HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON AND ALOMAR
FEBRUARY 5TH Birthdays for two Hall of Famers HANK AARON AND ROBERTO ALOMAR. Aaron the true Home Run King(many will agree) look what he accomplished! Hank Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed “Hammer” or “Hammerin’ Hank”, was an African American professional baseball right fielder and designated hitter who played 23 seasons in […]
NATIVE LATIN AMERICAN/NEW YORKER COMES THRU
BY ISMAEL NUNEZ There was Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente: Considered one of the top 10 clutch performers in Baseball. In two World Series Championships with Pittsburgh Pirates 1960, 1971 he showed his performance getting a hit in each game and wowed the Baseball World with his on field performance! Now add straight from Washington Heights: […]
The Inventor of the Moonshot
Hey baseball fans! Matt Nadel here of Baseball with Matt with some more on the history of America’s Pastime. Now I know that at least some of you have heard of the great quarterback in the NFL, Warren Moon. However, have you ever heard of Wally Moon (no relation)? At first, I had never heard of the […]
EIGHT MEN ARRIBA
BY ISMAEL NUNEZ This month of February: It’s African-American History Month, It’s also Dominican History Month, and in the first week of February as in every year: Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela participate in the Caribbean World Series! Yet the games are not shown on prime-time and at the same time there are […]
In the spirit of Clemente: Team Puerto Rico wins title
By Ismael Nunez On Aug. 18, 1934, Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente was born. This month, his spirit was with Team Puerto Rico as it won the Senior League Softball Championship defeating Team Delaware in their own backyard by the score of 6-4. The flag of Puerto Rico was put together by women. Top entertainers, poets and […]
Interview: Adrian Burgos, author, Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line
Interview of Adrian Burgos, author of Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line By Ishmael Nunez Originally posted on19 November 2010. 1-A single Latin-American was not voted to the all-century team? Does that still hurt, still mad? The absence of Roberto Clemente from the all-century team is a major issue on several […]
Roberto’s Kids: an international non-profit organization named after Roberto Clemente
We collect new and gently worn baseball equipment from the US and Canada and distribute it to disadvantaged youth in Latin American countries, the US and around the World. Our global reach and leadership bridges the gap between different cultures through baseball. Our organization partners with communities as they develop and nurture social responsibility. The […]
Why today’s Pirates might consider reusing the mold of the 1960 World Champs
This article was originally posted on Bucs Prospects back on the 19th. I hope baseball fans enjoyed watching Game 7 of the 1960 World Series on MLB Network. I didn’t think it possible to fulfill the build-up, but it absolutely did. Maz’s homer was hardly the only drama, it was baseball at its best with […]
CD Review: Baseball Songs Sports Heroes 2
Assuming their audiences did not get enough in their first two albums, the song writing team of Joe Pickering Jr. and Phil Coley got together once again to put out yet another compilation of baseball related songs. In their 2006 album, Baseball Songs Sports Heroes 2, the duo teams with a few other musicians to […]
