Two recent baseball events caused fond memories to come charging back, while reinforcing the inter-generational hold that New York baseball has on my family.
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8/3/23
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What started out as a way to have fun with friends has ultimately turned into the country’s oldest known Strat-O-Matic baseball league. The East Meadow Strat-O-Matic league was founded in 1972, and …
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By Mallory Wilson
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7/2/23
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It is unknown if anyone will recite the movie line, ”you’re killing me, Smalls,” but former Major League Baseball player Daniel Murphy — a Mets playoff hero — said he is just looking for a sandlot to play in. The 2015 postseason record breaker is part of the 2023 Long Island Ducks, the team’s 23rd season.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/3/23
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Baseball is back. Spring training is over. Opening Day is here. In a world of chaos and danger, baseball, to me, is the one constant, my trusted safety zone.
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3/30/23
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Dino Komis and the East Meadow baseball and softball complex were synonymous with one another.
Komis, a longtime coach and board member of the Baseball and Softball Association, died in June. He …
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By Mallory Wilson
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9/29/22
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After weeks of qualifying games, the 10-and-under softball team from the East Meadow Baseball and Softball Association took their shot at the New York State Little League Championship Tournament in …
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By Mallory Wilson
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7/28/22
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East Meadow native Shannon Necci said she loves being a mom and being involved with her children, so it was no surprise when, in 2015, she joined the McVey Elementary School Parent Teacher …
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By Mallory Wilson
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2/3/22
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Children of all ages, in all forms of costume, made their way through a Halloween candy lover’s dreamscape last Saturday at the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce’s second trunk-or-treat …
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By Mallory Wilson
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10/28/21
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Sean Hogan, a Molloy College graduate student, once played for the East Meadow Baseball Softball Association, beginning on a T-ball team and playing all the way through Senior League.
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By Jennifer Corr
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5/27/21
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A mask couldn’t hide the fact that Lee Cook, the director of the East Meadow Baseball Softball Association’s Challenger League, was in his glory, riding a golf cart from one baseball field to another last Sunday morning, the first day of the season.
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By Jennifer Corr
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4/21/21
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