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Monday, September 7, 2015

Stevenson Comes from Behind with Big Win

Stevenson Comes from Behind with Big Win

By Gary Quintal

BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- The PSAL saw 5 contests in the Bronx during its opening week for Boys Varsity Football. Among the early Saturday contests, Cup Conference schools Adlai Stevenson Campus hosted Alfred E. Smith Campus.

Smith Campus took a first quarter 6-0 lead on a touchdown pass while Stevenson appeared shaky with multiple botched snaps from center, including one on a punt that led to a turnover on downs at midfield.

But Stevenson scored 30 unanswered points starting with a second quarter TD pass to tie the game and three touchdown runs in the second half.

Stevenson went on to win 30 - 6.

Week two match-ups in the Bronx are highlighted by a Saturday noon meeting between Dewitt Clinton and Abraham Lincoln High School.

Sunday, September 6, 2015

BRONX NEWS: #Yankees Pitcher Makes Debut

BRONX NEWS: #Yankees Pitcher Makes Debut: #Yankees Pitcher Makes Debut  A  Dream Achieved:  the Major League Debut of James  Pazos  of the Yankees By Howard  Goldin BRON...

#Yankees Pitcher Makes Debut

#Yankees Pitcher Makes Debut 

Dream Achieved: the Major League Debut of James Pazos of the Yankees

By Howard Goldin

BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- The dream of every professional athlete is to reach the highest level of his/her sport. For a baseball player, the dream is to play in the major leagues. A 24-year-old pitcher for the Yankees, James Pazos, achieved that dream on Saturday.

Pazos was summoned from the bullpen in the ninth inning to pitch in a tight contest with the Tampa Bay Rays in front of 35,030 at Yankee Stadium. After the game, he told reporters, “The phone rang several times. Each time my heart sank and I lost breath. I was just excited to get into the game.”

The first batter he faced, pinch hitter Joey Butler, flied to center. Then Daniel Nava struck out looking. 

Yankee skipper Joe Girardi then came to the mound to remove the rookie, who received a nice ovation from the fans. Pazos later remarked, “I didn’t expect anything like that.” 

His first major league experience emotionally impacted him, “I’ve never seen the stadium before. It’s just an incredible day. I dreamt about it a long time. It’s always good when it goes well.” Girardi commented on the youngster’s performance, “He did a good job. He got his two outs.

Pazos was originally drafted as a teenager in the 40th round of the MLB First Year Player Draft by his home state Arizona Diamondbacks in 2009, but he did not sign. After his junior year at the University of San Diego in 2012, he was drafted in the 13th round by the Yankees. 

The 6-3 left-hander began in professional career in New York City with the Staten Island Yanks that same year. In 28 relief appearances, he compiled an impressive ERA of 1.78. 

He has pitched well in the Yankees farm system until being called up on September 1. He was a part of the team early in the 2015 Spring training as a non-roster invitee. 

Regardless of what transpires for good or ill in the future, Pazos will retain the memories for his first major league experience at Yankee Stadium for many years to come.

Saturday, September 5, 2015

BRONX NEWS: Surge of Home Runs Bring the #Yankees Closer to Fi...

BRONX NEWS: Surge of Home Runs Bring the #Yankees Closer to Fi...: Surge of Home Runs  B ring the #Yankees Closer to First Place By Howard  Goldin BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- Three home runs accounted f...

Surge of Home Runs Bring the #Yankees Closer to First Place

Surge of Home Runs Bring the #Yankees Closer to First Place




By Howard Goldin

BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- Three home runs accounted for all five runs scored by the Yankees in their first game of the current 10-day homestand on Friday night. The 5-2 win over the Tampa Rays was the club’s sixth win in their most recent seven games. 

Home runs were a major weapon in their recent success as they hit 15 in the seven contests, eight in the last two games. 

A-Rod, dropped to fifth in the batting order after only hitting safely five times in his last 29 at bats, blasted his 27th homer of the season on the first pitch he saw in his first trip to the plate. The home run drove in the first two runs of the contest as Brian McCann was on first after drawing a walk. 

Two innings later, McCann hit a solo home run off his “cousin” Jake Odorizzi. The Yankee catcher has hit successfully 11 times in 17 at bats with three homers and 10 RBI off the right-hander. The batter minimized his success by saying, “If you play long enough, you’re going to have success against somke guys.” 

The third and final hit Odorizzi yielded was also a home run to rookie Greg Bird with one on in the seventh. 

It was the rookie’s fourth homer and 14th RBI in his 19 big league games. 
Another Yankee rookie, Luis Severino, who like Bird made his major league debut in August, has been a blessing to the Yanks. The Yankee starter won his third straight game by pitching a season high 6.1 innings. He gave up seven hits and only one run. 

The run came on a homer by the Rays third sacker, Evan Longoria, his 15th at the current Yankee Stadium. He ranks second as a visiting player to only Jose bautista in number of home runs hit in the ballpark that opening in the 2009 season. 

Severino’s catcher, McCann, was exteremly impressed by the young hurler, “He’s only going to get better and better.” 

The victory of the Yanks coupled with Toronto’s 10-2 loss to Baltimore cut the Blue Jay’s advantage over the Yankees to 0.5 games in the tight pennant race that has one month remaining. An especially crucial series will begin on Thursday night when the Blue Jays visit Yankee Stadium to begin a four game series.

Friday, September 4, 2015

BRONX NEWS: Exploding School Set to Reopen in Time for Class

BRONX NEWS: Exploding School Set to Reopen in Time for Class: Exploding School Set to Reopen in Time for Class  Parents are concerned By Robert Press Despite the fact that 15 classrooms have been d...

Exploding School Set to Reopen in Time for Class

Exploding School Set to Reopen in Time for Class 

Parents are concerned



By Robert Press

Despite the fact that 15 classrooms have been destroyed in a gas explosion, JFK high and the schools that make up the education campus are expected to open on time for class.

Two weeks ago a gas explosion ripped through the high school gutting 15 classrooms. It was later learned that a worker using a match to check for gas leaks caused the explosion. The injured workers are said to still be under going skin grafts at Jacobi Medical Center.

At a town hall meeting on the incident, education officials said that 15 classes on three separate floors were destroyed in the explosion. However, the officials insist that the school is structurally sound. Walls have been put up in the devastated areas to keep students out.

The 6th story science labs in addition to classrooms on the 5th and 7th floors are to be reconstructed sometime early next year when the work to be done is bid out and contractors are found. 

A panel of experts who were sent to reassure the parents and others at the poorly attended Town Hall meeting announced that the 7 schools that make up the Kennedy Campus will open on the first day of school. This despite the gas explosion two weeks prior that has closed off 15 classrooms on 3 different floors of the building. 

Mr. Welde of the Department of Buildings assured everyone that the building was structurally sound, and that the students would be in no danger in the building that would be open. Various member of the panel tried to assure everyone that students would not be able to enter the closed off rooms to be reconstructed, and that all other entrances to the building and all stairwells would be open. Also mentioned was that any construction work would take place after school hours, and that air quality testing would take place on a regular basis.

Some of the very few parents in attendance complained about the lack of notification process, and that the auditorium should have been overfilled with other parents, but that they were mot notified of the meeting. After hearing that the Department of Education was working with the United Federation of Teachers Union on the opening of the Kennedy Campus, one can only wonder why parents were not involved in that process. 

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