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You know it’s spring when… Taken at Our Lady’s field in Windsor Terrace by neighbor Tom Prendergast [/?s=tom+prendergast] Snap any neighborhood photos lately? Share them with us! Add them to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email
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The current weather may be more conducive to ice skating than baseball, but travel team tryouts are happening now. The three main travel baseball teams in this section of Brooklyn are the SFX Huskies [http://www.sfxyouthsports.com/huskies.html], the Brooklyn Bonnies [http://bonnieyouth.org/], and the 78th Precinct
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Source: Dave Machin via Patrolmen’s Benevolent AssociationThere was once a time when the entirety of the NYPD gathered in Sheepshead Bay for the purposes of good ol’ fashioned fun, and also putting down a mass riot if one should so happen to break out. Sheepshead Bites reader Dave Machin
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Met legend Lee Mazzilli and his son L.J. Mazzilli (Photo by Jim Mancari via metsmerizedonline.com)New York National League fans were thrilled when Met baseball legend Lee Mazzilli’s son, L.J., was selected by the team in the fourth round as the 116th overall pick in the
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Students from the Millennium Development/Starrett City with former pro baseball player Terry McFarlin (top row left) and Mets Hall of Fame pitcher John Franco (top row in 42 cap)Over 200 students from an assortment of Brooklyn youth groups celebrated Jackie Robinson day Monday by meeting some ex-baseball players
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Source: Wally Gobetz via Wikimedia CommonsThe Brooklyn Cyclones have announced that they will raising moneyfor various Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts, through a new program dubbed “Meaningful Mondays.” The way it works is that $3 out of every ticket sold at MCU Park (1904 Surf Avenue) on Mondays will go to
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For a quick minute, let’s turn our thoughts to spring and baseball. The SFX Huskies will be holding tryouts this weekend and next here in Park Slope. For future Major Leaguers, this is the chance to secure a spot on a competitive baseball team and travel around the tri-state
Sports
The Mets faithful may want to avert their eyes. For those of us in the neighborhood looking to watch the Yankees and the rest of the MLB playoffs, we have a few options. • 773 Lounge [http://773loungebar.blogspot.com/] will have baseball on the TV. • Sycamore [http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/] will
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Source: Newyorkbob via Wikimedia CommonsThe Brooklyn Cyclones [/tag/cyclones/] play their season opener tonight. They’re squaring off against the Staten Island Yankees at MCU Park at 1904 Surf Avenue. This year’s team is one of the youngest in franchise history with eight teenagers on the roster. One of
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The brown-eyed/green-eyed former New York Mets catcher, Gary Carter (1954-2012). Credit: Bernard Brault / APContrary to what Tom Hanks would have us believe, there is, indeed, crying in baseball [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPqYnC-SW5w]. With the possible exception of those who have the misfortune of never having watched
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We at Sheepshead Bites are very sociable people (not really). So it should come as no surprise (actually, it’s very surprising) that we receive invitations to cool events and offers all the time (almost never). For example, just recently we got invited to see the Brooklyn Cyclones game this