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In spring, all eyes turn to the diamond

It has arrived. Baseball’s opening day. more

By Peter King | 3/29/24

N.Y. baseball, from Carl Erskine to Bartolo Colón

Two recent baseball events caused fond memories to come charging back, while reinforcing the inter-generational hold that New York baseball has on my family. more

8/3/23

Ducks manager Wally Backman, left, and outfielder/hitting coach Lew Ford talk outside the batting cage

Ducks are quacking again

It is unknown if anyone will recite the movie line, ”you’re killing me, Smalls,” but former Major League Baseball player Daniel Murphy — a Mets playoff hero — said he is just looking for a sandlot to play in. The 2015 postseason record breaker is part of the 2023 Long Island Ducks, the team’s 23rd season. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/3/23

The priceless community tradition that is baseball

Baseball is back. Spring training is over. Opening Day is here. In a world of chaos and danger, baseball, to me, is the one constant, my trusted safety zone. more

3/30/23

The Wantagh Hawks won the age-7 championship of the Long Island Hot Stove Federated Summer League, with a record of 9-2-1.

Hawks are division champions

The next generation of great baseball players could be coming out of Wantagh and Seaford. more

By Michael Malaszczyk | 8/25/22

Spring sports fell victim to the coronavirus last week after school officials and coaches across Long Island agreed the risk was too great to athletes and their families.

Cancellations bring Wantagh athletes heartache, dashed hopes

It was game over for spring sports in Seaford and Wantagh, after a gut-wrenching decision by school officials and coaches from across Long Island last week to put the health of athletes and their families first. more

By Tony Bellissimo and J.D. Freda | 4/29/20

Jeff Cohen, 58, of Wantagh, left, and Leonard Aberman, 54, of Bellmore, started their podcast in December 2017.

Podcasters aim for bleachers

Every week, Jeff Cohen, 58, of Wantagh, and Leonard Aberman, 54, of Bellmore, flip on their microphones to record their podcast “Baseball and BBQ.” Cohen opens his decade-old laptop and … more

By J.D. Freda | 2/27/20

Let’s all play — and cheer — fairly

Baseball season is upon us, and over the past few weeks, Little Leaguers have taken the field, sporting brightly colored uniforms and freshly oiled gloves. The smell of the grass . . . more

4/27/17

Wantagh Fire Department officials picked up Christine Newins, a 52-year-old Levittown resident and community volunteer in north Wantagh and Seaford, from the airport when she returned from rehabilitation for life-threatening injuries she sustained in a car accident in Carlsbad, Calif.

Wantagh-Seaford residents rally around injured Levittown volunteer

Christine Newins, a 52-year-old Levittown resident, cannot remember Jan. 17 — the day she was hit by a car while jogging on the Pacific Crest Trail in Carlsbad, Calif. Chris Newins, her husband, … more

By Julie Mansmann | 3/21/17

The LSW Baseball Clinic runs five days a week for three weeks in July in Seaford.

Building a local baseball community

Major League Baseball players just had their annual All-Star break, but local youngsters have been playing the game all month thanks to the Levittown Seaford Wantagh Athletic Association. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 7/19/16

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