Alex Cosenza

Photo Credit: Baseball Player Magazine Two consecutive years the Massapequa Chiefs were on the verge of capturing the Long Island Championship. Each time they came tantalizing short. “We had runners on second and third with a good hitter at the plate,” said Head Coach Tom Sheedy. “We thought we would win, but it didn’t work out. That’s baseball,” he added. “West Islip is a fundamentally sound team, they made no mistakes. They had a great pitcher on the mound and so did we,” he added. That great pitcher the Chiefs had on the mound, Alex Cosenza, was an All-County pitcher. He went on to graduate and is now playing at Hofstra University, like many of their best players from 2014. In total, the Chiefs lost eight of their starters from last year a...