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How sports helped defeat the 'No Irish Need Apply' racism in America - Top baseball exec Tim Brosnan tells Irish Sports 50 how Irish served as example (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:19:13 PDT

Tim Brosnan, Executive Vice President of Major League BaseballThe inaugural Irish Sports 50 awards presented by Irish Voice newspaper were held on Thursday night in Manhattan at the beautiful surrounds of the American Irish Historical Society on Fifth Avenue and were an outstanding successThey came from California, Dallas and Ireland Sports and business figures from all the major US sports were present to hear keynote speaker Tim Brosnan, Executive Vice President of Major League Baseball, describe the Irish journey to success in sports as an example for every immigrant community READ MORE

The top 50 highest paid athletes list is a cesspit of wasted money (IrishCentral)

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:04:13 PDT

Sports Illustrated's list of the top 50 highest paid athletes in the United States is full of names that will surprise and or shock youThe immortal Carl CrawfordSports Illustrated's recently released lists of the top paid athletes in sports is well worth a lookFascinatingly SI have separated their lists into two, a United States list, and an international list This separation perhaps unexpectedly provides a look into the soul of American sports Much as we all love it, it's not always pretty READ MORE

Three years after Chicago baseball bat attack Nastasha McShane’s case gets September start date - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:29:56 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

A trial date for Heriberto Viramontes and Marcy Cruz, charged with the attack of County Armagh native Natasha McShane and her friend Stacy Jurich, has been set for September 9.

Peter O’Malley, Bill Madden, and others to be inducted into The Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame (IrishCentral)

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:02:35 PDT

By: JANE WALSH

The Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame (IAB HOF) has announced its 2013 inductees - popular former Mets Rusty Staub and Joe McEwing; longtime owner of the LA Dodgers Peter O’Malley; Hall of Fame baseball writer Bill Madden of the New York Daily News; and award-winning columnist for the Boston Globe Dan Shaughnessy.

The induction ceremonies will take place at Noon on Tues, May 7, 2013, at Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant (18 W. 33rd St.), which houses the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame. Ballots were cast by past inductees and a panel of baseball experts and historians.

“We are proud to induct the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2013 for their contributions to the game,” said Shaun Clancy, president of the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame and owner of Foley’s, which features one of the country’s most extensive public displays of baseball memorabilia.

American fans right to ignore the World Baseball Classic (IrishCentral)

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 03:02:28 PDT

Major League Baseball Commissioner, Bud SeligThe United States has, again, come up way short in the World Baseball Classic Long may it be soThe World Baseball Classic is a vanity project from the same people who have managed to reduce baseball from America's Game to one where the championship is barely a blip on the American radar nowadays READ MORE

Why the USA can't win the World Baseball Classic (IrishCentral)

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:17:20 PDT

The Public, Press and Players in the USA all have a part to play in Team USA's failure to advance in the World Baseball Classic Down and out - The USA will have to just watch the rest of the World Baseball ClassicIs ESPN still 'a thing', or is it basically a portion of the Miami Heat website now? This morning on first viewing the ESPN main page had between 5-7 major headlines involving the Miami Heat One tiny, short sentence mentioned the fact the USA has been knocked out of the World Baseball ClassicThat in itself is a nice little pointer as to why the USA will not win the tournament any time soonTaking a step back for a second, is there anything worse than a big fat bully who loses a game of anything, and then walks away, dismissively, arrogantly proclaiming 'Whatever! I didn't wanna win it anyway!' That's pretty much the overall attitude being displayed by a very large number of people, press and players involved with Team USA and it's early exit from the International tournament of the game that America is supposed to own READ MORE

Charlie Sheen drunkenly gave a baseball worth £1.6 million to Zac Efron (IrishCentral)

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:31:47 PST

Zac EfronThe 'Major League' star recently discovered his prized sporting item - signed by baseball legend Babe Ruth, who died in 1948 aged 53 - was missing from his collection and eventually remembered he had given it away to his 25-year-old pal after a night outAs Charlie had been drunk he initially couldn't remember giving the unique piece of memorabilia to ZacA source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Charlie is a baseball fan He is really proud of the array of stuff, old and new, that he has amassed and keeps it in a special room in his Los Angeles mansion READ MORE

The Mets are too dumb to win (IrishCentral)

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:31:13 PST

Jeff Wilpon, son of the Mets primary ownerFred Wilpon The Wilpons just don'tknow what they're doing{Photo from - SportsBusinessDailycom)I'm a Met fan and there's nothing I can do about it READ MORE

2012 World Series preview (IrishCentral)

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:45:37 PDT

And then there was two The Major League Baseball season is long Very long 162 games, to be exact READ MORE

Old Sox: Your 2013 MLB all Red Sox castoff all-stars (IrishCentral)

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:18:01 PDT

Sitting there eating popcorn watching Josh Reddick mash and swagger his way through the playoffs, his locks blowing in the wind, it is hard not to think, ‘what might have been?’ if the swashbuckling young man had stayed in a Boston Red Sox jersey Damn would he look good patrolling right field, providing the finishing touches to an outfield of Ross\Ellsbury\Reddick which would be more than competitive, even amongst the daily grind of the AL East Of course, Reddick isn’t the only ‘one that got away’Extrapolating this line of thoughts further it didn’t take long to create an entire team of former Red Sox from around the Major Leagues READ MORE

Whisper it quietly: The Yankees might miss the playoffs (IrishCentral)

