Analysis: 2024 local baseball products currently playing at college level
There are 194 college players in the 2024 season from the New Orleans metropolitan area identified in the Metro New Orleans Area Player Database.
view moreFormer Rummel, UNO two-way standout Jim Bullinger had rare major-league game in 1992
Jim Bullinger had played in big games as a shortstop and pitcher with Rummel High School, followed by his career with the University of New Orleans. None were quite like June 8, 1992 in the big leagues.
view moreRemembering Moon Landrieu: From ballplayer to Mayor
Most New Orleanians remember Moon Landrieu as the progressive mayor of the city from 1970 to 1978. What they may not know is that he was quite a baseball pitcher from his early teenage years through college.
view moreBlack History Month: Willie Mays brought barnstorming baseball team to New Orleans in 1956
Twenty-five-year-old Willie Mays had just finished his fifth major-league season when he organized a barnstorming baseball tour that included New Orleans.
view moreBlack History Month: The story of major-league baseball’s integration omitted New Orleans native Johnny Wright
Everyone knows Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major-league baseball in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. What everyone doesn’t know is that New Orleans native Johnny Wright, a Negro League star pitcher in the late 1930s and 1940s, was slated by the Dodgers to join Robinson in the historic integration of baseball.
view moreRemembering the baseball career of former De La Salle and Loyola star pitcher Gerry Schoen
Perhaps the autographed baseball by the New Orleans Pelicans that Gerry Schoen possessed as a youngster provided the inspiration to pursue a professional baseball career.
view moreMel Ott League part of the fabric of New Orleans baseball in ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s
The league became extremely popular with fans because they could follow teams featuring former professional and college players, as well as current college players who were no longer age-eligible for other amateur leagues.
view moreGreat-grandson of former New Orleanian Joe Vitter aims to chronicle his pro baseball career
Ian O’Dougherty knew his great-grandfather Joe Vitter had been a professional baseball player, originally from New Orleans. But he didn’t know much about the details of his career that spanned the 1930s and 1940s.
view moreRemembering Tim Parenton’s career as four-sport player for Jesuit High School
The Jesuit High School family was saddened by the passing of Tim Parenton on October 30. He played high school sports at a time when athletes routinely participated in multiple sports.
view moreFormer Archbishop Shaw and Tulane pitcher J.P. France has solid outing in MLB postseason debut
The right-hander was called on in the fifth inning to stymy the Texas Rangers’ bats while giving his team a chance to catch up from a three-run deficit.
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