Roberto Clemente: A Death Never to Be Forgotten
WHITESTONE, NY – The past few years the line “don’t believe what you read,” is becoming factually true. The members of the media have become […]
Roberto Clemente
Major League Baseball: The Meaning of 21
NEW YORK, NY – The world of sports is broken down into numbers. The numbers on a box score, the numbers of the all time […]
Hey, Rob Manfred: When It Comes To Beisbol, Leave It To The Latins
Rob Manfred could learn a lot from Puerto Rico’s Winter League Championship Series
50 Years Ago: The “Four Other Passengers” on that Clemente Plane Crash
Happy New Year to you and yours. NEW YORK, NY – Fifty years ago on New Years Eve, a DC-7 cargo plane crashed shortly after […]
Hispanic Heritage Month and MLB: Clueless on Clemente
WHITESTONE, NY – Somebody inside the offices of Major League Baseball woke up sometime last week and remembered that it is the 50th year of […]
Black Man, White Man or Just Hu-Man?
*The following exclusively represents the views and opinions of the author, Aristotle “Mugsy” Sakellaridis. WHITESTONE, NY – Back in the days I would root for […]
My Moment with Julio Gotay and Roberto Clemente
SPANISH HARLEM – When I found out about Kobe Bryant, I was shocked. It scared me to think that you could be here one minute […]
My Hall of Fame Wife, Misery at a B&B and the great Clemente
Treadwell, NY—Ever stay at a B&B? A Bed and Breakfast? Who had this ridiculous idea to start calling Hooverville era shanties charming? Was describing a […]
Sports Heroes: Kobe, A-Rod or Jack Morris? I’m Ron Burgundy
CHEEKTOWAGA, NY – In Buffalo, they’re called “Subs.” In Philadelphia, they’re “Grinders.” In Providence the locals call them “Hoagies.” But here in New York they […]
Ahoy, Maties! The Pirates Arghh Here!
PITTSBURGH, PA – A new goofy swashbuckler has long replaced the Danny Murtaugh-looking pirate of the 70’s & 80’ Pittsburgh. Coincidentally or not, I’m almost positive […]