Erik Paulsen Jr
Bedlam! Erik Paulsen Jr. Crushes Walk-Off Grand Slam to Propel Massapequa in Long Island Championship
ERIK PAULSEN JR WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM TO WIN IT FOR MASSAPEQUA!! ARE YOU KIDDING?! pic.twitter.com/XxVwkXrBMY — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 31, 2023 Bases loaded. Two outs. Bottom of the seventh inning in Game 3 of the Nassau County Class AA Finals. Enter Erik Paulsen Jr. It was a story book finish for the Stony Brook-bound Paulsen who launched a dramatic, incredible walk-off grand slam as No. 1 Massapequa stunned No. 2 Plainview JFK to win 8-6 and capture their record sixth consecutive Nassau Class AA Title. While it’s never smart to count out the Chiefs, their backs were firmly against the wall after 3 innings – when they trailed 6-1. Massapequa had jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when, who else, Erik Paulsen ripped a one-out double to the right...
Massapequa Looks to Continue Unprecedented Level of Dominance
Among the most common questions I hear on ballfields is, “how is Massapequa always so good?” It’s a great question. Longtime head coach Tom Sheedy gave a brief window into how they operate when he said, “I learned from the old Ward Melville lacrosse coach who told me about the ‘cycle’. The cycle is when you have grade school kids that come down to your camps, they wind up being the leaders of your varsity team, then they go on to play in college, then they come back to help out at the camps and the cycle goes on. It’s a very positive thing,” he said. It may sound oversimplified, but one thing is certain – Massapequa is at the top of the hierarchy of Long Island baseball programs. They are the five-time reigning Class AA Nassau County Ch...
Next Level Captures the Axcess World Series
Final: Next Level 3, Real Ballers 2 Erik Paulsen strands runners on 2nd & 3rd with a strikeout to close out the Axcess World Series pic.twitter.com/vSRnqug5F9 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 11, 2022 You couldn’t have scripted this one any better. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds squaring off against each other in the Axcess World Series. With runners on second and third and 2 out, Next Level LHP Erik Paulsen Jr – who came on in relief from 1st base – recorded a strikeout to end the game after 6 consecutive foul balls to start the at bat. Paulsen painted the inside corner with a fastball to end it. The game could’ve ended a batter before as Adam Agresti grounded a chopper to short but it snuck under the glove of Paul Napolitano to allow a run to score ...
