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Mailbag! Volume 1
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Welcome to our first edition of our newest segment. This will be a collaboration of the best emails we received of the week in regards to players, teams, and anything else connected to Long Island baseball. We hope you enjoy… Why do you hate Nassau County high school baseball? It’s ridiculous how much attention you showed the Suffolk Teams and almost nothing...
Adam Heidenfelder Poised For Rebound in 2016
Photo Credit: James Escher Baseball can be a humbling game as we all know. The feeling of invincibility can quickly turn on you. Just one year ago, Adam Heidenfelder was on the mountain top. He was coming off his second straight Diamond Award, given to the top player in Nassau County. He compiled all the gaudy numbers–6-1 record, 0.42 ERA and 95 strikeouts. That followed up his junior campai...
Which School Had the Best Recruiting Class?
It’s always a compelling arms race to see which school can land the best talent around. The great thing about the class of 2015 is that many of them chose to stay on Long Island. According to the top prospect list compiled by Blue Chip Prospects, numbers three, four, five, seven, eight, nine and 11 are all staying on Long Island. Several of the remaining players on the list will be as well. ...
All-Long Island Team (College)
We are coming off another wildly entertaining season in Long Island college baseball. Here are my picks for the best player at each position. Italicized letters represent that the player led Long Island in that statistic. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208630454″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_...
The Medical Marvel
When you hear the diagnosis of ‘torn UCL’, you cringe. Not just because of the hard work it will take to get back but because of the waiting game.Months on months of watching from sideline and feeling helpless. For a high school pitcher, that means missing a season and not regaining the eligibility.After having Tommy John surgery on July 16, 2014, one would assume pitching in 2015 was ...
Half Hollow Hills East Brings the Bats Against Sachem East
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYSZ_dbO8uM] Just about the only thing that could stop the offense of Hills East today was a rabbit that caused a brief delay in the game. Aside from that, however, the Thunderbirds smacked the baseball in their 11-2 victory over Sachem East in the single-elimination round.“Each member of our team contributes equally to our success,” said sophomo...
Power Ranking No. 3
The third and final installment of the weekly Power Rankings… 10. NYIT (14-30)They won 10 more games this year than last season, thanks in large part to the emergence of Louis Mele and Josh Canabal at the plate but the pitching compiled a 7.53 ERA and it was just not enough to creep towards .500. 9. Hofstra (19-29)Steven Foster, Chris Hardardt and Brad Witkowski all hit over .300 (with Foste...
David Groeneveld Voted April’s MVP
Photo Credit: LIU Post Athletics The people have spoken! After a whopping 2.548 votes, LIU‘s first baseman David Groeneveld has been voted MVP of April. Last month, Dan Parisi of Dowling had the award bestowed upon him after receiving a majority of the 748 votes. This season, Groeneveld is batting .305 with a .407 OBP and .421 SLG percentage. He has nine extra-base hits. In April, however, h...
April 28 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Here are the results from today’s action on the diamond… Division-I: NYIT split a DH with Albany that was a make-up from March 10th. They won the first game, 4-3, in 11 innings. They scraped across the winning run on an RBI single by Anthony Caradonna that scored Matt DiBlase. Nicholas Smith was the winning pitcher–he threw 4.1 hit less innings of rel...
Molloy Eliminated From Postseason Contention
Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics And then there were seven. Molloy was eliminated from postseason contention with their loss to Mercy by the score of 8-6. Despite their 20-20 record, they fell to 8-12 in ECC play.They join the list of Hofstra and NYIT as teams that will not qualify for postseason play this season.They entered the season knowing that underclassmen would play significant roles, but ma...
What’s On Tap For This Week
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana This will be a crucial week for Long Island teams. Some teams will be playing for playoff seeding while others will be playing for their seasons in the conference playoffs. Monday: Molloy will close out their four-game series against Mercy at 3:30 pm. Tuesday:NYIT will host Albany in a DH beginning at 12, Hofstra will play at Monmouth at 3:30pm, Dowling will play at Fel...
April 26 Recap
Photo Credit: Jim Ferchland Aside from Stony Brook’s sweep of Albany and Dowling clinching a postseason berth, it was not the cheeriest of Sundays for Long Island teams. Division-I: NYIT lost 5-1 to Binghamton to lose the series. A four-run fifth inning was the difference in the ballgame. David Plotkin started and was tagged with the loss for the Bears. He didn’t have his best control&...