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:02:03 PDT

To date, this had been an enjoyable summer for New York Yankee fans Their team cruised through the early portion of the season, while their old rivals, the Red Sox, collapsed out of sight a number of weeks ago Yankee fans celebrated wildly, like a pack of angry, learning challenged chimpanzees, taking great delight in Boston’s horrific demise Then, the party quietened, the storm clouds began to gather on the horizon READ MORE

The L.A. Dodgers represent great World Series value at 12/1 (IrishCentral)

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:46:49 PDT

In case you were hidden under a rock, buried deep in episodes of The Kardashians or blinded by endless naked Prince Harry pictures, you should probably know that sometime between Friday and Saturday the Red Sox and the LA Dodgers pulled off probably the biggest single trade in MLB history The Dodgers gave up a group of prospects (including the wonderfully named Rubby De La Rosa) whilst in return Boston shipped off Adrian Gonalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and (don’t forget!) Nick Punto READ MORE

Red Sox players again under attack, this time for not attending Johnny Pesky's funeral (IrishCentral)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:31:48 PDT

In this lost Red Sox 2012 season, the anger and frustration continues to rise As you probably already know, the latest drama is around the funeral of the late great Johnny Pesky, which was on Monday morning There were four Red Sox players amongst the estimated hundred Sox front office and coaching staffs present at the funeral That same night, Josh Beckett held his annual (since 2006) fundraising event in a bowling hall, and basically most of the Red Sox players attended READ MORE

Derek Jeter shows his class with moving eulogy to Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky (IrishCentral)

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:46:32 PDT

New York Yankee Derek JeterBoston lost a true legend yesterday as 92-year-old Johnny Pesky moved on to the great diamond in the skyPesky bled Red Sox red longer than most of us can imagine, dedicating himself to the Sox and the local community On first hearing the news of the great man’s passing, the first thought I had was, thank goodness the Red Sox managed to win a couple of rings for him in his lifetime Pesky definitely deserved that READ MORE

Seven inaugurated into Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame (IrishCentral)

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 05:04:51 PDT

By: JAMES O'SHEA

Seven Irish American baseball legends were inaugurated into the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday.

The LA Dodgers land prize fish Hanley Ramirez as Miami continues to unravel (IrishCentral)

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 01:16:17 PDT

You have to wonder, what on earth are the Miami Marlins doing? Stunning MLB news today as it is starting to break that the LA Dodgers have landed Hanley Ramirez and his very, very big bat in a several-player-deal that is heavily weighted in the Dodgers favour At first glance it would appear Miami might be in the middle of a big salary (and talent) dump, the deal is that lopsidedIf you recall, the Marlins dumped every decent part of its roster after World Series wins in '97 and '03, this time round they would appear to have forgotten to win the series before dumping its rosterThe ugliest part of this is the Marlins front office is now going to attempt to sneakily assasinate Ramirez around baseball by releasing thinly veiled hints in regards club house chemistry and so on READ MORE

Kevin Youkilis is glad to be away from the Boston sports media (IrishCentral)

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:16:35 PDT

In case you haven’t noticed Kevin Youkilis, recently traded to the Chicago White Sox, is raking Youk is hitting bombs again, winning games with his bat, and the White Sox are on a tear since they picked him up in exchange for basically garbage to the Red Sox Predictably enough, Youk is already a firm favourite on the Chicago south side, with his replica jerseys flying out of the club shop faster than you can say ‘Greek God of walks’ READ MORE

Alec Baldwin wanted to kill ex-wife Kim Basinger's lawyer "with a baseball bat" (IrishCentral)

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:30:40 PDT

Alec BaldwinThe '30 Rock' star - who married second wife Hilaria Thomas on Saturday - endured a famously acrimonious divorce from his former spouse in 2002 and he admits he harbored murderous thoughts about her legal representativeDespite the anger he felt towards Kim and her lawyer, Alec confessed to Vanity Fair magazine that their relationship is now "cordial" and the pair speak "from time to time" about their 16-year-old daughter IrelandOn April 11, 2007, the actor left an angry voice mail message in response to an unanswered arranged call with his daughter in which he called her a "rude, thoughtless little pig" and gossip website TMZcom released the tape READ MORE

Mets manager Terry Collins - making all the right calls (IrishCentral)

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:30:30 PDT

Mets Manager Terry Collins hugs pitcher Johan Santana afterSantana had thrown the first no-hitter in Mets history last night"I never thought I'd live to see this day" That's how I feel today; that's how all of us Met fans feel today after watching Johan Santana throw the first no-hitter in club historyMany Mets have come close before READ MORE

Confessions of a former Boston Red Sox fan - why I hope my baseball team have a dreadful season (IrishCentral)

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:30:13 PDT

Fenway Park - home to the Boston Red SoxCormac Eklof recently used his IrishCentral blog to attack Red Sox fans for their disgraceful behavior at Fenway Park during a game last week Under a new manager, Bobby Valentine, and beset with injury problems, the Sox are off to a lousy start and their extremely upset fans are lashing out at all those whom they hold responsibleIt is at times like these that I am glad to be away from Boston’s sports talk radio stations and their legions of angry callers These rather sad individuals whose outlook on life is invariably shaped by the fortunes of the Boston professional sports franchises were famously branded the “fellowship of the miserable” by the former coach of the Boston Celtics, Rick Pitino READ MORE