Matt Breen

1 week ago | inquirer.com | Matt Breen

There were enough New York fans in the crowd most nights in Lakewood, N.J., that Jeff Manto knew better than to turn around when he heard the woman screaming his name from the crowd. In the summer of 2002, Manto was the manager of the BlueClaws — a Phillies minor-league affiliate — and didn’t need to be heckled in his home park. So he ignored her until the game was over. “I finally said, ‘Lady, what do you want?’” Manto said. “She said, ‘I’m your counselor.

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Matt Breen

PHILADELPHIA - Fred Nori opened packs of baseball cards in the 1950s at his father's small corner store in Ohio, hoping to find a Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays inside. If so, Nori and a buddy would remove the stars, replace them with lesser cards, and reseal the pack before placing it back on the store's shelf. It was a perfect operation until a customer complained to Nori's father: The pack of baseball cards he bought at the Middletown, Ohio, store was missing bubble gum.

1 week ago | kdhnews.com | Matt Breen

PHILADELPHIA - Fred Nori opened packs of baseball cards in the 1950s at his father's small corner store in Ohio, hoping to find a Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays inside. If so, Nori and a buddy would remove the stars, replace them with lesser cards, and reseal the pack before placing it back on the store's shelf. It was a perfect operation until a customer complained to Nori's father: The pack of baseball cards he bought at the Middletown, Ohio, store was missing bubble gum.

1 week ago | thederrick.com | Matt Breen

PHILADELPHIA — Fred Nori opened packs of baseball cards in the 1950s at his father’s small corner store in Ohio, hoping to find a Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays inside. If so, Nori and a buddy would remove the stars, replace them with lesser cards, and reseal the pack before placing it back on the store’s shelf. It was a perfect operation until a customer complained to Nori’s father: The pack of baseball cards he bought at the Middletown, Ohio, store was missing bubble gum.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Matt Breen

PHILADELPHIA - Fred Nori opened packs of baseball cards in the 1950s at his father's small corner store in Ohio, hoping to find a Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays inside. If so, Nori and a buddy would remove the stars, replace them with lesser cards, and reseal the pack before placing it back on the store's shelf. It was a perfect operation until a customer complained to Nori's father: The pack of baseball cards he bought at the Middletown, Ohio, store was missing bubble gum.