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From the floor of Legislation to the Field of Dreams: NYS Senator Jeremy Cooney joins the Game at the Corners
[Jeremy Cooney pitching; Joe Schaal catching; David Kramer umpiring at the Twelve Corners Middle...
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School of the Arts completes successful season after hosting sectionals at Cobb’s Hill
[5/25/22 SOTA players were in good spirits if maybe a little subdued during the sectional loss to...
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Brighton Town Council Member Jason DiPonzio shows his stuff at the first pitch at the Game at the Corners
[5/1/22 Jason DiPonzio preparing for the first pitch. Except where indicated, photos by David...
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If it’s baseball season, it’s Bill Pruitt: “Pennant Race 2022”
[Editor’s note. Bill makes a distressing prediction that sometime around 2050 MLB will go to...
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The rematch that will not be and the curse of Pete Rose
Rarely does a loss by a sports team bother me. Sunday’s overtime defeat of the Bills by the...
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With 1969 as a precursor, are Rochestarians seeing the last pitcher bat?
[Pitcher Ian Anderson batting for Atlanta. Note in the closed caption, the announcers were...
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Catch the Sluggers at Meridian Centre Park in Brighton; Talker pitches in.
[9/18/21 Meridian Centre Park in Brighton. Professional umpire David Kramer dusting off home...
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A day at the ballpark with the Red Wings On Field Host and Sports Entertainer
[9/16/21 Rochester Red Wings Team Store. Nicole Boyle, Director of Merchandising (left) and Team...
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The Boys and Girls of Summer complete 22nd season of the Game at the Corners.
[9/5/21 The final Sunday of the Game at the Corners. The celebrating team won 25 – 5,...
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50 years ago when the Pittsburgh Pirates fielded a team of “All brothers out there”
As seen in 45 years ago when the Pittsburgh Pirates fielded a team of “All brothers out...
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Sectional extravaganza in Brighton
[6/9/21 School of the Art’s Abel Austin hurling against the McQuaid Jesuit High School...
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Sectional Extravaganza on Culver Road
6/7/21. [Cobb’s Hill Field # 1 off Culver Road. The School of the Art’s bench looks...
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The Battle of the Birds: Eagles and Silverhawks return to Cobb’s Hill in a barnburner
[5/21/21 School of the Arts runner scores at the East Eagles vs. SOTA Silverhawks game at...
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Brighton Town Supervisor Bill “Shohei” Moehle throws out first pitch, goes two for three with 2 RBI’s in the Game at the Corners
5/2/21 Brighton Town Supervisor William Moehle pitching at the Game at the Corners, left fielder...
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The umpires are back in business at Cobb’s Hill
[4/24/21 Umpire Mike Blythers at the first softball tournament of the season at Cobb’s Hill....
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Cricket on the playing fields of Brighton
[Cricket at the Brighton High School baseball diamond. Batter dodging a thrown pitch. Photos by...
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Introductions
[Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 1981. Caption: Dave Kramer of Brighton concentrates on his next...
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Rachel’s Rebel Roots
RAB with FDR in Washington Square Park 6/16/16 I went to Washington Square Park to hear why Rachel...
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Che of The Town: Interviews (1-107)
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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The Presidential Visits Series in its entirety: James Monroe to Joseph Biden
Of the 44 men who have served as President of the United States, 32 have stopped in Rochester...
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Site says Brighton is best place to live in New York
Twelve Corners Memorial Park, Brighton, NY 4/5/18 [Photo: David Kramer] Recently, the Rochester...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s 1995 “Billy Pilgrim” pilgrimage to the Mt. Hope grave of Edward R. Crone Jr, Brighton High School ’41
Provided by Rosemary Lloyd. Signed copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Slaughterhouse-Five by...
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“Mr. Crane’s Vivid Story:” New and Improved
The Wells-Brown Room, Rush Rhees library, the University of Rochester. Just SOME of Crane’s books...
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Why I voted for Adam Bello and a trip down Talker political memory lane, 2015 – 2021
Adam Bello at the 2019 Labor Day Parade. [Photo: David Kramer] SEE ALL PHOTOS 2015 – 2021...
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Dr. Joseph Roby could not save Lenore Engel, 11, victim of the 1918 pandemic buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery
Growing up on 39 Wilkins Street near Joseph Avenue in a German, possibly Jewish, family, Lenore...
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When Washington Square Park felt like Tiananmen Square
The bus stop on Court Street [Photo: David Kramer, 9/4/20] Last Friday, September the 4th, I heard...
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In search of the missing 19 granite timepieces at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1973 – September 11th, 2001
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Highland Park. The area that contained the missing last 19 granite...
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Bill Pruitt celebrates Talker’s sixth birthday with “Human News”
[Lux Lounge at 666 South Avenue, Photo: David Kramer, 9/20/21, see Impromptu poetry slam at Lux...
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