Nick Fanti
Mariano Rivera to Host Pitching Clinic at St. John the Baptist
Here’s a special opportunity for young Long Island baseball players that rarely comes along. Mariano Rivera, owner of the all-time Major League record for most saves in a career (652) and five-time World Series champ, will be hosting a pitching clinic at St. John the Baptist on Saturday, October 14. The clinic is for players age 7-13 and will cost $225 per player. The fee will include a meet & greet with Rivera, an event t-shirt, instructional clinic and autograph session. The clinic will be limited to 100 players and will come on a first-come, first-serve basis. Also at the clinic will be current minor leaguers Nick Fanti (Hauppauge 2015), Bryan Verbitsky (Island Trees 2010), Matt Reistetter (Hauppauge 2010), Jared Finkel (Iona 2017), Cam Maron (Hicksville 2009) and Mariano Rive...
Podcast: Discussing the Mount Rushmore of Long Island Baseball Players
We had two very special guests on the podcast today discussing the best seasons in Long Island baseball history. Gregg Sarra, 32-year veteran reporter for Newsday and Sal Mignano (583 career wins) together have seen plenty of talented players on the diamond. We discussed who the best of the best are.
Nick Fanti on His Experience in the World Baseball Classic
by Nick Fanti My experience in the world baseball classic is something that I can’t stop talking about. A moment I want to talk about is the first game vs Mexico. I will never say the Italian team was an underdog in this bracket because we were not. We belonged there because we knew what kind of team we had and we showed that we belonged in that game We were down four going into the bottom of the ninth and we were actually the home team against the host Mexico with one of the best closers in baseball on the mound in Roberto Osuna. We came back to score five runs without Mexico recording a single out. We dog piled, and I got some tv time. You will never see a stadium flip from loud to silent like that stadium did that night. But the significance of this game to me was crazy and differ...
Flynn + Fanti > Matz + Stroman?
Debates like this are fun because there won’t be an answer for at least another decade. Nevertheless, it’s something worth stirring up. Which duo will go onto have a better career out of the Carl Yastrzemski /Paul Gibson Award winners--Nick Fanti and Joe Flynn or Marcus Stroman and Steve Matz? The latter duo already have set a high bar. Stroman had a standout career at Duke University before getting drafted in the first round in the 2012 MLB Draft by Toronto. He won 11 games for the Blue Jays last season and was slated to start Opening Day in Yankee Stadium before tearing his ACL during Spring Training in a freak injury. All reports indicate he is back on track and will return to his previous form in 2016. Stroman’s 94-96 MPH fastball is a dominant pitch by itself but tha...
Nick Fanti Will Attempt Third Consecutive No-Hitter For Haupauge on Tuesday
Photo Credit: Newsday Hauppauge’s ace left-handed pitcher, Nick Fanti, is coming off consecutive no-hitters against Glenn and Huntington. The No. 2 prospect in the 2015 graduating class, according to Blue Chip Prospects, will attempt to make it three consecutive no-hitters tomorrow against Bellport.“How could it not be?” he said in regards to whether he has been thinking about achieving this milestone. “It would be awesome to throw another one but in the end , hits are a part of the game and it will almost be relieving to give one up because it will allow me to focus more on letting them hit balls early in the count instead of going deep into the counts trying to strike them out,” he added. This season, he has thrown 19 innings, allowing only two hits while st...
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