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Reflections on Trayvon Martin and Racism in New York in the 1980s

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 06.03.2012 | New York
Read More: Howard Beach, Bensonhurst, James Crowley, President Obama, Henry Louis Gates, Tom Seaver, Trayvon Martin, New York News
Robert David Jaffee

I have never forgotten that period of time and hoped that it had faded, that our nation had changed.

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Baseball's Error: No Marvin Miller in the Hall of Fame

Peter Dreier | Posted 09.19.2011 | Sports
Read More: Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, David Glass, Jerry Reinsdorf, Hall of Fame, Roberto Alomar, Pat Gillick, Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Andy MacPhail, Bud Selig, Jim Bunning, Johnny Bench, Reggie Jackson, Ross Newhan, Whitey Herzog, Tom Seaver, Major League Baseball, Tim Kurkjian, Ozzie Smith, Marvin Miller, Joe Morgan, Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan, Bert Blyleven, Tony Perez, Eddie Murray, Bill Giles, Jim Palmer, Tom Verducci, Robin Roberts, Bob Elliott, Ryne Sandberg, Red Barber, Sports News
Peter Dreier

Forget steroids. Forget Frank McCourt's mismanagement of the Dodgers. The biggest scandal in baseball at the moment is the Baseball Hall of Fame's failure -- for the fourth time -- to induct Marvin Miller, who freed players from indentured servitude.

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Buy Me Some Peanuts and a Piece of the Mets

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Tug McGraw, New York Mets, Wilpons, Major League Baseball, Darryl Strawberry, Tommy Agee, Rusty Staub, Baseball, Jerry-Koosman, Carlos Beltran, Shea Stadium, Fans, Mike Piazza, Citifield, Tom-Seaver, Ny Mets, Bernie Madoff, Sports News
Lita Smith-Mines

With the ticket money squirreled away, the thousands not spent on parking, plus the cash I wouldn't have squandered on $5 waters and $6 pretzels, I'd now be in position to become an equity partner in the NY Mets.

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The Miracle Mets and John Lindsay: New York's Unforgettable Summer Of 1969

The Observer | John Koblin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: New York, Summer, Richard Aurelio, Summer 1969, New York Mets, Tom Seaver, New York 1969, John Lindsay, Home News

In this summer of our discontent, a season of buckling banks and wheezing newspapers, it might be well to remember that as far as crisis years go, 200...

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