Babylon baseball
Up Next: Cristino Tufano
Playing in a small-school district such as Babylon has its inherent challenges in regards to getting noticed. In such cases, a player must often generate buzz from summer ball. That has been the case with Cristino Tufano. The 13-year-old is coming off a monster season with the Camelot Knights. His season, along with the fact that the school has a smaller enrollment gives him an opportunity to move up to varsity as an eighth-grader this season. This past season, he batted .472 with 17 home runs and 51 RBI. He also performed on the mound, with his high-octane fastball. He fired a no-hitter during the Columbus Day tournament as well as throwing a shutout in Cooperstown against California. I had a chance to speak with him and here’s what he had to say… What has been your most excit...
Babylon Season Preview
In his second year at the helm, Victor Manzella led his squad to a deep playoff run, but ultimately they had their season cut short by rival Center Moriches by the score of 9-1. It was still a strong season, which featured a postseason upset victory over Stony Brook-commit Liam Pulsipher. Their 12-win season was in large part due to the contributions of two seniors, now currently playing at the collegiate level. Axcess Baseball League 8 MVP Kenneth Gordon, now at Flagler College, and Shaun Kaminski, now at SUNY Old Westbury, had phenomenal seasons. Manzella spoke glowingly of his two departing seniors. “It’s a lot easier to win when you have two college caliber kids,” he said. Gordon batted .498 last season with a .602 OBP and owns the tenth most stolen bases in New York ...
Babylon Avenges County Championship Loss, Defeating Center Moriches 3-0
Babylon senior pitcher Shaun Kaminski went head-to-head with Center Moriches junior LHP Liam Pulsipher–one of the best pitchers in the county. Kaminski fired a complete game, recording the 3-0 victory with five strikeouts, five hits and two walks. “It’s nice to finally beat Pulsipher, we dropped two games to him, the one last year in the county championship, 1-0, and early in the season, 3-1,” said Babylon head coach Victor Manzella. “I couldn’t be more proud of my boys, I couldn’t be more proud of Shaun [Kaminski]; the way he pitched and it was good to get a W in the first game of the playoffs.” The SUNY Old Westbury-commit opened up the scoring for Babylon after leading off the sixth inning with a single. Kaminski came across on an error off the bat of Joe Rende. This would end up ...
