The New York Collegiate Baseball League will open its 35th season of play on Friday, June 1st, and Pickin’ Splinters will be on hand providing all the coverage.
From the first pitch on the campus of St. Bonaventure University to the final out of the league championship series, the staff of Pickin’ Splinters will have all the news, notes and analysis.
Included in the coverage will be the premiere of Baselines – The Weekly NYCBL Podcast. Your host Matt Moodie will provide fans with all the stats and insights for each week of the NYCBL season. Moodie, a former play-by-play man in the NYCBL and St. Bonaventure alum, will interview coaches, players and league executives to give fans an inside look at the NYCBL. The first installment of Baselines will take place on Wednesday, May 30th.
Bryan Clark, Bill Dubiel, Dave Malerk and Ryan Sullivan along with contributions from individual teams will provide the core of coverage for the season.
Clark is in his first year as the Public Address announcer for the Wellsville Nitros. He enters his fourth year of college at SBU where he studies Journalism and Mass Communication.
Dubiel is also in fourth year at St. Bonaventure. He will cover the Syracuse area teams through the month of June.
Malerk is a former staffer in the NYCBL. He will follow the Athletes in Action team playing in Webster this summer. Malerk attends St. John Fisher College.
Sullivan, a former player and coach in the league. He will offer insights and analysis at-large.
The New York Collegiate Baseball League, founded in 1978, is a summer wood bat development league for professional baseball. Major League Baseball funds a small portion of the league’s annual budget. The league gives college players who have not yet signed a professional contract the opportunity to develop their skills at a higher level of play, gain experience with wood bats and be evaluated by scouts. Current major leaguers Brad Lidge, Tim Hudson, Dallas Braden along with Hunter Pence have all spent time in the NYCBL.
The NYCBL. Sending players to the pros since 1978.
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