Dodgers Nation
Observations From Dodgers Nation Workout on Sunday
Since their inception four years ago, Dodgers Nation has gradually morphed into one of the top organizations on Long Island culminating in a Number 15 ranking for the Mid-Atlantic by Perfect Game at the 17u level. Christian Byrnes, founder of the organization, is very pleased with their progress. “We’re going to be very good at most of our age groups this year,” said Byrnes. Aside from their 17u team coached by Sean Burns, he is also expecting a very strong 14u team coached by Al Marazzo as well as 9u and 10u. He stated that the 9u team is coming off a great season in which they won the LI Hot Stove League and the 10u team got some new talented players into the program this winter. It’s become common to be at a Perfect Game or any local tournament and see one of the...
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Dodgers Nation Captures 18U/17U Varsity Division Championship
Dodgers Nation has quickly become one of the top programs around and they solidified that capturing the 18U/17U Varsity Division of the LI Boys of Summer. They defeated LI Hawks, 7-4, in the finals at Baseball Heaven on Wednesday evening. This was really a tale of two games, as the first four innings flew by with the Dodgers leading 2-0, while the next three innings were a bit of a slog once both teams got into the opposing team’ bullpen. Ultimately, Dodgers Nation took the lead for good in the bottom of the fifth inning. The pitching match up was Nick Inzerillo were the Hawks and Brandon Lombardo for the Dodgers. Both pitchers were effective in the early going, although Inzerillo did need to work around two walks in the bottom of the first before escaping the jam on a fly out to cen...
Dodger Nation Power Way Past Oil City Bandits To Open ‘Bring The Heat’ Tourney
Final: Dodgers Nation 14, Oil City 1 WP: Zach Sisto pic.twitter.com/hZ7XR9FKVe — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 21, 2020 Dodgers Nation 10U opened up their Bring the Heat tournament with a dominating 14-1 victory over Oil City Bandits on Friday afternoon at Plainedge Park. The boys wasted no time getting the bats going into the top of the first when Ethan Sukalic led off with a single and advanced to second on an error. After a walk and a pair of strikeouts, Costa Papoutsakis drove him in with an RBI single. Johnny Bulone hit a grounder to third that appeared to end the inning, but the errant throw allowed two runs to score and extend the lead to 3-0. A single by pitcher Zach Sisto brought up Dylan Mannino who also singled, which opened up a 4-0 lead. Sisto went out and worked...
Anthony Agosta’s RBI Single in 7th Ends Game in 2-2 Tie
Dodgers Nation get one back on a balk to score Brendan McCann but Jack Flood ends the inning with a strikeout End of 6: B1000 2, Dodgers Nation 1 pic.twitter.com/gjdMxPqCLy — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 20, 2020 The first five innings of this game took 58 minutes, as it appeared both teams had a flight to catch. The final two innings dispelled that notion, as the pace slowed significantly. Ultimately, the game ended in a 2-2 tie with Anthony Agosta coming through with a game-tying RBI single in the bottom of the 7th with two outs before the time limit halted this one. The pitching match up was Jack Flood (Mineola 2021) for B1000 Seminoles and Nick Schimmel (Bethpage 2021) for Dodgers Nation in this one. Both pitchers brought their ‘A’ games. Schimmel worked a 1-...
LI Dodgers Nation Overcomes Late Deficit to Pull Off 4-3 Victory
Jack Cantwell shuts the door for the Dodgers as they complete the comeback and take the 4-3 victory. pic.twitter.com/C1KuMw5PCE — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) August 12, 2020 By Chris Amato In a game that started off slowly for the Dodgers Nation offense, it was the work of exceptional pitching and tremendous defense that kept them in the game until it was time to finally wake up at the plate. Going down early 3-0 and seemingly not being able to get anything started with the bats, the Dodgers could have easily accepted defeat and handed the win over. However, through some key defensive plays that kept their spark alive, the team persevered through their struggles and came up with a way to get the job done. The scoring started early for the Gators when John King led off the game wi...
