LI Rebels
Q & A With Robbie Mascia
In most cases, stats at the 12u level are not indicators of future success. The fields are small, the competition is weak, the players are not physically mature and there’s simply too many variables to predict what’s real. On the flip side, sometimes players simply rise above and their play is impossible to ignore. In the case of 12-year-old Robbie Mascia out of Commack, NY – it just might be real. The catcher for the Long Island Rebels had a season that is hard to comprehend. This is just his Perfect Game tournaments, which is higher-end talent than any league. 12u Robert Mascia (Commack, NY) continues his hot weekend with this absolute 💣 to dead center. Line drive straight over the batters eye. @PGMidAtlantic #AllStateGames pic.twitter.com/QjRomX001A — Perfect Game Yout...
Season Recap of 12u Long Island Rebels
Over the next few weeks, we will be highlighting the top travel teams from 2021. Next up is the 12u Long Island Rebels. This could really be extended back to 2019 as they team has done an incredible amount of winning since their inception in 2019. Here’s their records since then: 2019: 43-10 2020: 44-6 2021: 44-9 (spring/summer), 20-4 (fall) What makes their success more remarkable is two things They are a small program with just this one team. They lost half of their roster last winter and needed to replace all of those players This fall, they challenged the players by playing only tournaments. The boys responded in a huge way by winning most of those including one at Ripken and another at Lasorda Legacy Park where they overwhelmed their opponents and outscored them 31-2. They had o...
