Spring Baseball Homecoming Tailgate

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Watch our Lions take on the Princeton Tigers this Saturday at Baker Field.

Date: This Saturday, April 21st : 11:30am - 2:30pm

It's the Spring Homecoming Game so there will be extra excitement, celebration and cheer to be had, so bring your school spirit!

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We have secured a parking spot over looking the stadium and will be serving a yummy lunch and a variety drinks to all who attend. 

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Location: Head to Baker Field at 218th Street & Broadway.  Just look for our balloons/flags and signs in the parking lot next to the baseball stadium inside the complex.

Transportation:  
Free parking is available at the field inside the complex, Parking Lot B, on a first come basis so come early to grab a spot.  There is also free street parking near the stadium and a garage parking facility only a few blocks away.  Free Shuttle Bus - Leaving from Morning Side campus hourly on the day of the game.
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DIRECTIONS TO BAKER ATHLETICS COMPLEX:

(Note - Parking in and around Baker Athletics Complex is extremely limited. Fans are encouraged to use mass transit when possible.)

BY AUTOMOBILE: From WEST SIDE HIGHWAY/HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY: Exit Dyckman Street, and proceed east to Broadway. Make a left on Broadway and proceed 20 blocks north to 218th Street.

From FDR/HARLEM RIVER DRIVE: Continue north to end of Harlem River Drive. Bear right at light and proceed north on 10th Avenue to 218th Street.

*From MAJOR DEEGAN EXPRESSWAY (I-87): Exit 230th Street. Proceed on 230th Street westbound (from north – make right at light; from south make left at light). Continue on 230th Street to Broadway. Make left on Broadway and proceed 12 blocks to 218th Street.

From WEST: Take George Washington Bridge and follow signs for Henry Hudson Parkway North or Major Deegan Expressway North (follow directions above).

From NORTH: Take Cross-Westchester Expressway (I-287) or Cross-County Parkway west to Saw Mill River Parkway south. Take the Saw Mill to the Henry Hudson Parkway South or Major Deegan Expressway South (follow directions above).

From NEW ENGLAND: Take Connecticut Turnpike (I-95) to Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95). Exit Cross Bronx to Major Deegan Expressway North or Henry Hudson Parkway North (follow directions above).

From LONG ISLAND: Take Long Island Expressway East to Clearview Expressway North, or Northern State Parkway/Grand Central Parkway East to Cross Island Parkway North to Throgs Neck Bridge. Bear left after toll for Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95) South (follow directions above).

From SOUTH: Take New Jersey Turnpike North to Exit 18 George Washington Bridge (follow directions above). 
*Commercial and Oversize Vehicles must use Major Deegan Expressway

By MTA NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY: Broadway-Seventh Avenue IRT Local ("1" train) north or south to 215th Street, then walk two blocks north and cross Broadway at W. 218th Street. OR 8th Avenue IND Express ("A" train) north to 207th Street, then proceed north to 218th Street.

By MTA METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAIL: Marble Hill Station is located just across the Harlem River from Baker Athletics Complex, at 225th Street. Walk east to Broadway, then south across the Broadway Bridge to 218th Street.

MORE ON PHIL SATOW AND HAL ROBERTSON

“Phil and Hal have taken the facilities for Columbia Baseball to the top of the Ivy League,” noted head coach Brett Boretti. “Having a great facility is extremely important in the recruiting process and also in the everyday teaching capability of our staff. We now feel we have the best facility in order to teach our guys as best as we can.”

Satow played baseball, both in high school, where he captained the Erasmus Hall High team and at Columbia. He played second base on several excellent Lion teams, including the 1963 squad that won the Eastern/Ivy League title in a tie with Dartmouth and Navy.

“[The gift] was a natural fit,” Satow said. “I love Columbia. I have always been a supporter of Columbia Athletics. And I love baseball; it is one of the loves of my life.”

Satow graduated in 1963 with a degree in economics and entered Naval Officers Candidate School. He served four years as a naval officer, rising to the rank of lieutenant junior grade, the final two in Washington, D.C. While stationed there, he earned a masters in economics at Georgetown, and later spent 14 years at Pfizer, rising to Vice President, Pfizer Europe, and later moved on to Forest Laboratories, joining the firm when it was just a small concern. He became Forest's Executive Vice President for marketing and a member of its board, and then the President of Forest Pharmaceuticals.

He also founded a pharmaceutical company, JDS Pharmaceuticals, with his son Michael ‘88CC. “I started it with my son, we worked it together and sold it. It was the highlight of my career.”

Later, well after graduation, Satow became deeply involved in Columbia College alumni affairs, serving as president of the College alumni association, and on the Board of Visitors; his wife Donna is a 1965 General Studies alumna and two of his three children graduated from the College.

“We are all,” he says, “Columbia people.”

Robertson is a former two-sport student-athlete for Columbia. Not only was he a defensive back for the Lions’ football squad, he started at second base for the baseball team and served as Columbia’s co-captain during his senior year. As a sophomore, Robertson received All-Ivy League recognition after hitting .328 with 24 runs batted in and seven home runs in just 30 games. His seven home runs equaled Lou Gehrig’s 1923 total and ranked second in single-season school history at the time.

“I thought about how much the university has meant to me over the last 30 years and thought it was the right thing to do,” said Robertson of his leadership gift. “Columbia gave me my start to my professional career and this was an opportunity to give back.”

Robertson began his career as an industrial engineer in the food processing industry in Cincinnati after graduating in 1981 with a degree in industrial engineering. For the next several years, Robertson worked in the banking industry while he pursued a master’s in finance at the University of Cincinnati at night. Upon completion of his degree, he went on to work for a Fortune 200 company where he managed the corporate data center.

Two years after he began consulting in the banking industry, Robertson founded Methods Research, Inc. In addition to this company, he is also a majority owner of his own home building business, Heartwood Builders, LLC.

Hal and his wife, Katie, live in Cincinnati with their five children.

WHEN
April 21, 2018 at 11:30am - 2:30pm
WHERE

Robertson Field at Baker Atheltics Complex

533 W 218th St
New York, NY 10034
United States
CONTACT

Alumni Leadership Team

Will you come?

$25.00 Non-Member / Guest - Spring Homecoming Game Includes Lunch & Admission - Save $20 - Become A Member - Visit: https://nj.alumni.columbia.edu/pay_your_dues
$5.00 Paid Member - Spring Baseball Game Only Paid Members - Includes Lunch & Admission- Save $20 - Become A Member - Visit: https://nj.alumni.columbia.edu/pay_your_dues