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The Legendary, Lou “The Iron Horse” Gehrig, Born In Yorkville In East Harlem, 1903 – 1941

Harlem's Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig, June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941, nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. Continue reading

For The Love of Baseball From Harlem To The Hudson

New York is home to millions of baseball fans and the sport has recently been named the state’s official sport! Continue reading

Harlem’s Catsimatidis, NYCEDC And SIE Celebrate Deal To Bring Baseball Back To Staten Island

 New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Staten Island Entertainment (SIE) LLC celebrated the return of the professional ball to Staten Island. Continue reading

Harlem Legend Willie “Say Hey” Kid Mays Playing Stickball At Home In Harlem, 1954

West 155th Street and the Harlem River Drive after Willie Mays (born in Westfield, Alabama), the baseball great who began his career with the San Francisco Giants at the nearby Polo Grounds — and lived in the neighborhood, too.Continue reading

Polo Grounds Stadium Nears Coogans Hollow, Harlem, New York, 1953

The Polo Grounds Stadium opened in 1889 when the New York Giants moved to Coogans Hollow, a meadow below Coogans Bluff.Continue reading

The Legendary New York Black Yankees Negro League Baseball Team In Harlem 1936 – 1948

The New York Black Yankees were a professional Negro league baseball team based in New York City, Paterson, NJ, and Rochester, NY that played from 1936 to 1948.Continue reading

Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton’s New Book Honors Black Baseball Heroes From Her Father And More

The daughter of black baseball legend Henry Kimbro has spent the past year writing a new book to help commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Baseball Negro League in Nashville.Continue reading

HW Pick, Daddy’s Scrapbook: Henry Kimbro Of The Negro Baseball League

Henry Kimbro was one of Negro League's best on the baseball field, and one of the so-called worst off the field.Continue reading

NJCU To Host “A Celebration Of The 100th Anniversary Of The Negro Leagues”

The New Jersey City University Center for the Arts will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues on Saturday, August 29, 2020, at 3 pm, where players like Satchel Paige, Goose Tatum,Continue reading

Baseball’s Satchel Paige With The New York Black Yankees In Harlem, 1941

With complete swagger in motion is one of baseball’s most charismatic cats, Satchel Paige. After he played baseball in Puerto Rico with the Brujos de Guayama (the Guayama Witch Doctors) he moved to New York City. Continue reading

The Infamous New York Female Giants Baseball Team At The Lenox Oval In Harlem, 1913

In 1913, the first game with the New York Female Giants baseball team took place on the legendary Lenox Oval, at the northwest corner of Lenox Avenue and 145th Street in Harlem, NY. Continue reading

Stream All 18 Hours Of Ken Burns’ Baseball For Free On What Would Have Been Opening Day

Baseball season with the New York Yankees and the New York Mets won't start today, on what would have been Opening Day. So here's your next best bet. Continue reading

Harlem’s Legendary Baseball Spy “Moe” Berg, New York 1902 – 1972 (Video)

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." Continue reading

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