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Larry Anderson

Larry Anderson was a three-sport star at Curtis High School, a two-time all-city centerfielder, football MVP and basketball point guard, and winner of the 1960 Robert Maranville Award as the top student-athlete in New York City. Anderson captained the baseball team at NYU, and played on the basketball team ranked No. 1 for a time in the country. He returned to coach the Curtis basketball team to three Island titles, and guide the Wagner College (Read more...)

George Bamberger

George Bamberger had two stints as manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, sandwiched around a brief stint with the New York Mets; but he was best known as the pitching coach of the Baltimore Orioles. After appearing in 595 games as a pitcher – all but 10 in the minor leagues – Bamberger spent a decade in Baltimore, where he tutored 18 20-game winners and four Cy Young Award winners.(Read more...)

Larry Bearnarth

Larry Bearnarth carved out a 40-year career in baseball, first as the top relief pitcher for the early New York Mets, and later as the longtime pitching coach for the Montreal Expos, a minor-league manager, instructor, and scout. Bearnarth was captain of the baseball and basketball teams at St. Peter’s High School and an All-East pitcher at St. John’s, where he led the Redmen to a Met Conference championship and the NCAA Tournament.(Read more...)

Nick Bilotti

Nick Bilotti was still a teenager when he guided the Tompkinsville Violets – a sandlot baseball team of 14, 15 and 16-year olds – to the first of six Kiwanis state championships. In the decades that followed, he coached high school baseball, basketball and soccer, before engineering the rebirth of football at Port Richmond High School. Named to lead a struggling new school, he turned Staten Island Tech into one of the city’s academic jewels, (Read more...)

Julie Bowers

Julie Bowers, an outstanding defensive catcher, and line-drive hitter was already in his mid-twenties when he got to organized baseball’s minor leagues, after starting his pro career with the New York Black Yankees of the Negro Leagues. Too old to be considered a big-league prospect, he hit .291 over five minor-league seasons, made a Northern League all-star team, and served as a role model and early mentor to future Milwaukee Brave stars Wes Covington and (Read more...)