New Jersey Jackals play first recreation at Hinchliffe Stadium
PATERSON, N.J. – Stealing is often verboten in nationwide parks. But for Nilo Rijo, it was historic.
Rijo, a 24-year-old Dominican second baseman for the New Jersey Jackals who moved to New Jersey 11 years in the past and performed highschool ball six miles away at Passaic High, swiped second base within the first inning of the primary skilled baseball recreation at Hinchliffe Stadium in practically 73 years. With the stadium a part of the adjoining Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, it’s the one ballpark inside a nationwide park, making for lots of firsts in Sunday’s 10-6 Jackals victory over the Sussex County Miners in an unbiased Frontier League recreation.
“You guys know how fast I am, so I’m gonna go for it right away,” Rijo stated after the sport when requested if he was ...