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Yankees Fans Struck By Lightning While Leaving Spring Training Game
Two Yankees fans were struck by lightning while leaving a spring training game.
The incident took in Tampa, Florida, around 3:45 p.m., Saturday, April 2, said Vanessa Nettingham, of the Tampa Police.
The strike occurred when the two were walking in the parking lot of the Raymond James Stadium across from George M. Steinbrenner Field, Nettingham said.
The couple, who were unidentified, were leaving early from the Yankees and Atlanta Braves game after it ended in the sixth inning due to a thunderstorm in the area, she added.
The man, in his 60s, and the woman, in her 20s, were transpor…
Legendary Iona Prep Baseball Coach Fred Gallo, Former Professional Player, Dies Of Covid-19
Fred Gallo, a longtime varsity baseball coach at Iona Prep in New Rochelle, died due to complications from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Gallo, who retired in 2012 after winning the Catholic High School Athletic Association’s “AA” Championship in his final game, died at the age of 79 on Friday, April 10.
He had served as the Gaels' head coach for 30 years following his arrival in 1982.
An Iona College graduate, he played professionally for the Atlanta Braves, and served as a scout for the New York Mets.
He was inducted into the CHSAA Hall of Fame in 2003, the same year he …
Ex-Yankees Manager Joe Torre Sells Lake House In Hudson Valley
He’s outta there!
Legendary New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, who has a career in Major League Baseball spanning six decades, has sold his charming lake house in the Hudson Valley.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Torre, who has been everything from a player to a manager to league executive in MLB, sold his Carmel home, which overlooks Lake Mahopac, for $983,000, a reported $117,000 loss off what he paid for the Putnam County property in 2006.
According to the report, “the hillside lot boasts a pair of charming cottages: the main residence perched at the top of the property and a gues…