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?
07.20.2018 Sports Baseball: Ospreys drop out of playoff picture What amounted to a play-in game for a play-in game has left the North Fork Ospreys out. Much like the game of musical chairs that was played by youngsters...
07.19.2018 Sports Ospreys Notebook: Sometimes baseballs hit back A baseball field can be an awfully dangerous place, even before a game. Or, perhaps better stated, especially before a game.
07.13.2018 Sports Baseball: Ospreys’ pitching comes through With the dog days of summer for the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League having arrived, both the North Fork Ospreys and Westhampton Aviators have cooled off in the summer heat....
07.10.2018 Sports Baseball: Ospreys infielder wins home run derby at all-star game Riverhead Tomcats outfielder Luke Oliphant was named MVP of the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League all-star game Monday night at Baseball Heaven in Yaphank.
06.25.2018 Sports Baseball: This pitching arm has a glove A pitcher is more than just an arm. After all, he has a glove for a reason. Austin Smith is fully aware of that. He put both his pitching...
06.19.2018 Sports Baseball: Clayborne’s short in stature, not talent Height is nice, but it isn’t everything. Tyrese Clayborne may know that better than just about anyone. Though short in stature, Clayborne brings a great deal of heart and...