aXcess Baseball Weekly
Axcess Baseball Weekly With Johnny Castagnozzi
On this episode, we are joined by one of the top players in the northeast–University of North Carolina-commit Johnny Castagnozzi (Massapequa 2020). He was a key cog in leading the Chiefs to winning the Long Island Class AA Championship as a freshman. This episode is brought to you by X-Factor Meals. They are a Long Island-based company offering meal prep and sports specific nutrition for athletes of all levels. You can follow them on Instagram @xfactormeals. Johnny discussed what it was like to become the first freshman to start on varsity on Head Coach Tom Sheedy, the special relationship he formed with SS Chris Wasson last year, what he remembers most about winning the Long Island Championship, why he chose to commit to North Carolina, what it was like visiting some of the best pro...
Axcess Baseball Weekly Featuring Jeff Towle
This episode is sponsored by X-Factor Meals make sure to follow them on Instagram @xfactormeals. On this episode, we are joined by Suffolk CC catcher Jeff Towle. Through the first 16 games of the season, he had led the Sharks to an 12-4 record and he smacked 5 HR, 20 RBI and batting .514 with a .568 OBP. He discussed how he’s feeling at the plate, how first-year coach Brian Klammer has developed chemistry in a short period of time, catching their two aces Nick Morena and Tyler Schmid, what he did to improve this offseason, how he chose between playing QB and catcher, what he did to improve this season, which players in MLB he tries to emulate and what he remembers most fondly from his senior season in 2015 at Ward Melville.
Touching All the Bases-Making Sleep Part of Your Game Plan
by Brendan Duffy, Sr. Certified Sleep Educator –RPSGT When the Tampa Bay Rays began Spring Training this season, they arrived to the ball field later in the day. Based on their collaboration with sleep specialists, the move to a later start time was meant to help the players increase their sleep time and improve their practices. Instead of 9:30 AM, the players reported at 10:30 AM. This is not something new as the New York Yankees and other professional teams also have done this in the past few seasons and the Yankees start even later –at 11:30 AM! So why the changes? The MLB teams and other teams in the NBA and NHL have finally realized that sleep quality and quantity is an important part of their training. It is the foundation of their training on top of which they add the additional n...
PODCAST: Special Guest Earl Stroman
Listen to this week’s podcast with special guest Earl Stroman, father of Toronto Blue Jays ace Marcus Stroman. We discussed everything from Marcus’ childhood all the way to his 2017 season in which he set a career-high in wins with 13.
New episode of Axcess Baseball
Check out our latest edition of aXcess baseball weekly featuring Peter Theodorellis (Commack ’17, Farleigh-Dickinson) and Logan O’Hoppe (St. John the Bapist ’18, East Carolina). Link below.
Axcess Baseball Featuring Travis Bruinsma
Check out our latest edition of aXcess baseball featuring special guest Travis Bruinsma. The SUNY Maritime ace just set the program-record for wins in a single-season with seven. He also was a part of Connetquot‘s Long Island Championship in 2015 in which he won a program-record 13 games.
aXcess Baseball Weekly
Check out the latest edition of aXcess Baseball weekly with special guest Dr. Luga Podesta in which we discuss the effect of pitching year-round, the danger of playing in cold weather and the newly-implemented high school pitch count. Our reporter Tyler Marko also discussed his observations from today’s Old Westbury-Farmingdale State DH and Hills East-Smithtown East match up earlier in the week.
New Episode of aXcess Baseball Weekly
Check out the latest episode of aXcess Baseball Weekly in which host Vinny Messana and analyst Mike Guido discuss the latest storylines from this week in college baseball on Long Island.
aXcess Baseball Weekly Episode 3
In this episode, we had host Vinny Messana and analyst Mike Guido with special guest Russ Taveras, co-owner of Infiniti Performance, discuss the proper off-season and in-season training for baseball players.
First Episode of aXcess Baseball Weekly
We have started episodes of aXcess Baseball Weekly. Today we shot our first segment featuring Eric Hassell of Adelphi. This is a short segment due to the season having not yet begun, but the following episodes will all be 20+ minutes, featuring the latest news in college and high school baseball and a special guest.
