07.28.2017 Sports Baseball: Ospreys’ comeback bid falls short A desperate comeback attempt by the North Fork Ospreys fell short Friday night when they dropped the second and decisive game of their Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League semifinal series...
07.27.2017 Sports Baseball: One bad inning hurts Ospreys in semis opener The Long Island Road Warriors looked right at home. So much so, in fact, that they didn’t panic after falling behind a couple of runs. Instead, they used a...
07.27.2017 Sports Baseball: Friend’s death precedes Phelps’ no-hitter Sunday was a memorable day in more ways than one for Chase Phelps. It was a dramatic mix of bad and good. First, the bad. The North Fork Ospreys...
07.25.2017 Sports Baseball: Ospreys extend playoff streak to 10 years Before the start of Tuesday’s doubleheader, someone mentioned to North Fork Ospreys coach Bill Ianniciello that his team needed “just one more point” to clinch a playoff berth. “Don’t...
07.24.2017 Sports Aspiring broadcaster hones his craft at Hamptons Baseball League games As a young baseball fan back in the late 1950s, I would crawl under the covers at night with my Emerson transistor radio and listen to baseball games.
07.19.2017 Sports Baseball: Infield defense makes difference for Ospreys It may seem like it, but it really wasn’t all that long ago when the North Fork Ospreys were struggling at 6-12. The Ospreys are doing better now. They...
07.16.2017 Sports Baseball: High-flying Ospreys run into turbulence Planes were flying high over Aviator Field, one after another it seemed, on Sunday afternoon. But planes haven’t been the only things flying around the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League...
07.13.2017 Sports Baseball: Greenport getting a taste of college ball College baseball is coming to Greenport High School.
08.04.2016 Sports Baseball: From hitting coach to pitching coach So, how does a young man from Illinois who works as a hitting coach in Wisconsin end up as the pitching coach for the North Fork Ospreys?
08.02.2016 Sports Sports Desk: Summering with Hamptons League isn’t bad It is true that first impressions can be lasting impressions. Not always, but in this case, it certainly is the case. My first impression of the quality of college...