The Wilpon family of Greenwich knew what it was doing at the new Citi Field in QueensSean Lamont of Georgetown waiting in the on-deck circle at Citi Field. Georgetown won the first baseball game at the new ballpark, 6-4, against St. John’s.
No matter what comes later — say, in the last week of the season, that recent and ghastly Mets tradition — there could only be one first game, when the gates open and the people enter.
This was not opening day, when the games count. This was not even the first Mets exhibition, which is Friday against the Red Sox. But it was the first real game of baseball, St. John’s against Georgetown, and the real star of the day was the new ballpark.
It is handsome and functional and full of nooks and crannies to explore. The Wilpon family knew what it was doing. This is not the municipal dump that used to be next door. If anybody had dared to play “There Used to Be a Ballpark,” that Sinatra chestnut, I would have laughed out loud. ....
... sometime this season, he will surely hop up and down all over again. Near the rotunda, John Booth, a teacher from Greenwich, Conn., inspected the commemorative bricks with inscriptions like "Gets By Buckner" and "I Saw Todd Pratt's Walkoff 1999.".....
By Jesse Quinlan
GREENWICH, Conn.—After playing professionally for 13 seasons, Bobby Darula can tell baseball stories all day.
Many of his minor-league experiences he'll never forget. Like how in his first at-bat as a paid ball player with the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League, Darula hit a pinch-hit three-run homer that won the game. Then there was that unforgettable spring training Darula spent with the Cincinnati Reds, swinging in the shadows of sluggers Ken Griffey Jr., Barry Larkin and Adam Dunn.....
... Darula, a former Greenwich High School standout, was humbled by the game he loves for the final time last July when the Bridgeport Bluefish gave him his release during the Independent League's All-Star break. Darula retired quietly, stepping away from not only his job, but his passion. ...
Nantucket lightship is reborn in Lower Manhattan
CapeCodOnline.com
... views of the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty. "Last year, while under a one-year charter to a hotel in Greenwich, Conn., we had the chance to take the ship to New York City, and we fell in love with the waterfront," Golden said ...
CapeCodOnline.com
... views of the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty. "Last year, while under a one-year charter to a hotel in Greenwich, Conn., we had the chance to take the ship to New York City, and we fell in love with the waterfront," Golden said ...
Sense of direction helpful when orienteering courses
Poughkeepsie Journal
... of my own backyard. Name a locale and, if I've been there, chances are I've been lost. A 45-minute drive to Greenwich, Conn. once taking three hours isn't the worst of it. Neither is the night spent doing intermittent jumping jacks to stay warm ...
Poughkeepsie Journal
... of my own backyard. Name a locale and, if I've been there, chances are I've been lost. A 45-minute drive to Greenwich, Conn. once taking three hours isn't the worst of it. Neither is the night spent doing intermittent jumping jacks to stay warm ...
The Bruce Museum opens 'Marine Paintings of James E. Buttersworth, 1817-1894'
Art Knowledge News
"What I'm attempting in each picture is nothing other than this.. to bring together in a living and viable way, the most different and the most contradictory elements in the greatest possible freedom." - Gerhard Richter The Bruce Museum opens 'Marine Paintings of James E. Buttersworth, 1817-1894'.........
Art Knowledge News
"What I'm attempting in each picture is nothing other than this.. to bring together in a living and viable way, the most different and the most contradictory elements in the greatest possible freedom." - Gerhard Richter The Bruce Museum opens 'Marine Paintings of James E. Buttersworth, 1817-1894'.........
Leaders: Spring Into Reading
The Washington Post
... became popular with Japanese adults. Watanabe, who went to school in Japan until eighth grade before moving to Greenwich, Conn., told USA Today that the inspiration for the book came from the fact that U.S. schools focus less on memorization than ...
The Washington Post
... became popular with Japanese adults. Watanabe, who went to school in Japan until eighth grade before moving to Greenwich, Conn., told USA Today that the inspiration for the book came from the fact that U.S. schools focus less on memorization than ...
Teixeira: Pressure in the Past
New York Post
... my family, it makes it even more enjoyable to go play the game." Teixeira and his family have decided to live in Greenwich, Conn. "I've always loved playing in New York as a visitor because of the excitement, now to have that excitement on my side, ...
New York Post
... my family, it makes it even more enjoyable to go play the game." Teixeira and his family have decided to live in Greenwich, Conn. "I've always loved playing in New York as a visitor because of the excitement, now to have that excitement on my side, ...
US shopping malls cut hours
The Peninsula
Shoppers walk down a street lined with retail shops in Greenwich, Connecticut.
The Peninsula
Shoppers walk down a street lined with retail shops in Greenwich, Connecticut.
WASHINGTON: As Americans tighten their belts to cope in the grim economy, the venerable US shopping mall has begun to suffer and many are quietly cutting back on their opening hours.....
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