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New York-Penn League Announces 2016 Schedule

Oct 30, 2015

The New York-Penn League released their preliminary schedule for the 2016 regular season on Thursday. The season will begin on Friday, June 17, one week after the 2016 MLB draft, with a traditional home-and-hom...

Staten Island Yankees Clinch McNamara Division Title

Gershon Rabinowitz

Sep 7, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines, Milestone, Minor League Baseball

BROOKLYN, NY - It all came down to this. After 75 games in a span of 80 days, the outcome of the season would be decided by one game. Nine innings and 27 outs separated a postseason berth from a premature st...

The Brooklyn Cyclones Make History

Gershon Rabinowitz

Sep 6, 2015

Features, Minor League Baseball

Someday everything ends. The law of averages dictates that for every positive outcome an adverse one is bound to eventually follow. Widespread success appears enteral for a franchise and t...

Mets Prospect Desmond Lindsay is Living Out His Dream

Gershon Rabinowitz

Aug 28, 2015

Features, Interviews, Minor League Baseball, New York Mets, Prospect Reports

Following professional sports becomes defined by the team followed passionately with particular interest and unwavering support. Through the wins, losses, championships, and last place finished a sacred bond fo...

Former Met Nelson Figueroa Finds Second Career

Gershon Rabinowitz

Aug 21, 2015

Features, Interviews, Minor League Baseball, New York Mets

Retirement signals an absolute finality. For the first time since obtaining an education, a person is no longer a member of the work force. A second career or the immediate future appears ...

Brooklyn Sweeps Lowell in Extras to Remain in the Hunt

Gershon Rabinowitz

Aug 20, 2015

Minor League Baseball

BROOKLYN, NY - The winds of change were blowing throughout the New York-Penn League this week. On the eve of the All-Star break, Lowell Spinners outfielder Andrew Benintendi was promoted to full-season Green...

State College Schools Brooklyn, Taking Wild Card Lead

Gershon Rabinowitz

Aug 12, 2015

Minor League Baseball

BROOKLYN, NY - Less than 24 hours after dropping an excruciating twelve-inning thriller to the Staten Island Yankees at MCU Park and a spot in the penthouse of the McNamara Division, Brooklyn Cyclones were back...

Staten Island Salvages Extra Inning Thriller in Brooklyn

Gershon Rabinowitz

Aug 11, 2015

Minor League Baseball

BROOKLYN, NY - There are two sides to fortune. On one side, victory and dominance appears imminent with no end in sight. On the opposite end, nothing goes right. Execution is a facsimile for agony and frustrati...

Brooklyn Reclaims Sole Possession of First Place Entering Second Half

Gershon Rabinowitz

Jul 29, 2015

Minor League Baseball

BROOKLYN, NY - The cyclical nature of baseball produces a myriad of random results and outcome. One week of dominance can lead to overconfidence and the feeling of complacency, while a week of futility brings f...

Mets Call Up Top Prospect Michael Conforto

Gershon Rabinowitz

Jul 24, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines, Interviews, Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, National League, National League East, New York Mets, Prospect Reports

Advancement to the Major League level is an honor bestowed on less than one percent of all professional baseball players. Getting the call from a minor league manager to the big club is a moment dreamed about a...

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