Anthony, 37 — a Staten Island native who pitched mainly for the Atlanta Braves during his six-year MLB career — joined the Port Authority Police Department in 2016.
A former Major League Baseball pitcher who left the mound to become a Port Authority cop was killed in a wrong-way crash Sunday — while headed to work at Manhattan’s 9/11 service, cops and sources said.
Tragic Officer Anthony Varvaro, 37 — a Staten Island native who pitched mainly for the Atlanta Braves during his six-year MLB career — joined the Port Authority Police Department in 2016, starting outThe married father of four eventually became an instructor at the department’s police academy, the mag said in February — and a Port Authority source told The Post on Sunday that Varvaro was headed to work at the commemoration of the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks at the World Trade...
“He was a real sweetheart,” said a Staten Island baseball coach whose team had played against kids coached by Varvaro. “He didn’t have an attitude. You would never know that he pitched in the Major Leagues,” the coach said of the cop.Anthony Varvaro, a Staten Island native, pitched mainly for the Atlanta Braves during his six-year MLB career.Authorities said Varvaro was killed in a head-on crash near Exit 14-C in a Jersey City stretch of the New Jersey Turnpike.The source said the cop helped children learn the game in his off time.
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