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Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh Joins Athletes, Real Estate Executives for Groundbreaking of Hinchliffe Stadium Redevelopment

Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh Joins Athletes, Real Estate Executives for Groundbreaking of Hinchliffe Stadium Redevelopment
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Longest home run ever? Josh Gibson and Belmar Memorial Field

BELMAR - From home plate at Memorial Field you can see the American flag fluttering in the distance, beyond the center field fence and across Main Street. Beneath the flag, at the corner of 13th Avenue, is the borough’s post office. It’s a long, long way from the batter’s box. You wonder: Did a man really hit a baseball that far? “If you walk it off, it has to be one of the longest home runs hit anywhere, anytime,” said Spencer Heulitt, president of the Belmar Historical Society. The hitter was Josh Gibson, a legendary slugger of the 1930s and 1940s known as “the Black Babe Ruth.” With Major League Baseball played by whites only, Gibson starred in the Negro leagues and on barnstorming tours. His Pittsburgh Crawfords team paid multiple visits to Memorial Field, which was part-time home to the rival New York Cubans and full-time home to the semipro Belmar Braves.

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Historic Hinchliffe Stadium, Where Larry Doby Started, Due For Facelift

Historic Hinchliffe Stadium, Where Larry Doby Started, Due For Facelift
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One of the last Negro League players persisted for the love of the game

One of the last Negro League players persisted for the love of the game Updated Feb 14, 2021; Posted Feb 14, 2021 Pedro Sierra, hired to play for the Indianapolis Clowns, threw a fastball as sharply as Kid Gavilan’s bolo punch, a combination of a hook and uppercut that sliced through the air like a machete through sugar cane. He has lived near Atlantic City since 2004. Photo by Arlene Schulman. Facebook Share By Arlene Schulman Pedro Sierra poses on a concrete mound facing an imaginary batter. He tucks a baseball into his palm, hands as large as catcher’s mitts, setting up pitches based on physics, syncopation and deception. As his windup begins, his dark 82-year-old eyes fix on his intended victim like a cat ready to ambush a mouse.

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Chick Corea interview: Music can bring us together

Chick Corea interview: Music can bring us together Friday, February 12, 2021 As a tribute to Chick Corea, who has died at the age of 79, we are republishing the interview he gave to Jazzwise in May 2017. Chick spoke to Stuart Nicholson about his beginnings with Cab Calloway to his stint in Miles Davis’ ‘Lost Quintet’ and how music continues to unite rather than divide through its universal power and appeal Chick Corea (photo: Aaron Meekcoms, courtesy Chick Corea Productions) Thank you for visiting Jazzwise.co.uk To get full, unrestricted access to all our news, features, artist profiles and much more besides simply click the button below and register for free to the website. By signing up you will also receive our regular email newsletters which will bring news of all our latest articles from the site so you don’t miss out on all our dedicated coverage of the jazz scene.

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