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Jimmy Joyce Does It With The Bat and On the Hill In Wantagh’s Game One Win
by Vinny Messana As Wantagh’s Head Coach Keith Sachs noted “this ain’t the pros,” so when his ace, Jimmy Joyce, is struggling with his command during the seventh inning of Game One of the Nassau County Class A Finals, you let him figure it out. “I couldn’t find the strike zone,” said Joyce, who experienced a brief bout with Steve Blass Disease after retiri...
Chris Cappas Pitches Kellenberg into CHSAA Finals
by Vinny Messana At this stage of the season, all the teams in the CHSAA are very familiar with each other. For that reason, when tasked with facing a pitcher (Jimmy Conway) that shut them out earlier in the season, there was no reason to think gloom-and-doom. Kellenberg (17-5) defeated St. Dominic’s (16-9) by the score of 5-3 to advance to the CHSAA finals against the winner of St. Anthony&...
Introducing the No. 2 Prospect on Long Island
by Vinny Messana The comparisons are too easy to make at this point–how many 6’10” left-handed pitchers with a dynamite fastball can you think of? St. Dominic’s ace, Kyle Young, can only embrace it. “I think it’s one of the best compliments I can receive,” said the big lefty. “He’s one of the best pitchers ever,” he added. Now, while the ...
Introducing the No. 3 Prospect on the Island
by Vinny Messana Shoreham-Wading River’s second-year Head Coach, Kevin Willi, remembers watching Keith Osik and Eric Strovink play when he was seven-years-old on their way to the school’s first New York State title. Now he has an even closer look at one of the top players in the northeast region and that’s his shortstop and ace, Brian Morrell. “Pretty much every coach IR...
Power Rankings Volume 8
by Vinny Messana It was a pretty wild week in college baseball. Last week’s number No. 4 team had their season end prematurely. The No. 3 team was swept, the No. 2 team lost three of four and the No.1 team was idle. There will be some shake up. 1.St. Joseph’s Record: 23-10, Stock UP They have won nine games in a row and they are peaking at the right time. Today they easily took care of...
College Baseball Mock Draft
Here is a list of the top college baseball players on Long Island as of May 2016. 1) John Rooney-Freshman, Hofstra [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSiJ-4J2Ae8?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent] Rooney is just a freshman but is already the most pro-ready player on Long Island. He is a lefty that throws 88-...
Jimmy Joyce Rips Game-Winning Double to Win the Battle of the O’Brien’s
by Vinny Messana When you have an high-octane offense and stingy pitching staff such as the Wantagh Warriors, you don’t have to play many close ballgames. In fact, of their previous 12 wins, only one was a one-run ballgame. When they’re facing one of the elite pitchers on Long Island in Brandon O’Brien, however, you must get the clutch hits. That’s exactly what they got in ...
Power Rankings Volume 7
by Vinny Messana It has become a weekly tradition that the teams at the top of this ranking scuffle a bit and the lower-tier teams get hot just to make things a bit murkier here at Baseball on the Island. Nevertheless, I will try my best to make sense of it and organize these teams accordingly. 1.Suffolk CC Record: 22-6, Stock UP I know, I know. How can he put a Ju-Co in front of Div-I, II ...
April 30 Recap
by Danny Gatta This is a full recap of today’s college baseball action. Division I: Stony Brook swept a double header against conference foe UMBC by the scores of 4-1 and 3-2. Chad Lee pitched eight great innings for the Seawolves, allowing only three hits and one run while striking out three. A leadoff triple by Handley in the first evened the score at one. Giles singled home Real in the fourth t...
Rooney capitalizes on pitching role as freshman
(This article was submitted from the Hofstra Chronicle) by P.J. Potter First year pitchers typically do not step on the mound until the later innings of the game. But John Rooney has been given the chance not many first year pitchers get to experience: starting in a conference game. “I’m really happy the coaches have the confidence in me to go from reliever to starter,” John Rooney, a 6-foot-5-inc...
Power Rankings Volume 6
by Vinny Messana After one week of being in the top spot, Stony Brook relinquished their spot by getting swept this weekend at Bryant University. There will be a new one number–but a familiar one considering how the first four weeks of the season went. Farmingdale has the biggest jump after another weekend sweep, they’ve now won seven in a row. LIU Post also makes a jump after a four-g...
What’s On Tap for This Week
by BOTI Staff Last week was a wild and crazy one for the local teams. Lots of shake ups in the Power Rankings, but still plenty of ball to play. Here’s what’s on tap for the college teams this week: Division-I: Stony Brook will travel to New Rochelle on Tuesday to take on the Gaels of Iona. They are struggling and sit at 7-25. This weekend they will face a much greater challenge when t...
