Eric Passman
Led by the Reigning Diamond Award Winner, Mepham Looks to Rebound from Tough Semifinal Defeat
by Max Edelman No stranger to high school baseball, Mepham Pirates’ head coach Eric Passman is entering his 25th season as varsity coach and 7th with Mepham. They had a great season last year that ended in unbelievably heartbreaking fashion. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, a grand slam sent the Pirates home. Are you kidding !! Trailing 5-2 and down to their final out, Joey Goodman crushes a walk-off grand slam to send Calhoun into the Nassau Class A Finals against Division! Calhoun 6, Mepham 5 pic.twitter.com/zSdoxrlY4S — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 26, 2023 “Last season was unbelievably good, with an unbelievably heartbreaking ending.” Passman said. “We had two outs in the last inning. We were up by three runs, and they hit a grand slam. So you can imagine th...
GAME RECAP: Kieran Kehoe, Mepham Win 8-7 Thriller, Stay Undefeated
Kieran Kehoe and Mepham overcame a early 4-1 deficit and ultimately defeated MacArthur 8-7 to improve to 12-0 on the season. Kehoe went 3-for-4 with 4 RBIs including the game-tying hit in the sixth @GCsports pic.twitter.com/eLhQTz8zK2 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 25, 2023 You couldn’t have asked for a better game of baseball between two league rivals – one of which is pursuing an undefeated season. MacArthur and host Mepham squared off on Tuesday late afternoon, and by the time it was over, it was nearly dark but there was not one person in attendance that was not on the edge of their seat for the last two innings of the game. Even the last out of the game was recorded on a dropped third strike that required a long throw and close play at first base – but ...
Mepham Looks to Return to Postseason
by Andy Smith Mepham 6 Clarke 5 WP: Leo Asta (CG) Bryce Bowers: 2-3 BB, Go ahead 3 run HR in top 7 Leo Asta: 3-4, 2 runs Trey O’Neill: 2-4, 1 run pic.twitter.com/y9yNymW7a2 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 18, 2022 Mepham had another successful regular season, and carried their momentum into the playoffs. The Pirates had a playoff run that was ultimately cut short by Clarke. They finished the regular season with a 10-8 record. Fifth year head coach Eric Passman reflected on the lessons that were learned. “They hit the ball in places that got to us. We just could not make the plays we had to make.” A major part of the team’s success over the past few years have been Tyler O’Neill and Billy Kender. Both O’Neill and Kender are now sophomores at Bucknell University. O’Neill was a dom...
Despite Graduating Two Standout Performers, Mepham Poised for Another Playoff Run
By Michael Malaszczyk TYLER O’NEILL WITH A 2-STRIKE GAME-TYING GRAND SLAM IN THE FIFTH pic.twitter.com/zkj9uRMu52 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 14, 2021 It would be difficult to find someone with a deeper knowledge of the game of baseball than Eric Passman. Coach Eric Passman of Mepham has been coaching baseball for fifty years and has no intentions of stopping anytime soon. He has been coaching at Mepham since 2017, and looks forward to Mepham’s 2022 baseball season. Passman was happy to share his thoughts about both last season and this one. “Last season was excellent,” said Passman. “And I can’t say I was happy with how it ended – we were one ground ball away from going to the county finals. And we played a tough game, tough three game series with Calhoun...
Led by Two Bucknell-Commits, Mepham Looking to Build off 2019
Gianni Macchio walks it off with a 2RBI double and Mepham eliminates Wantagh!!!!!! FINAL: Mepham 3 Wantagh 2 WP: Tyler O’Neill (CG) Gianni Macchio: Walk off pic.twitter.com/KWbKBq1QJ9 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 14, 2019 Knocking off the three-time defending Class A Long Island Champions is no small task. Mepham was able to accomplish that back in 2019 in large part to sophomore starting pitcher Tyler O’Neill. Head Coach Eric Passman was optimistic that 2020 would be a great year for his team, as they were set to return their entire infield, 2/3 of their outfield and their entire pitching staff. That plan, of course, was thwarted with the cancellation of the season. “We were going to have a real solid team top-to-bottom,” said Passman, who is entering his f...
Mepham Ready To Make A Playoff Run
Gianni Macchio walks it off with a 2RBI double and Mepham eliminates Wantagh!!!!!! FINAL: Mepham 3 Wantagh 2 WP: Tyler O’Neill (CG) Gianni Macchio: Walk off pic.twitter.com/KWbKBq1QJ9 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 14, 2019 by Zevan Shuster Coming off another playoff appearance, one that featured an exciting walk-off against Wantagh, Mepham is poised for another playoff appearance. “We have two thirds of our outfield coming back. We have our star pitcher coming back. The only thing that’s up in the air right now is the rest of the pitching and the catching, that’s all,” Mepham head coach Eric Passman said. The mix of certainty and comfort, to go along with uncertainty and unknowns, makes for an interesting start to the year for Passman’s club. While the head coach is getting a...
