The East- West Classic in Cooperstown was held on Saturday at the Baseball Hall of Fame, as a tribute to the Negro League and the League's All-Star game.
Jason Smorol has been on the job at Syracuse's NBT Bank Stadium for nearly a decade.
For a generation of baseball fans in Central New York, Smorol is the game's chief cheerleader at the ballpark on Hiawatha Boulevard. At the helm of Triple-A play since the conclusion of the 2013 International League season, there's no separating Smorol from the thrills that is taking place on the city's Northside today.
A Kingston High School grad who spent his childhood watching the NY Mets will instead have the Hudson Valley watch him take the field as he makes the Mets Opening Day roster!