Morris “Moe” Berg, was born in Harlem on March 2, 1902 – May 29, 1972. Director Aviva Kempner says in her documentary, ‘The Spy Behind Home Plate,’ that “the Bergs were cultural Jews who lived the American Dream in Harlem.”
Category Archives: baseball
Former Yankee Mariano Rivera And Rodriguez Visits NewYork-Presbyterian’s School-Based Health Center
Baseball Hall of Famer and former Yankee closer Mariano Rivera and council member Ydanis Rodriguez paid a visit to NewYork-Presbyterian’s school-based health center at the George Washington Educational Complex uptown in Washington Heights on Wednesday. Continue Reading →
If You Build It, The Yankees Will Come, Yankees Play 2020 Game On Iowa’s ‘Field Of Dreams’
The New York Yankees play in front of some of the biggest crowds in baseball and the team’s Bronx stadium cost more than $2 billion to build, but for one game next season they will forgo the usual glamour to play a game in an Iowa cornfield. Continue Reading →
DREAM, Celebrate Opening Refurbished Field Of Dreams Through Grant From Scotts And MLB
DREAM, along with Major League Baseball and The Scotts Company LLC (Scotts), celebrated the newly refurbished Field of Dreams with a ribbon-cutting in East Harlem, New York yesterday. Continue Reading →
Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton Talks Baseball On The Danny Tisdale Show (Video)
Today Danny Tisdale talked to Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton about her baseball legend father Henry Kimbro and her new book Daddy’s Scrapbook, Henry Kimbro of the Negro Baseball League, A Daughter’s Perspective on The Danny Tisdale Show. Continue Reading →
When And How To Watch Game 4, Yankees Vs. Indians
Patch reports that the New York Yankees will try to win a second straight home elimination game Monday night against the Cleveland Indians. Continue Reading →
Harlem Street Renamed After Baseball Legend One-Time Harlem Resident Willie Mays
A street in Harlem, New York now bears the name of Willie Mays, one of the most legendary baseball players of all time. Continue Reading →
Baseball World Series MVP Award Named For Willie Mays Harlem History (Video)
US News reports that Major League Baseball has named its World Series Most Valuable Player award after Willie Mays.
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