07.23.2019 Sports Ospreys Notebook: Hot weather’s part of game The final game of the season had no significant consequences whatsoever for the North Fork Ospreys, and yet the heat was on. Oh boy, was it on.
07.21.2019 Sports Baseball: Ospreys get scorched in heat While both teams tried to beat the heat, the Long Island Road Warriors beat the North Fork Ospreys, rather soundly, too. Then again, the Road Warriors had a lot...
07.14.2019 Sports Baseball: Tardif relishes moment to play in HCBL all-star game When he wasn’t mowing down batters on the mound during his high school career at Mattituck, Joe Tardif was tracking down balls in center field for the Tuckers. As...
07.03.2019 Sports Ospreys Notebook: Tardif’s not your average Joe Joe Tardif’s entrance into the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League was loud and dramatic. In his first at-bat for the North Fork Ospreys, Tardif blasted a 3-and-2 pitch for a...
06.29.2019 Sports Baseball: Ospreys can squawk about 5-1 stretch While an actual osprey soared above the baseball field at Jean W. Cochran Park in Peconic, making its presence known with high-pitched squeals, the North Fork Ospreys were making...
06.04.2019 Sports Baseball: An old friend gets better of Ospreys Bill Ianniciello didn’t do anything like mistakenly walk into the wrong dugout or give signs to the other team, but the Riverhead Tomcats’ new manager acknowledged that going up...
05.29.2019 Sports Baseball: Changes abound as HCBL enters new season As Tom Hanks said in the movie “A League of Their Own,” there’s no crying in baseball. Or is there?
08.06.2018 Sports Baseball: Tomcats’ Kelly learns to keep it loose When the pressure is really on, it’s more important than ever to stay loose. As contradictory as that may sound, Miles Kelly can attest to its truth.
08.01.2018 Sports Baseball: North Forkers feel right at home with Road Warriors Matt Stepnoski didn’t have to think long when he was asked what he has learned the most about playing in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League this summer. “I’m not...
07.31.2018 Sports Baseball: Tomcats, Road Warriors face Game 3 showdown Will the real warriors, please stand up? In one dugout we have the Long Island Road Warriors, whose nickname speaks for itself. Across from them, in the other dugout,...