Mailbag

Welcome to the second edition of the weekly mailbag. We will address the emails this week. If you would like to be featured in the August 10th edition, please send your emails to baseballontheisland@gmail.com. Without further ado, let’s dive in… Is it safe to say we are in a golden era for baseball on Long Island? Was there an era that produced this many quality ball players? Jose, Comsewogue Age-20 I think it’s safe to say that. Just in the last two seasons we’ve seen the debut of Sean Nolin, Marcus Stroman, Nick Tropeano, Steven Matz, Danny Burawa and now Travis Jankowski is on the verge of adding his name to that list. During the early 1970s, there was a similar volume of local players in the big leagues, but this group has much more staying power than that. Of t...