Once all the first-team players have been chosen, the next job is to pick a player of the year. This year’s field was a bit deeper than in years past. I wasn’t sure who was going to be player of the year until the coaches and I picked one.

The last few years I knew in [...]

Next up is the pitchers. Which three of these hurlers deserves all-county honors?

Robbie Aviles, Suffern
Dan Diaz, Nanuet
Phil Martino, North Rockland
Kevin Rocco, Nanuet
Frank Rosario, North Rockland
Mike Scarinci, Pearl River
John Tricario, Clarkstown South

We covered the infielders last week. With two days to go before the all-stars are revealed it’s time to move to the outfielders.

Which of the following guys deserves to be first-team all-county?

Jim Brennan, Suffern
Brendan Durkin, Suffern
Bryan Greig, Clarkstown South
Neil Guerriero, Nanuet
Ryan Kraemer, Tappan Zee
Bobby Siciliano, North Rockland
Ryan Sullivan, Albertus Magnus
Mike Velasquez, Albertus Magnus

Chuck Alben of Saunders is the Section 1 coach of the year, as determined by his peers. Alben made Saunders into a legit team, surprising many. It was the first Yonkers team in years to be considered a real threat outside the league.

Here is the complete list of Diamond 9 players. These are the players that best combine academics, baseball, and community service, as determined by the section.

Greg Bratone, Pelham
Matt deSilva, Hen Hud
Nick Modico, Kennedy
Taylor Mondshein, Mamaroneck
Dan Sorine, Eastchester
Mike Swerdloff, Ardsley
Eric Windsor, Mamaroneck
Dylan Marshall, Ardsley
Bobby Siciliano, North Rockland
Luke Devlin, Bronxville

Honorable [...]

There’s always a huge break in between the end of an athletic season and the publication of the All-Star team. No exception this year. The section comes out on July 10.

In the meantime you can start speculating about who is going to be on those teams. We’ll start with Rockland, since that’s my area of [...]

LMC-TV will air the state baseball championships beginning this weekend starting at 7 p.m. Friday (see schedule below) on Channel 77 (Cablevision) and Channel 34 (Verizon).

Friday, June 19
7pm – state semifinal: Mamaroneck v. Massapequa
Approx 10 p.m. – state championship: Mamaroneck v. Clarence
(Games will air back to back.  Check LMC-TV website: www.lmc-tv.org, for exact times beginning [...]

Mamaroneck’s two-time state championship baseball team will be honored with a parade on Friday afternoon.

The festivities will start at 4 p.m. at the intersection of Palmer Avenue and Larchmont Avenue, come down Larchmont Avenue, and will end with a reception in front of Village Hall.

The Tigers won their second straight Class AA state championship on [...]

The more I think about Saturday’s Class B championship the more I agree with Teddy “Ballgame” Huffman. Dobbs Ferry got beat by a better team. Pure and simple. Westhill deserved to win the first title in school history 8-1. Its bats were just monstrous.There’s a reason the team has won 28 in a row.

There was [...]

Hopefully most of you were able to follow the updates I was sending to Josh for the blog and know the basics of what happened to Dobbs Ferry. An exciting 10-9 semifinal win followed by an anticlimactic 8-1 finals loss to an excellent Westhill team.

I just got back home to Astoria at 1:30 a.m. and [...]