Dodgers Nation
Observations from Dodgers Nation Workout
This past week I spent the afternoon observing the Dodgers Nation team workout at LI Sports Dome – which consisted of their top 14 and 15u teams. The workout was led by Al Marrazzo – the Lynbrook varsity head coach. The team began the day working on a bevy of base running and infield defense. Additionally, the pitchers threw bullpen sessions and all hitters took a few rounds of BP. Alonso Espinet (Long Beach 2024) pic.twitter.com/oAf8LOWOi9 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 20, 2022 The founder of the organization, Christian Byrnes, is extremely high on this group of boys – stating that they will eventually turn into some of the best players on the island. Some of the top players that were in attendance were Tommy Morton, Chase Palma, Paolo Palleschi, Nick K...
Goldstein Throws A 2-Hit Shutout to Clinch Boys of Summer 16u National Title
by Nicholas Cipolla Post game interview with Alex Goldstein of the LI Titans after a dominant outing in the championship game pic.twitter.com/nRnnbDSmOg — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 21, 2021 Alex Goldstein appears to have saved his best outing this summer for last as he was near untouchable in tonight’s championship game between the LI Titans Palermo and Dodgers Nation Jasmin. This game was the definition of a pitcher’s duel that unfortunately someone had to lose. Final: LI Titans: 1 Dodger Nation: 0. Alex Goldstein goes the distance and strikes out 9 in a complete game shut out pic.twitter.com/FJK9WOsBnV — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 21, 2021 Goldstein was unbelievable and his coaches probably couldn’t have asked for a better start out of him. Golds...
Big First Inning Pushes Dodger Nation Walsh Over Nats in Game 2 of Double Header
by Nicholas Cipolla Phillip D’Aguanno opens up the scoring with an RBI infield single for Dodger Nation. 1-0 Dodger Nation in the top of the first. pic.twitter.com/hqlceFwVXQ — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 14, 2021 Dodger Nation decided not to wait until the later innings to score some runs, but they decided to score six of their seven runs in the first inning in game two against the Merrick Nats. After winning the first game on a walk-off triple, the Dodger Nation bats came to play in the first inning. Back to back singles from Anthony Agosta and Luke Costanzo got things going for Dodger Nation. Phillip D’Aguanno brought Agosta home with an RBI infield single to make it 1-0. Zachary Schnabel made it 3-0 with a 2 RBI Triple into the right field gap. James Martin kept the hi...
Dodgers Nation Keeps Quest for Undefeated Season Alive With a Late Comeback Win Over The Diamond Spikes
by Nicholas Cipolla Steve Vlahopoulos crushed a 2 out double that hit the wall in left field. The score is now tied at one in the sixth inning pic.twitter.com/hvjLuxcHZy — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 28, 2021 Ryan Annunziato was clutch when the Dodgers needed him most, at the bat and on the mound. Before any of this happens, we need to talk about the first three-and-a-half innings. During that timeframe, we were treated to a pitchers’ duel. We had almost no offense throughout these innings and both teams’ defenses were playing mistake-free baseball, that is until the bottom of the fourth inning. With a runner on second and two outs, Nick Schimmel hit a ground ball to third base, the throw was wide and pulled the first baseman into Schimmel where he unfortunately c...
Five Teams Crowned Champs in Axcess Invitational
Over the course of four days at two locations, the second Axcess Invitational took place this weekend. Over 30 teams competed, with winners at five different divisions. It was a marathon but it was well worth it, as great baseball was played all weekend and Sunday featured some exceptional playoff match ups. Additionally, several college coaches were in attendance for the action. Those schools were Hofstra Stony Brook Adelphi Molloy Queens New Haven Old Westbury Farmingdale St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn Here are the winners 14u – Dodgers Nation Marazzo over LI Elite 15u – KA Elite Jr. Ducks over Next Level 16u A – Team Steel over Diamond Baseball Academy 16u B LI Elite Prospects over South Shore Elite Varsity – LI Strong over B1000 Seminoles
Pitching and Defense Leads LI Thunder to 4-1 Victory
by Gabe Zoda FINAL: LI Thunder-Judge win this one by the score of 4-1 over Dodger Nation-LaMarca. pic.twitter.com/8xVz06Fawt — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 24, 2021 There’s nothing better than summer ball, that is true with all ages and the same can be said with this 12u matchup at the Summer Showdown. This matchup was between the LI Thunder-Judge and Dodgers Nation-LaMarca. This game featured some good technical baseball and a lot of fun had by both teams which is the most important part at the end of the day for these guys. At the end of the game the LI Thunder-Judge would take home the victory with a score of 4-1 and good pitching and good defense allowed them to do just that. The offense for the Thunder would start in the 2nd inning as they would get 2 runs and one name ...
