by John Sullivan Postgame interview with Empire pitcher AJ Taranto, who just tossed a complete game on the mound pic.twitter.com/CXxuwt74L6 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 8, 2025 With playoffs starting in under a week, every game is so meaningful, but Friday afternoon’s matchup was especially big for the Long Island Empire, who were hanging on to the last spot in the playoffs. They went up against B1 Ghost Parise, who held the third spot in the standings, and were looking to build momentum towards a playoff run. B1 decided to give the ball to a familiar face, Zach Jeshiva. Jeshiva was Axcess Baseball Player of the Game just last week for his performance on the mound against Showtime Legacy, and he continued to impress in the first inning of this one. He retired Empire 1-2-3...
by John Sullivan After Showtime scratches a run across due to walks, Jojo Basile gets the K and shuts the door for B1. They win it 6-1 in 5 due to time limit pic.twitter.com/hvVFVVQPMM — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 29, 2025 It was bound to be a good game when Micheal Sime, brother of recent Nationals 4th round draft pick Miguel, took the mound for Showtime Legacy against third place B1 Ghost Parise. Similar to his brother, Micheal is a power pitcher who displays an electric fastball and he showed it in the first inning by blowing three of them by the first three batters for an easy 1-2-3 inning. After Sime’s great inning, Showtime had a promising start to the bottom half of the first after lead off batter, Owen Phillips, reached on an error. After B1 starting pitcher, Zachary...