Aidan Kistner
Babylon Enters Season as Back-to-Back Class B County Champs
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Vin Messana Babylon has quickly become one of the better small schools on Long Island. They made a run at perfect season in 2023 – right up until Game 2 of the Suffolk County Finals. They ultimately finished as the Class B Long Island Champs with a thrilling win over Seaford at St. Joseph’s University. They followed that up with another Suffolk County Championship last year – although they did lose to Wheatley, 3-1, in the Long Island Championship at Farmingdale State College. Unfortunately for Babylon, in addition to losing the game, Coach Michael Birnbaum noted that their ace starting pitcher, Aidan Kistner, suffered an injury to his UCL that day and he will not be pitching in 20...
GAME RECAP: Wheatley Captures Class B Long Island Championship Against Babylon
by Tucker Terranova Final: Babylon 1 | Wheatley 3 Wheatley wins their first Class B Championship since 2021! pic.twitter.com/GmFQzf2qnF — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 30, 2024 Since Coach David Burke took over the Wheatley program in 2023, one thing has been certain: in big games, Connor Quinn gets the ball. After today’s contest, Burke described Quinn as “the kid who, as a coach, you dream of having. You know when you put the ball in his hands in pressure situations that he will reward you.” Quinn, in the biggest game of his career at Wheatley, backed up Burke’s trust in him with yet another stellar performance. The right-hander, who will be heading to SUNY Brockport this fall, ensured that today would not be his last time in the white and red. Quinn went the dista...
Babylon Enters Season as Reigning Class B Long Island Champions Following Magical Run
A stunning comeback by Babylon as they overcame a 5-2 deficit in the Class B Long Island Championship with the winning run coming in on a walk-off walk Babylon 6, Seaford 5 pic.twitter.com/dN02nDZ6RG — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 1, 2023 Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. In a way, last year was many years in the making for Babylon, as the team took their lumps the first few years under head coach Michael Birnbaum, but with the understanding that it would eventually be worth it. When he took over 2020, the season was cancelled, but there was a core of several freshmen that were going to be up on varsity. That team faced a challenge in 2021, playing in a difficult league against teams like Mount Sinai and Sh...
