Axcess Baseball's Podcast

We are joined by first-year NYIT Head Coach Frank Catalanotto from the dugout. We discuss his motivation for getting into coaching, the transition to the college game, how he's been managing to recruit elite players and his expectations for 2019.

On this episode, we are live from the Turning Point in Farmingdale, NY with 2x Diamond Award winner Bryan Verbitsky--who was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the 2013 MLB Draft out of Hofstra. He discussed his exceptional high school career, the best players he faced, pitching in the Cape, being a leader at Hofstra and his professional career that lasted 4 seasons. We are also joined by St. John the Baptist senior E.J. Exposito, who hit for the cycle last week and his .342 during the 2018 CHSAA season.

This is part 1 of the August 30 podcast in which we are joined by Old Westbury SS Mike Manetta following his superb freshman season in which he batted .370 with a .420 OBP helping the Panthers offense to a prolific season. He was named to our All-Long Island team. He spoke about being a 3-sport start at Farmingdale HS, beating Massapequa 56-0 in football, why no colleges were interested in him coming out of HS, why his favorite player is listed as Bryce Harper despite being a Mets fan, what kind of music he enjoys pre-game and what Old Westbury needs to do to get over the hump in 2019.

This is part 2 of the August 30 episode featuring North Shore Head Coach Scott Lineman in which we discuss his high school career at Division in which he won a Long Island Championship in 1996 with an undefeated 29-0 record, his career at SUNY Cortland, the impact that legendary Doug Robins had on his career, the 2018 team led by Anthony Carleo and a trio of great pitchers that will all be back in 2019, also what makes Wantagh so difficult to defeat and what it will take in 2019 to get over that barrier.

On this episode, we are joined with Vito Friscia--fresh off winning the Axcess HR Derby at Baseball Heaven. He discussed his 2018 season, his experience playing in the Cape Cod League and his hopes for next season. North Babylon HC Steve Corrado discussed their postseason run and what to expect in the 2019 season. We apologize for the sound issues in certain spots.

On this episode, we are first joined by Hills East Head Coach Tim Belz. He has led the Thunderbirds to one of the best records in Suffolk County over his 10-year career and has coached notable players such as Stephen Woods, Mike Palazzolo and the reigning Yaz Award winner Matt Hogan. He spoke about when he first met Matt, how they were able to overcome some injuries to win the 2017 League title and the incredible offense they had in 2015. We also were joined by John Galanoudis, who just guided the Riverhead Tomcats to the Hamptons League championship in his first year as head coach and he spoke about that experience.

On this episode, we are joined by Queensborough CC Head Coach Roger Mishel to discuss how they were able to win the 2018 CUNYAC Championship, the amazing season of his ace (Ryan Sandberg), the challenges of building chemistry at a community college and also how his company, PEGS Performance, enhances the mental game for athletes and individuals.

On this episode, we are joined by two premier players. Andrew Primm just led Massapequa to their second consecutive Long Island Championship, and they capped off their historic season with a New York State Class AA title. He spoke in depth about the season, starting 5-6 before running the table. He will be attending LIU Post in the fall. Gordon was a 2017 graduate of Babylon HS, where he finished 10th in NY State history with 113 career stolen bases. He won our League 8 MVP and he is currently playing at Flagler College.

On this episode, we are joined by Molloy assistant coach Alex Brosnan. We discussed how he was able to break into coaching at a young age and what he learned from coaching with respected Head Coaches like Larry Minor and Dan Luisi. Also his now famous 2013 Nassau CC pitching staff loaded with Division-I arms, his time coaching the 2017 Body Armor Titans which featured 17 scholarship athletes, also his expectations for the incoming crop of freshmen at Molloy next year.