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April 14, 2022 — 7 p.m. EST. Zoom Webinar (Register Here). Join us for a conversation with Lawrence Baldassaro, author of “Beyond Di Maggio” and “Tony Lazzeri,” and Richard Johnson, curator of The Sports Museum of New England since 1982 and author of 25 books, including histories of the Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, Boston Braves, Boston Gard...

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Baseball is biblical.  It acts out our desire to make our way back home, to get back to the Garden of Eden.  So pointed out literary scholar, then President of Yale University, then Baseball Commissioner, A. Bartlett Giamatti in Take Time for Paradise (1989): “It is the story . . . of going home after having left home, the story of how difficult it...

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Anthony Rizzo’s arrival in a July trade helped sharpen the Yankees’ infield defense last season, offering a patient and potent presence in the heart of the lineup. The club is eager for a reprise, agreeing late Tuesday to a two-year, $32 million deal with the first baseman. The club has not announced the move, which is pending the completion of a p...

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Dear friends, I am raising funds for nine Italian born-and-developed student athletes, their Italian manager, and five Italian junior college baseball players currently in the U.S. so that they can compete against four-year college schools in the San Francisco Bay Area from April 20-27, 2022: Holy Names University on April 20, San Jose State Univer...

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If you’re a fellow New Jerseyan, you might have a story about local legend Yogi Berra. While we’ve been without him these past few years, his legacy continues to live on at the dynamic and intimate Yogi Berra Museum, located on the grounds of Montclair State University. Read on to learn more about this special spot, and plan your next visit. Lawren...

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 Anthony Volpe has been turning heads for nearly a decade, dating back to when hopefuls at a development facility in Harrisburg, Pa., would speak in hushed tones about the sure-handed shortstop already fielding recruitment inquiries from Team USA. “Oh my gosh, I thought he was like the best player ever,” said Yankees prospect Beck Way, who at...

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After two weeks of Spring Training in Arizona and California under the watchful eye of Team Italy manager Federico Pizzolini and special advisor Mike Candrea, the Azzurre women's softball team returns home a winner after defeating College of the Desert by a score of 10-0 under the lights on Saturday, February 26, 2022. After eight days in Tucson, A...

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Caliendo Sports International Baseball is organizing a youth baseball development trip to Italy sponsored by the Italian American Baseball Foundation. Peter Caliendo is a veteran international baseball clinician and IABF is dedicated to youth baseball development for Italians and Americans. Mike Taverna, a supporter and member of IABF, as well as a...

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The baseball no one knew was missing rested after its 3,158-mile, coast-to-coast journey for almost seven years in a dresser drawer near the Atlantic on Massachusetts’ Cape Ann peninsula. It established residency nestled next to a cherished Little League ball once socked by the owner’s son for a homer and nearby this agreeable newcomer, a Mookie Be...

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It was 1926 and New York Yankees General Manager Ed Barrow was concerned about the number of people in Yankee Stadium. Not his players on the field, but the empty seats in the stands that could be (and should be) filled by members of the ticket-buying public who might also purchase some popcorn. Between the years of 1880-1920, more than four millio...

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