounds once stood. Mays spoke with the students, who had been studying up on the great Center fielder, and along with [...]
Hall of Fame Heroes
1962 - Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are selected for the Baseball Hall of Fame in their first years of eligibility. Feller won 266 games in 18 seasons and captured 20 games six times for the Indians. Robinson not only broke baseball’s color barrier, he also led the Dodgers to six pennants [...]
