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Washington Nationals Coach Don Buford recalls Earl Weaver, the '69 World Series and USC Football. Welcome to JOHNNY V SPORTS and BEYOND THE GAME.


This site highlights baseball, football, and other sports.

From the bench to the front office, the games on and off the playing field,
Johnny V Sports gives unique insight about diamonds and gridirons.

Historical, legal, and economic, assessments about the happenings
in and around the major, minor, and independent leagues will be found here.

Whether you follow the NFL, CFL, NFL Europe, AFL, AFL2, or
MLB, International, New York-Penn, Eastern, Atlantic League action
you'll bookmark Johnny V Sports.

Who's Johnny V? See: About Page.


Like to have Johnny V as a guest speaker? Click on: Contact Page.


Latest Baseball Book Reviews? Go to:Custom Page.


Top Flight Football Titles are at: Custom2 Page

 

 TITLE TAGS FOR SPORT DADS!

 

YASTRZEMSKI by Carl Yastrzemski (Rugged Land) with DVD, the last player to nab MLB's Triple Crown tells his 23 year Diamond game odessey. This year marks the 40th Anniversary of Yaz's feat.

 

 

LEVEL PLAYING FIELDS by Peter Morris (University of Nebraska) the Murphy Brothers were not home run hitters or pitching aces but as the first family of groundkeepers they forever shaped the game of baseball.

 

 

SENIOR YEAR by Dan Shaughnessy (Houghton Mifflin) sport scribe Shaughnessy has covered Super Bowls and World Series. But far more fulfilling to him was a season watching his son play for the Newton High Nine.

 

 

THIRD AND A MILE: The Trials and Triumphs of the Black Quarterback by William Rhoden (ESPN Books) after Jackie Robinson, after Texas Western beat Kentucky on the Hardcourt, America's black signal callers were still on the sidelines. Not until the late 1960s did the athletic world's staunchest racial barrier begin breaking down.



WHITE PLAINS NY CABLE TELEVISION CHANNEL 76

JOHNNY V Hosts: BEYOND THE GAME.

TUESDAYS 10:00PM & FRIDAYS 9:00PM

Sports Talk highlighting Baseball history and Off-The-Diamond topics.



Upcoming Episodes:

CRAZY '08 author CAIT MURPHY.

CONFESSIONS OF A FIGHTER with 1971 Golden Gloves Finalist PETER WOOD.

WERNER ROTH, Captain New York Cosmos and Pele Teammate.

SABR's DEADBALL STARS OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE with DON JENSEN.

NY Cosmos Tales with PEPPE PINTON.

MICHAEL MORRISSEY New York Post sports writer & author PRIDE AND THE PRESSURE.

2005 Casey Award Winner and author, TOM STANTON TY and THE BABE.

ESPN-PRO FOOTBALL ENCYCLOPEDIA MATTHEW SILVERMAN co-editor.

BRANCH RICKEY: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman author LEE LOWENFISH

BEYOND THE GAME also airs in Scarsdale, NY and Greenburgh, NY  Channel 76
Check local listings for precise times!

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*Events *Book Reviews *Interviews


KEY BASEBALL HAPPENINGS:

March 28, 2007  Last day to request unconditional release waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2007 salary.

April 1, 2007  Opening Day.  Active Rosters reduced to 25 players. NY Metropolitians at St. Louis Redbirds nest.

May 21, 2007 Hall of Fame game, Baltimore O's v. Toronto. Cooperstown, NY.

June 7-9, 2007 Amateur draft.

July 10, 2007 All-Star game, at Frisco.

July 29, 2007 HOF inductions (The Cal & Tony show).

July 31, 2007 Last day to trade a player without securing waivers.

Sept. 1, 2007 Active rosters expand to 40 players.

Oct. 23, 2007 World Series starts.

Oct/Nov 2007 Free agent filing period, first 15 days after the Fall Classic.

Nov. 6-9, 2007 General Managers' Meetings, Orlando Florida.

Dec. 1, 2007 Last day for teams to offer salary arbitration to their former players who became free agents.

Dec. 3-6, 2007 Winter Meetings, Nashville, TN.

Dec. 7, 2007 Last day for free agents offered salary arbitration to accept the offers.

Dec. 12, 2007 Last day for teams to offer 2008 contracts to unsigned players.

 

FOR ALL OTHER EVENTS, Baseball Book Reviews, Interviews, go to Custom Page


Reds Skipper & once Bronx Bomber Jerry Narron talks about Yankee Legend Thurman Munson. WESTCHESTER BASEBALL GROUP
Westchester Baseball Group meets monthly (1st Thursdays) 7:00pm-9:00pm
Greenburgh Town Hall located at 177 Hillside Avenue, Elmsford, NY.

Clink on link and join WBG yahoo group for all the lastest info.
More information about Westchester Baseball Group


Join Johnny V and other hardball enthusiasts from the Tri-State area in discussion about the legends and not so greats of the game. Hot debates. Who should and should NOT be in the Hall of Fame.
What was the greatest Yankee line-up of all time?  What if Joe DiMaggio had played for the Red Sox?

Past meetings have featured speakers like New York Giant Sal Yvers, Jackie Robinson teamate Jack Randall, famed league jumper Danny Gardella, Minnesota Twins Scout Brian Collins.

And each month Johnny V names just the title or two, you'll want to add to your sports reading library.

Want more info about the latest baseball book reviews? See: CUSTOM PAGE.





HOT BASEBALL BIZ BRIEFS:

DRIVING FOR THE BALLPARK

Texas DOT is offering Houston Astros speciality license plates. The plates highlight the Stros primary logo. A portion of the license fee goes to the Harris County-Houston Sport Authority. The Authority will use the proceeds for maintenance and improvements at Minute Maid Park. 

What was 3,499th?

In 2008 the Philadelphia Phillies AAA minor league team will be called the Leigh Valley IronPigs. The moniker contest had 3,500 entries. The IronPigs name refers to the area's steel industry.