Q & A With Baseball Star, Social Media Mogul Cory Fallon

Garden City native and current junior at Susquehanna University (Sellinsgrove, PA) is a very talented player. Even more impressively, he is a social media mogul that runs the Twitter account @baseballquotes1 that currently has over 100,000 followers.

Our reporter David Moskowitz caught up with him to discuss his playing career and how he built up some an incredible social media following…

You played your high school ball for Garden City and had a very good career, which you capped off with winning the Frank Kieran MVP Award.  How would you describe your time playing for Garden City and what did it mean to you to win that award?

I have played with the same group of guys ever since little league, and being able to play high school ball at Garden City with them and endure the success that we did is something I will always remember. Being around them, as well as the coaching staff, made playing ball at Garden City truly enjoyable and special. Winning the Frank Kieran Award meant a lot to be because it was voted on and decided upon by my teammates. To have them think that highly of me, and to put my name along side some of the other winners in years past is something that I cherish forever.

Is there anyone in particular that had a big influence on your baseball career?

My parents and sister have always supported my throughout my life and encouraged me to be the best player I could be. Coaches Izzo, Menges, Smith, and Sweeney have worked with me throughout my time at Garden City, and developed me as a player and person. I also owe a lot of my success to John Byrne, who works out of the Performance Factory in Farmingdale now, has worked with me since I was 8 or 9 and still works with me to this day.

What was your college recruitment process like? How did you decide that Susquehanna was the school for you?

I had known that I wanted to play college baseball since before I entered high school. At first, I really had no idea of how the process worked, so it was a lot of going to showcases and camps and hoping that a coach would walk up to me and hand me a scholarship, which was not the case. I went on a number of college visits and met with coaches in my junior year and early senior year, and after meeting with Coach Bowers at Susquehanna and seeing the campus and what it had to offer. I knew it was the place for me.

What are your personal and team goals for the upcoming season?

Our team goal every year is to win the Landmark Conference Championship, which we achieved for the first time in school history my freshman year in 2014. Our conference has a lot of talented teams and players, so we need to work hard and play well in order to achieve our goal. On a personal level, I just want to help contribute to the team and do whatever I can that can positively help my teammates and the team as a whole.

I believe that one of the more fascinating things about Long Island baseball is that Suffolk baseball tends to get more attention than Nassau baseball.  Do you agree with that assessment? 

I believe that as well. Nassau has a lot of great teams in it and offers a lot of great competition, and honestly there is nothing better that Nassau County playoff baseball. Even when I come back from school and catch the end of the playoff season, I still get Goosebumps watching the current Garden City play and compete. It was a thrill to play in, and now is a thrill to watch.

Not only do you play at the collegiate level, but you also write for baseballessential.com and run the @baseballquotes1 twitter account. How did you get involved with writing for that website and the twitter account and is it something that could see yourself doing long term?

I founded @BaseballQuotes1 in June 2012, and am the only person who runs the account. It has become something that I did at first for fun, but began to quickly take off and gained a following of now 100,000+. I actually was contacted around April on 2015 by BaseballEssential.com through my twitter account, and have been writing for them since. It’s a great group of guys who are extremely knowledgeable and passionate about baseball. Writing and staying involved in the game of baseball is something I want to do when my playing days are over. It is something that I would like to turn into a career if possible.

Tough question: Which do you enjoy more, playing or writing?

Playing for sure. There is nothing like being out there on the diamond. I know that I will unfortunately have to stop playing baseball at some point, and I’m trying to cherish every second I can. Writing is something that I enjoy, and hope that I can do for a long time.

Clearly you love the game of baseball.  What is it that makes you love the game so much?

It’s just something that I have been doing all of my life. From having a catch with my dad in the backyard, to going to Yankee Stadium and seeing a game, to playing at the high school and collegiate level. Baseball has always been there for me, and is something that makes me happy. I enjoy playing, as well as learning about its rich and never ending history.

Any parting words of wisdom?

Just to have fun. This is a great game to play, and you need to enjoy yourself while playing it. To quote the great Benny Rodriguez, “Man this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking, just have fun.”