Businesses owners are hoping that the 2013 MLB All-Star Game will hit one over the fence. As baseball fans everywhere flock to the 84th All-Star Game next year at Citi Field, Queens businesses are prepping for the influx of customers. “It gives Queens a huge national event. We’re planning to promote ‘the All-Star Game comes [...]
Though his autobiography is entitled “Imperfect,” the cover captures the one day in his career Jim Abbott was perfect — well, unhittable. Abbott, a former Yankees pitcher, was on hand at Queens College to speak about overcoming adversity — a lifelong struggle for the lefty. “If we know anything, we know that challenges will come,” [...]
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A Division The John Adams Spartans (2-0) beat the Long Island City Bulldogs by a score of 4-2. For the Bulldogs junior Charlie Mendes got the start and pitched five innings allowing six hits, three runs, one earned while striking out seven and walking four. Sophomore Albert Ramirez made an appearance on the mound for [...]
JetBlue’s crazy capt. just before freak-out [New York Post]
Plea deal in Queens deli slay [New York Post]
Staten Island man arrested in accident that killed woman who died saving grandson [New York Post]
State Attorney General Seeks To Ban Sex Offenders From Online Gaming [NY1]
Amazin’ Mets Seal 1-0 Victory At Citi Field Opener [NY1]
Roosevelt Islanders Discuss Planned Local Tech Center With Cornell Officials [NY1]
Sixteen teachers singled out for pervy conduct get to keep their jobs in New York City schools [Daily News]
DA: Mother Will Not Be Charged In Son’s Bathtub Drowning [NY1]
Yankees GM calls AL East ‘a toss-up’ [New York Post]
Manhattan Councilman Sets Sights On 2013 Comptroller’s Race [NY1]
MTA chief says Bloomberg’s dream of extending No. 7 train to NJ is ‘not going to happen’ [New York Post]
Chase Banking Glitch Causes Double Charges On Accounts [NY1]
One dead, two injured in Brooklyn construction collapse [New York Post]
Two days before the season’s first pitch, scores of tickets remain available for Opening Day at Citi Field. Ticket sales have declined each year since Citi Field opened in 2009, but Opening Day was usually a no doubt sell out, with each season’s opener drawing more than 41,000 fans. Perennial cellar dwellers, Pittsburgh and Kansas [...]
The Mets owners and a trustee for Bernard Madoff’s fraud victims have settled for $162 million. The Mets owners will not pay anything for three years. Jury selection had been set to begin in a civil trial to determine how much the team owners will owe other investors who trusted their money to Madoff. Read more: New York [...]
Two-time silver slugger award winner Darryl Strawberry is entering his golden years. Strawberry turns 50 on Monday, March 12 and the former rookie of the year will be celebrating his birthday amongst fans at his Douglaston sports grill — Strawberry’s. Guests will have a chance to sign a “supersized” birthday card for the four-time World [...]
