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Mark La Monica
Yankees-Mets Subway Series tickets selling like cold cakes
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The cost of going to a Mets or Yankees game is what it is nowadays, but the price on the secondary market for Mets vs. Yankees is changing. And it's changing in favor of the fan. Well, sort of. Subway Series tickets on the secondary market are still above face value, but they're cheaper this year than they have been in the past four season.
The combined average price for the four-game Subway...
Read more »Video: Baseball for the blind
Photo credit: Long Island Bombers
We take a quick break from the world of Major League Baseball in this blog post and look at the sport in its lower-case form: baseball.
The Long Island Bombers are a blind and visually impaired team who play what's called beep baseball.
Watch the video below and you'll understand what we're talking about.
(Newsday's app users can watch the video at http://hooplaha.com/beep-baseball-baseball-for-the-blind-visually-impaired/)...
Read more »Poll results: What to do with the DH?
Photo credit: Jim McIsaac
Far from scientific, here are the results from our most recent reader poll about baseball, based on 905 votes:
What should be the future of the designated hitter position?
50% -- Abolish the DH from the American League
33% -- Give the National League the DH
17% -- Keep it the way it is
The next reader poll can be found on the right....
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