Suffolk baseball
Jason Galbraith New Head Coach of Suffolk Community College
Jason Galbraith has been named the new Head Coach of Suffolk Community College, replacing Brian Klammer who was at the helm for one season. Eric Brown had been synonymous with the program, coaching Suffolk CC for 29-years, winning 685 games including 7 appearances in the NJCAA World Series. He received the 2017 Axcess Baseball Lifetime Achievement Award. Galbraith was the Pitching Coach last season, guiding the staff to a 3.11 team ERA and 11.2 K/9. During his playing career, he was 30-3 at Concordia College and was a second-team All-American in 2001. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 46th round of the 2002 draft. He played two seasons, compiling a 3.21 ERA over 56.0 IP. They finished 2018 with a record of 30-13, capturing the Region XV Championship over Nassau at the PAL St...
Ryan Sandberg: From Obscurity to the Top of the Nation’s Leaderboards
If he was a secret before, he definitely was not a secret following his 16-strikeout, no-hitter over Suffolk CC last month. Suffolk Head Coach Brian Klammer called him the “best pitcher we’ve seen all year, hands-down”. He was siting 88-90 and touching 92 MPH with pinpoint command. And he’s available to any college that’s interested. Queensborough CC ace Ryan Sandberg went on to be named CUNYAC Pitcher of the Year after recording 90 strikeouts over 46 innings just a year removed from Tommy John Surgery. He led the nation in strikeouts, K/9 and was top five in complete games. His pitching coach Alex Pangourelias described him as a “bonafide ace that took the mound overtime and gave his team a chance to win”. Following his lights-out season, he has g...
Nassau Advances to Winner’s Bracket Behind Minucci’s Strong Outing
Joe Minucci pitched a complete game shutout to give Nassau CC an 8-0 victory over Queensborough in game one of the Region XV conference tournament. Head Coach Larry Minor had nothing but positives to say about Minucci’s performance. “The greatest thing about Joe Minucci is that he has a heart of a lion,” said Minor. “He’s like our leader, our captain out there. The better thing is last year as a freshmen, he lost the same game here, to the same team. So now he came back, battled back and allowed us to get to the second round, he added. Nassau came into today’s game having defeated Queensborough in dominating fashion three previous times earlier in the season. Thursday was no different. Starter Joe Minucci previously owned a 3-0 record with a 1.19 ERA over 30.1 innings. He looke...
