Robbie Mascia
Tools of Intelligence: Talking with the Catchers of Long Island’s Recent Aces
by Pat Duryea Pitchers are unique animals. No one pitcher is the same. Each pitcher has a unique mix of pitches, movement, and velocity. To find those wrangling the pitchers, you look no further than right behind home plate. The catcher. Nobody knows a pitcher better than their catcher. Catching is far from a passive profession, they must strategize just as much as any pitcher and do a whole lot of dirty work. But as we examine the top pitchers in Suffolk County across the past two seasons there is no better perspective to hear from, than that of their catchers. Pat-Med 2, Sachem East 0 WP: Josh Knoth (6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 15 Ks) S: Jack Costello Jayden Kennedy: RBI double, bases loaded walk Pat-Med will face No. 1 Connetquot tomorrow pic.twitter.com/ORo94RMhrG — Axcess Baseball LI (@axc...
Evan Kay Strikes out 11, Leads Commack to Third Long Island Championship in 4 Years
by Jacob Infald (Photo: Adam Rubin/Commack School District) Kay does it again! 11 strikeouts on the day including striking out the side in the 7th. pic.twitter.com/HM7EGjJlrC — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 2, 2024 For the third time in four seasons and for the second consecutive one, the Commack Cougars are the Class AAA Long Island baseball champions. On the evening of June 1st at Middle Country Athletic Complex, the Cougars were once again led by their ace, Stony Brook-commit Evan Kay and they defeated the Farmingdale Dalers, 2-1. Kay was dominant out on the mound allowing only one unearned one in a seven inning complete game shutout. He struckout 11 batters and walked none. Kay attacked Dale hitters early in the count with a sharp slider, a nasty changeup and a powerful fa...
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...
