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In spring, all eyes turn to the diamond

It has arrived. Baseball’s opening day. more

By Peter King | 3/29/24

Parents of the Long Island Royals 12U team of Baldwin hope to send their kids to a trip to Cooperstown. Top row, from left: Bennett Ackerman, Jordan Bell, DJ Lubrin, Jayden Villalta, Luca Bologna and Ayden Alvarez. Bottom: Madison Kurz, Mia Peou, Frankie Kurz, Joey Tephly, Emmanuel Stephen and Ronald Clarke.

Baldwin parents are pitching in for a trip to Cooperstown

The parents of Baldwin’s Long Island Royals 12U team are going to bat for their kids — in a spirited bid to send them to Cooperstown to compete in a baseball tournament this summer. more

By Hernesto Galdamez | 3/1/24

N.Y. baseball, from Carl Erskine to Bartolo Colón

Two recent baseball events caused fond memories to come charging back, while reinforcing the inter-generational hold that New York baseball has on my family. more

8/3/23

Ducks manager Wally Backman, left, and outfielder/hitting coach Lew Ford talk outside the batting cage

Ducks are quacking again

It is unknown if anyone will recite the movie line, ”you’re killing me, Smalls,” but former Major League Baseball player Daniel Murphy — a Mets playoff hero — said he is just looking for a sandlot to play in. The 2015 postseason record breaker is part of the 2023 Long Island Ducks, the team’s 23rd season. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/3/23

The priceless community tradition that is baseball

Baseball is back. Spring training is over. Opening Day is here. In a world of chaos and danger, baseball, to me, is the one constant, my trusted safety zone. more

3/30/23

The Baldwin Royals, a local travel baseball team, celebrated their Long Island Hot Stove championship with a pizza party last Sunday at their headquarters.

Baldwin Royals captures first league championship

The Baldwin Royals, a local travel baseball team, celebrated their Long Island Hot Stove Fall Bonanza League 9-and-under championship with a pizza party last Sunday. more

By Andre Silva | 11/17/22

The Baldwin baseball teams gathered with the Oliveri family and Hempstead Town Councilman Christopher Carini in front of Robert Oliveri’s monument, overlooking the baseball field he loved.

Rob Oliveri remembered with park monument

Robert Oliveri, of Freeport, died suddenly of a heart attack while on the job for the Town of Hempstead sanitation department on May 6, 2019, at just 51. After his death, the Baldwin baseball … more

By Karina Kovac | 8/18/22

‘All we needed was a bat, a ball and a fielder’s mitt’

This is part three of a four-part series. There couldn’t have been more than five or six thousand folks in Baldwin when I was growing up in the early 1930s. On Saturdays, for a dime, my friends … more

By Brian Masterson | 10/17/19

Does anybody here remember sandlot baseball?

This is part one of a four-part series. Did you happen to read the news article that reported a scuffle between Little League baseball players that prompted family members to rush onto the field … more

Brian Masterson | 8/29/19

Baldwin remembers community leader Robert Oliveri

Rob Oliveri rarely thought about himself — he was always too busy looking out for others, specifically the children of Baldwin. “He’s been synonymous with the youth programs and development … more

By Anthony O'Reilly | 5/23/19

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