It was a very enjoyable year covering the Long Island baseball scene. We began the year with 1,400 twitter followers and are now at 3,220 which means many of you missed out on some of the top stories from this year. In this post, I will take you through the highlights of the year: January: -Mike Scioscia and Dr. Luga Podesta host “Injuries in Baseball” Symposium at Ward Melville HS. February: -BOTI travels with Hofstra to cover their season-opening at No. 4 ranked Texas A&M Aggies. April: -First episode of BOTI Weekly airs. We ultimately had 7 episodes in 2016. You can watch them all here. May: -We completed the Top 10 Long Island prospect series with a feature story on Matt Hogan of Hills East. You can see the entire list here. -Game-ending throw by...
Photo Credit: Newsday Ward Melville graduate and sophomore left-handed pitcher for UConn Anthony Kay will pitch for Team USA this summer. They will play during June and July and will take on the best talent across the world. He has six wins already, compiling a 1.29 ERA over 70 innings with 68 strikeouts and a 0.89 WHIP while holdiong the opposition to a .189 average. “I am extremely excited for this chance to play alongside the best players in college baseball against some of the world’s finest competition,” Kay told the UCONN team wesbite. “We are remaining focused on our season here at UConn but I know this will be a terrific opportunity for me and for our program.”During 2012, Kay won the Paul Gibson Award which is given to the best pitcher in Suffolk Cou...