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Danny Almonte Rojas (born April 7, 1987) is a Dominican-American former baseball player who is currently an assistant baseball coach at Cardinal Hayes High School in New York City. Born in Moca in the Dominican Republic, Almonte was a Little League pitcher who threw up to 79 miles per hour (127 km/h).
The Little League World Series is an annual baseball tournament for children (primarily boys) aged 10 to 12 years old, held in the Eastern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Originally called the National Little League Tournament , it was later renamed for the World Series in Major League Baseball .
The Mid-Atlantic Region is one of ten United States regions that currently sends teams to the Little League World Series, the largest youth baseball tournament in the world. The Mid-Atlantic Region's participation in the LLWS dates back to 1957, when it was known as the East Region .
Little League Baseball and Softball (officially, Little League Baseball Inc [1]) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization [2] [3] based in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, (United States), that organizes local youth baseball and softball leagues throughout the United States and the rest of the world.
Home of: Brooklyn Cyclones – New York–Penn League (2000) Location: Jamaica, Queens – St. John's University campus – Utopia Parkway (east, outfield); 175th Street (west/south, home plate/first base); Belson Stadium soccer field and Union Turnpike (northwest, third base) Citi Field Home of: New York Mets – NL (2009–present)
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City is a book by Jonathan Mahler that focuses on the year 1977 in New York City. First published in 2005, it's described as 'a layered account', 'kaleidoscopic', 'a braided narrative', which weaves political, cultural, and sporting threads ...
The field is just a 6-mile trip from the complex where the Little League World Series is underway with kids full of big league dreams, many of whom will attend the game ready to mingle with today ...
Karen Koslowitz, New York City Council member representing Queens; Ed Kranepool ('62), Major League Baseball player, signed by the New York Mets just days after his 1962 graduation from Monroe, one of 1962 Mets and member of 1969 World Series champions [4] Leon M. Lederman ('39), Nobel Laureate in Physics in 1988 [5]