Author: Vinny Messana

Photo is credited to Farmingdalesports.com One of the more underrated players on Long Island the past four seasons has been David Zilnicki of Farmingdale State. The 22-year-old outfielder has quietly been the catalyst on four-straight conference winning clubs. I had the chance to play with him in 2010-’11 and he is a hard-working individual and a pesky hitter atop the order. He is already th...

Sunday featured some huge match ups for Long Island teams. Here is everything that happened. Farmingdale vs Old Westbury: Two bitter rivals matched up in a Skyline Conference double header which was a rematch of the 2012 conference finals. The Rams won the first game by the score of 8-4. Mike Dolce was the winning pitcher as he improves his record to 2-0 on the season. He relieved Anthony Eilers w...

Adelphi: In their first conference games of the season, the Panthers were swept by St. Thomas Acquinas. In Game 1, despite issuing 12 walks the Panthers came back from a 7-5 deficit thanks to a home run from Anthony Zarrella. Unfortunately in extra innings they allowed two runs to score on wild pitches which was the difference. In Game 2, sophomore Mike Cranston (5-0 in 2012) had a rough day allow...

Photo is credited to DowlingAthletics.com Dowling fell to St. Thomas Aquinas (STAC) in their conference opener by a score of 6-4. The loss drops the Golden Lions to an overall record of 4-9. In the fourth, Dowling took a 2-1 lead thanks to an RBI hit by junior Andrew Abreu. Unfortunately, Tyler Badamo was unable to hold the fort as he surrendered three runs to STAC on an RBI double and single.  Do...

Photo is credited to AUPanthers.com The Panthers of Adelphi have turned around their season since their 23-2 thrashing at the hands of Barry University in Miami. They have now won four games in a row with their most recent win coming against Concordia by the score of 7-6. Freshman pitcher Jonathon Mulford threw 6.1 innings allowing three earned runs and was in line for the win when Vincent Caputo ...

There were no games yesterday due to the inclement weather. Today Adelphi, Dowling and Molloy will be in action. Tomorrow and Sunday virtually every team will be playing and we will have the recap of each game with links to the box scores. Stay tuned.

Photo is credited to sportsreelboston.com Long Island has its fair share of players in professional baseball. Here on Baseball on the Island, we will take a look at how the careers have progressed of past Long Island greats. Up first is Joe Nathan, formerly a member of the Stony Brook Seawolves. Background: Joe Nathan was actually a shortstop for the Seawolves when they were a Division-III team in...

Photo is credited to AUPanther.com Nick Zito of Adelphi University smacks a double in the Panther’s 12-2 win over Felician.

Although it comes a month in the NCAA season, there is now a way for baseball junkies on Long Island to keep track of all the local teams in the area. College baseball in New York has taken on a greater national presence thanks to the improbable run of Stony Brook last season. The word “improbable” may only be appropriate when considering their track record as opposed to some of the po...