04.12.2017 Sports Baseball: Mattituck grad, Ascher, signs with Colorado Rockies Getting into the major leagues isn’t easy. That point has been driven home to Steve Ascher, who said he has learned a lesson: “not to take anything for granted.”
04.03.2016 Sports Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays promote Cutchogue’s Ascher to Double-A club Life for a minor league baseball player during spring training can get pretty routine. Arrive at the complex early in the morning, run, stretch and throw. For Steve Ascher,...
03.02.2015 Sports Baseball: Ascher says pitching arm ‘never felt better’ It wasn’t what Steve Ascher said so much as the way he said it that made an impression. Asked how his pitching arm felt, his reply bursted with confidence...
12.31.2014 Sports No. 2 Sports Story of the Year: Former Tucker becomes a Ray The boy who grew up as a Yankees fan may one day get to pitch in Yankee Stadium — as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays.
06.11.2014 Sports Ascher inks deal with Rays, now bound for rookie ball Steve Ascher, who was a Yankees fan growing up, may one day get the chance to pitch against the Bronx bombers — as a member of the Tampa Bay...
06.07.2014 Sports Baseball: Mattituck grad drafted by Tampa Bay Rays Steve Ascher, a former standout pitcher who led Mattituck to a Long Island Championship in 2011, was drafted this afternoon by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 17 round...
12.24.2011 Sports 2011 Top Sports Story No. 9: Tampa Bay Rays draft Kubiak Dave Kubiak has a New York Yankees logo tattooed on the inside of his left arm, but the Tampa Bay Rays are undoubtedly close to his heart. That must...