Dwarf Giraffe Athletic League http://www.dwarfgiraffe.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:46:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Major Leaguer Mike Baxter Comes Home http://www.dwarfgiraffe.com/2011/10/30/major-leaguer-mike-baxter-comes-home/ http://www.dwarfgiraffe.com/2011/10/30/major-leaguer-mike-baxter-comes-home/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:50:29 +0000 anthony_castellano http://www.dwarfgiraffe.com/?p=725

DGAL would like to thank Mike Baxter of the NY Mets for coming back to his Whitestone roots and spending some time giving back to his community for the kids at DG.

He shared his journey up to the big leagues and gave some hitting tips to our young baseball kids. He was great with the kids and we all wish him the best in his future in the Major Leagues!

Mike’s visit was covered in the Queens courier as well – click on the link to view

Met Baxter Comes Home

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Submitted by Frank C. Mauro
I visited the website, and it brought back lots of great memories!!!

I noted that in 2006 DG celebrated its 50th anniversary, so I just wanted to send you a team photo of our team the ‘ Beechurst Merchants’ taken in 1959 (3 years after the league was founded). I’m in the front row left side (eleven years old at the time), I played second base. In the front row, second from the right side, is Jimmy Newhook, he was our pitcher and in years to follow was drafted by the Detroit Tigers (spent a summer or two in training, but injured himself and never pitched big league). Our coaches were Ed Stryker (left side, and his son Eddie front row, right side), and Bud Freeman (right side).

After the Saturday games Bud and Ed used to take us up to Carvel’s (still at same location) for some ice cream. Seems like only yesterday.

Frank C. Mauro, P.E., R.A.

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