Andrew Florides
LI Lightning Capture 2018 LICBL Championship With 7-3 Victory
Our player of the game was Mike DeMarest. Mike came in to pitch in the second inning and provided five innings for the Lightning in their 7-3 win over NorEaster for the LICBL Championship. pic.twitter.com/tVoyuT6Rm5 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 4, 2018 The Long Island Lightning took down the Long Island NorEasters by a score of 7-3 to take home the Long Island Collegiate Baseball League Championship Saturday afternoon. The Lightning had to overcome some early inning trouble to capture their victor. Starting pitcher George Rodriguez could only go a third of an inning after he allowed a hit and two walks to open the game. Troy Simpson had to come on in the first inning to get the Lightning out of the early jam and he struck out the next two batters to leave the bases loaded ...
Stars Shine Bright at LICBL’s All-Star Game
Vinny Rice (Farmingdale State) went 2-for-2 with a double and a triple pic.twitter.com/95gis0yAw0 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 17, 2018 Don’t tell Mike Manetta it’s only an exhibition game. The SUNY Old Westbury rising sophomore hit a routine ground ball to second base with the tying run on third base and 2 outs in the ninth inning with the National All-Stars trailing 6-5 in the LICBL All-Star Game. The speedy left-handed batter busted it out of the box and beat the bang-bang play to tie the game at 6-6, which would ultimately be the final score. It was a microcosm of how the game was played, with both teams exchanging blows, big hits from both teams and no team taking greater than a two-run lead at any point. The hard-throwing Ryan Sandberg, who just transferred...
Mikey Florides Commits to Boston College
Boston College has certainly taken advantage of the talented pool of players from Nassau County this summer as they have now received verbal commitment from St. Dominic 2019 SS Mikey Florides just one week after Massapequa 2020 Travis Honeyman did the same. Mikey transferred from Glen Cove HS prior to last season. He really generated tons of interest from Div-I schools this summer when he went on an offensive tear–going 18-for-22 against top competition. That, in addition to his defensive prowess, put him in the category with other elite middle infielders from the region. His brother, Andrew, was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2013 and played in our second annual Battle of the Border in May. Below is our feature on him from this past January when he was a relative unknown. When ...
