Bill Shannon Was A New York Baseball Icon In The Press Box

Back in May, outside Gate 4 at Yankee Stadium, where members of the media enter and leave, Bill Shannon was observing a sign situated at Babe Ruth Plaza. The longtime official scorer employed by Major League Baseball who sits up in the press box would question, “Look carefully. What is wrong with the spelling here…?” [...]

Remembering My Friend Bill Shannon

Back in 2007, on a random night at Shea Stadium, I got into a conversation after the Met game about the Brooklyn Dodgers with my friend Bill Shannon. We sat in the cafeteria and gave me – and radio reporter  Bob Trainor – a blow by blow description on why Walter O’Malley moved his team [...]

Capital Odds

It’s not every day that you’ll find a DC sports team favored to win much of anything. Although it’s America’s capital and the place where most major decisions are made, it’s certainly not a city considered to be prime in the realm of sport. No one’s really sure why, but DC teams always fail to [...]

Moreno scores as DC United loses finale 3-2

He did the best he could to make it off the field without his emotions taking over and getting the best of him, the emotions of playing the last game on this field for this club that has been his home and family for basically 15-years. “When I left the field and I saw my [...]

Jaime Moreno wraps up extraordinary career Saturday

Jaime Moreno came to DC United from Middlesbrough in England in 1996 fully expecting to return one day to the soccer’s big time. Fifteen years later he is finally leaving. But he is leaving with an unmatched legacy as perhaps the best player in the history of Major League Soccer and as one of Washington’s [...]

Jaime Moreno wraps up extraordinary career Saturday

Jaime Moreno came to DC United from Middlesbrough in England in 1996 fully expecting to return one day to the soccer’s big time. Fifteen years later he is finally leaving. But he is leaving with an unmatched legacy as perhaps the best player in the history of Major League Soccer and as one of Washington’s [...]

NYC Fireman, Elite Athlete is Long on Inspiration

It all happened in a flash.  An elite athlete, 9/11 survivor and New York City fireman, Matt Long’s life changed forever on Dec. 22, 2005, when, cycling to work, he was struck by a NYC bus.  Doctors doubted he would live, let alone ever walk again. They didn’t know Matt Long. His story, chronicled in [...]

Lazzari’s Baseball Awards

Yes–as autumn baseball winds down with most players now hanging out at the golf course, recognition is in order based on the 2010 regular season: *The STAY AT FIRST Award:  No doubt–goes to Torii Hunter of the L.A. Angels.  Hunter tried to steal 21 times this year and was thrown out on TWELVE occasions–a SB success rate of just 43%.  Just a reminder, Torii:  You’re [...]

An idea and an observation

With but two games remaining, DC United has precious little time to give its fans a reason to for hope for 2011. I think that they can do it. As 2010 has seen the team bump along the bottom of a slough of despond, the players have slowly but consistently improved their shape and vision. [...]

It’s more of the same for DC United in 2-0 loss

Chris Wondolowski continued his torrid goal scoring pace with a stunning goal just moments before halftime, following that up with another one early in the second half as the San Jose Earthquakes clinically dismantled futile DC United 2-0. With the win and Kansas City’s 2-1 home loss to Seattle, the Earthquakes clinched a playoff berth. [...]

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