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Jul 25, 2024 | sports.yahoo.com | Granby-East Granby |CT Patch

A rich family baseball tradition continues in East Granby, as a former standout high school player and son of the owner of four World Series rings has signed a contract to play professionally. Christian Fagnant, a left-handed hitting catcher who was an All-Conference player for the Crusaders before graduating in 2019, signed Monday with the Washington Nationals' organization.

Jul 5, 2024 | sports.yahoo.com | CT Patch

Jim Spanswick, a left-handed pitcher who parlayed his tremendous success at Enfield High School into a four-year career in professional baseball, passed away recently. The 6-foot-2 Spanswick graduated from Enfield in 1959, having twirled three no-hitters, including a pair of back-to-back gems. At age 18, Jim Spanswick split his debut pro season with two Class D teams: the Waterloo Hawks of the Midwest League and the Corning Red Sox of the New York-Penn League.

Feb 20, 2024 | sports.yahoo.com | CT Patch

Sitting on the stage where Grammy Hall of Famer Dionne “good-singing” Warwick had performed “I 'll Never Fall In Love Again” two nights earlier, Mets Hall of Famer Gary "pen-dropper" Cohen, in effect, told the team's fans not to throw away their, “Ya Gotta Believe In Uncle Steve” T-shirts.

Feb 6, 2024 | sports.yahoo.com | CT Patch

Rasal of course is a 38-year-old harbor seal at the Maritime Aquarium. On Tuesday, Rasal picked up a red toy torpedo instead of a gold one, signifying her prediction that Kansas City will win out over San Francisco in Super Bowl LVIII.

Jul 3, 2023 | chabad.org | New Milford |CT Patch

The NASCAR racing cars roared through Chicago city streets on Sunday reaching speeds of well- over 100 miles an hour. Watching from a 20th-floor apartment overlooking the city while sharing kosher food and words of Torah were members of the city’s South Loop Jewish community who had gathered in the home of Musky and Rabbi Mordechai Gershon. co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center of South Loop.