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Transcript of IG Live With Adam Heidenfelder
(Editor’s Note: Adam is a 2014 graduate of MacArthur HS where he had a standout career. He captured the Diamond Award in 2013 and 2014 – given annually to the top pitcher in Nassau County. He was named second-team All-State and first-team All-State in 2013 and ’14, respectively. Despite getting recruited by some of the top programs in the nation, he chose to attend Hofstra University where he made his collegiate debut at UCLA. After two seasons, he transferred to SUNY Old Westbury where he performed well in 2017 and was off to a great start in 2018 – winning the team’s first two games. After suffering a torn rotator cuff, he came back for his fifth season and was named All-Region and won a playoff game for the Panthers. We had him on IG Live, and here’s ...
Transcript from IG Live With Anthony Anzalone
Vinny Messana (VM): First, looking at your stats is your batting average in 2005-06, led the county. .550 in ’05 and .552 the next year. What do you remember about that? Anthony Anzalone (AA): It was all about the process. I remember a few years back [head coach Andrew Aschettino] brought me up as a freshman. I remember playing Kings Park and remember rolling everything over. If I’m going to be a good player , I’m going to need to hit the ball all over the field so I worked on my craft. I just simplified things and was a foot-down guy. Ashe, gave me the nickname ‘Slappy’ over it. VM: Would you say you developed more power as you got older? AA: I was a left-center guy. I wasn’t much of a pull guy until my college years where I let loose a little bit and didn’t worry about getting a hit and ...
Transcript of IG Live With Frank Catalanotto
(Photo Credit: NYIT Athletics) Vinny Messana (VM): For those that don’t know, Frank Catalanotto– Long Island native. Graduated from Smithtown East. Played 14 years in the MLB. .291 batting average and took over the head coaching duties from NYIT. Had a meteoric rise, 37 wins and led them to their first College World Series appearance in program history. You guys were off to a good start this year, did it feel like you guys were on the verge of getting on a roll? Frank Catalanotto (FC): We were excited for conference play to get started. We felt like there were a few things that had to be cleaned up and we were cleaning them up. We ran into a tough Southern New Hampshire team that beat us three games in a row. But we learned a lot from that. They were the better team but we knew there...
Transcript of IG Live With Matt Hogan
Matt Hogan 1st 2 Run HR Today @MattHogan10 @PBRNewYork @axcessbaseball pic.twitter.com/GxwebAPrJl — Rich Hogan (@RichHogan4) April 21, 2018 Editor’s Note: Matt is a 2018 graduate of Half Hollow Hills East. He was a five-year varsity player. He returned from a serious back injury that occurred during his junior year and bounced back in a big way by winning the 2018 Carl Yastrzemski Award – given annually to the top player in Suffolk County. From there, he went on to attend Vanderbilt University. All they did was defeat the University of Michigan in the College World Series, which was Coach Tim Corbin’s second of the decade. He came on Instagram live to talk about a variety of topics. It has been shortened for brevity. What separates Coach Tim Corbin from every other colleg...
Transcript from IG Live With Jimmy Joyce
(Hofstra junior pitcher Jimmy Joyce on the mound against New Mexico on March 7, 2020. Joyce earned the final save of the season before the NCAA’s cancellation. PHOTO CREDIT: HOFSTRA ATHLETICS- TIM MARCH) Vinny Messana (VM): I just wanted to address Section VIII and Section XI canceling the remainder of the 2020 season, which was not a shock but not what we wanted to hear. My heart goes out to all the seniors that lost your senior year. [Jimmy], do you still keep in touch with any of your former Wantagh teammates? Jimmy Joyce (JJ): I keep in touch with all of them honestly. The whole 2016 team, we talk at least once a week, still. That’s what memories will do for you. VM: At least you guys in college got to have a little bit of a season. The high school guys obviously– don’t want to p...
Transcript From IG Live With Jack Ryan
I want to go back to your last game on March 12. Can you explain to our audience what it was like being down in Florida and receiving the news that the season was over? It was a very wild 72 hours. We were leaving on a Thursday to head down the Florida, and that Wednesday we were hearing murmurs about schools canceling for a couple weeks, some people were canceling trips. We were just worried about getting down there. And then once we got down there, we heard the same thing. People were starting to shut down their conference play for the next few weeks. And I think mentally our team was a little unsure of what was going to happen with the future of the season, but we played that first game against Stonehill, and then during that game we caught wind that NCAA was suspended until I think Apr...
Q & A With Wade Kelly On IG Live
Let’s start off with an easy one: How do you like playing for Coach [Tom Sheedy]? It’s great. He always has a get-after-it attitude. He always looks to make us better, but he tries to find the holes in what we have so we can improve on that. Another easy question: Favorite major leaguer? Bryce Harper; I liked him when he first started and made his debut. Just his energy and the way he plays, I always liked following him. Massapequa has three Division I players on the roster right now. But who are some of the younger players that you’re excited to see? Bobby Stang is one of them. He was with us last year. He didn’t get a lot of time because of Nick Schwartz, but the kid can rake and he’s definitely going to be a big part of the team. Also Danny Sohn. He played left field for us last year as...
