Random preview: Stepinac

March

I talked to a bunch of coaches tonight, including Stepinac’s Pat Duffy. He’s team flew back from the Tampa/St. Pete area this afternoon after a week in sunny Florida.

Duffy had some interesting thoughts. His team played five games down there but took a while to adjust to the wood bats. As the week went on, the Crusaders picked it up. Yesterday they beat Hurricane of West Virginia 7-3. Alex Maruri hit an opposite field bomb after an Eric Capowski single to give Stepinac a 2-0 lead. It is the first of many HRs this year for Maruri, although that’s not much of a statement.

Duffy said his pitching staff is deeper than last year. Yesterday it was senior LHP Eric Cuadrado, who tossed six innings and allowed just four hits.

Cuadrado fits in alongside RHP Greg Caruso, the team’s de facto ace, and LHP Gregory McBride and RHP Eddie Byrne, the only junior in the group.

Obviously we know what the Crusaders have on offense in Maruri (Elon), Capowski (Iona), and co., but they have a second baseman on the come in sophomore Steven Martinez. “He’ll be a big recruit in a couple years,” Duffy said.

I’ll have more thoughts later on about a few other teams…

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 10:53 pm by Josh Thomson.
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2 Responses to “Random preview: Stepinac”

baseball lover March 26th, 2008 at 9:59 am
How can someone sho up the last day of tryouts because he was cut from another school and make the varsity team? Answer your relative must be the coach. Pisano had no right transfering after the fact because he was not wanted at St. Joseph and take playing time away from most likely Ferrara because his uncle is the caoch. Pisano should be at South if anywhere but he know he would not be playing first there. I am sick of kids switching school between north and south because of sports.
Play Ball March 26th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Josh

When will the Baseball Preview be published?

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