Farmingdale Greendogs Sweep DH From LI Thunder
by Ben Diamond Game 1: Game Over! A Cameron Mastrelli RBI single wins the game for the Greendogs 4-3 in 7. pic.twitter.com/7cczBDkqIr — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 24, 2021 Early in game one, it seemed as though the Greendogs would win this game without question. But the inability to tack on more insurance runs allowed the Thunder to stay in the game and make things interesting. Early in the game, the Greendogs were able to score a run on an E4, and a defensive miscommunication allowed them to get an early 2-0 lead in the 1st inning. They would then score another run an inning later on a pickoff attempt that got an out but the runner was able to score from third. In both innings where the Greendogs scored, they left runners on base, runs that would have made the game much eas...
LI Thunder Cruise to Sweep Over Dodgers Nation
by Gabe Zoda After the game, we were able to chat with WP Nick Williams (4IP, 4Ks, 1BB) for the LI Thunder. pic.twitter.com/2g9mhEBLUO — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 11, 2021 Sunday held some more LI Boys of Summer DH action. Plainedge was home to the 14u game between the LI Thunder and Dodger Nation. This game was between two friendly teams as most of the guys between the two teams have played together before so the atmosphere was all good vibes on that baseball field. Unfortunately one team had to lose in these games and it was shown pretty early who that team would be. At the end of the day, the LI Thunder would win both games of the DH. The first game ended in a run-rule through 5 innings. The final score of that game was 13-2. In the second game the score would be a ...
Observations From Dodgers Nation Workout on Sunday
Since their inception four years ago, Dodgers Nation has gradually morphed into one of the top organizations on Long Island culminating in a Number 15 ranking for the Mid-Atlantic by Perfect Game at the 17u level. Christian Byrnes, founder of the organization, is very pleased with their progress. “We’re going to be very good at most of our age groups this year,” said Byrnes. Aside from their 17u team coached by Sean Burns, he is also expecting a very strong 14u team coached by Al Marazzo as well as 9u and 10u. He stated that the 9u team is coming off a great season in which they won the LI Hot Stove League and the 10u team got some new talented players into the program this winter. It’s become common to be at a Perfect Game or any local tournament and see one of the...
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Dodgers Nation Captures 18U/17U Varsity Division Championship
Dodgers Nation has quickly become one of the top programs around and they solidified that capturing the 18U/17U Varsity Division of the LI Boys of Summer. They defeated LI Hawks, 7-4, in the finals at Baseball Heaven on Wednesday evening. This was really a tale of two games, as the first four innings flew by with the Dodgers leading 2-0, while the next three innings were a bit of a slog once both teams got into the opposing team’ bullpen. Ultimately, Dodgers Nation took the lead for good in the bottom of the fifth inning. The pitching match up was Nick Inzerillo were the Hawks and Brandon Lombardo for the Dodgers. Both pitchers were effective in the early going, although Inzerillo did need to work around two walks in the bottom of the first before escaping the jam on a fly out to cen...
Dodger Nation Power Way Past Oil City Bandits To Open ‘Bring The Heat’ Tourney
Final: Dodgers Nation 14, Oil City 1 WP: Zach Sisto pic.twitter.com/hZ7XR9FKVe — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 21, 2020 Dodgers Nation 10U opened up their Bring the Heat tournament with a dominating 14-1 victory over Oil City Bandits on Friday afternoon at Plainedge Park. The boys wasted no time getting the bats going into the top of the first when Ethan Sukalic led off with a single and advanced to second on an error. After a walk and a pair of strikeouts, Costa Papoutsakis drove him in with an RBI single. Johnny Bulone hit a grounder to third that appeared to end the inning, but the errant throw allowed two runs to score and extend the lead to 3-0. A single by pitcher Zach Sisto brought up Dylan Mannino who also singled, which opened up a 4-0 lead. Sisto went out and worked...
