Author: Travis Heiser

The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs are pleased to announce its New York METS Dream Night at Citi Field raffle, running now through June 2011. Don’t miss out your chance to have the ultimate baseball fan experience. Tickets are sure to sell out. So don’t wait, get yours TODAY!!

The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs Baseball team exists because of the generous and continued support of our contributors, advertisers and the year- round efforts of a small core of committed local volunteers. These individuals invest many hours of their valuable time, because they love baseball and believe the DiamondDawgs make an important contribution to the quality of our community. It’s a labor of love, but we could sure use some more help!

The schedule for the third Annual Mohawk Valley Baseball / DiamondDawgs Baseball Hall of Fame Dinner, which will take place Friday, January 21st at Knights Inn in Little Falls, has been announced. The dinner will feature former Mets great Ron Darling as keynote speaker.

A fantastic live auction is part of the evening’s festivities featuring valuable gifts donated by local merchants and supporters. The event is being sponsored by the BRiDGES to Prevent Tobacco, The Herkimer Diamond Mines and Audio Bookshelf.

The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs proudly presents the first inductee of the 2011 Mohawk Valley Baseball Hall of Fame

The first inductee of the 3rd annual Mohawk Valley Baseball Hall of Fame Class is former Ilion high school and Cortland State baseball star Cory Haggerty. Cory along with the other inductees, which will be announced after Christmas will be will be honored at an induction dinner on Friday, January 21st at the Knights Inn in Little Falls. Former NY Mets Star Ron Darling will be the keynote speaker at the event. Darling, now a television announcer for the New York Mets and TBS national broadcasts, pitched 13 Major League seasons for the Mets, Oakland A’s and Montreal Expos. He won 15 games for the 1986 World Series champion Mets and pitched in the 1985 All-Star Game. A Yale University graduate and the owner of 136 victories at the big league level, Darling also received an Emmy Award as Best Sports Analyst in 2006.

The evening will be emceed by Little Falls native and current WKTV News Channel 2 Reporter Pat Bailey

Tickets for the 2010 Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs /Mohawk Valley Baseball Hall of Fame Dinner are $40 for adults and $20 for children under 12 and can be purchased by calling (315) 985-0692 or by emailing President/GM Travis Heiser at Travis@MyDiamondDawgs.com

A fantastic live auction is part of the evening’s festivities featuring valuable gifts donated by local merchants and supporters. The event is being sponsored by the BRiDGES to Prevent Tobacco, The Herkimer Diamond Mines and Audio Bookshelf.

THIS SPECIAL EVENING WILL BE PACKED WITH HUNDREDS OF BASEBALL FANS FROM ALL OVER THE MOHAWK VALLEY, THERE ARE ONLY 61 TICKETS LEFT SO RESERVE YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!

Ron Darling has replaced former teammate Dwight Gooden as the keynote speaker for the Mohawk valley DiamondDawgs hot stove dinner on January 21st at the Knights Inn in Little Falls.

Darling, now a television announcer for the New York Mets and TBS national broadcasts, pitched 13 Major League seasons for the Mets, Oakland A’s and Montreal Expos. He won 15 games for the 1986 World Series champion Mets and pitched in the 1985 All-Star Game. A Yale University graduate and the owner of 136 victories at the big league level, Darling also received an Emmy Award as Best Sports Analyst in 2006.

The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs, along with six other NYCBL members have left the league and formed their own league. The newly formed league will partner with Perfect Game USA and will be known as the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League.

FORMER ROOKIE OF THE YEAR and CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER to HIGHLIGHT the DIAMONDDAWGS ANNUAL HALL of FAME DINNER

The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs are pleased to announce that former New York Mets and Yankee star Dwight Gooden will be their guest and the featured speaker at this January’s Hall of Fame Dinner Banquet to be held at the Knights Inn in Little Falls on Friday, January 21st. Doors will open at 5:15 P.M. with Dwight Gooden available for autographs at 5:30 P.M. with dinner and live auction to follow. The evening will conclude with the induction of the newest members being inducted into the Mohawk Valley Baseball Hall of Fame. Inductees will be announced in the coming weeks.

Players are housed by families in the Mohawk Valley Area. Local housing allows the athletes to become a part of our community while they play here during the summer season.

The DiamondDawg Baseball Team would not be the success it has become without the help of the Host Families, who open their homes to the players every summer. To the 2011 families, the DiamondDawgs say ‘Thank you”

If you would be interested in becoming a Host Family for 2012, contact Travis Heiser at 315-985-0692 or via email at travis@mydiamonddawgs.com