Bad habits are sometimes hard to break. For the Webster Yankees they are finding it hard to break the habit of being the victim of an NYCBL Player-of-the-Day performance. On June thirteenth Doug Ciallela scattered five hits over nine innings to shut out the Yankees. Then Eric Ferguson had a month in one day as he set an NYCBL record driving in seven runs with a six-for-six … [Read more...] about Webster Rally Falls Short
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Lawler’s Walk-Off Leads Webster
Rob Lawler’s one-out, walk-off double brought home Jason Johnson with the winning run in the bottom of the thirteenth. Lawler’s hit, his second of the game and fifth in the last two games, preserved an impressive pitching performance as Webster defeated Bolivar 4 to 3. Lawler’s triple in the second scored Johnson to give Webster a 2 to 1 lead. Ironically, Lawler only needed … [Read more...] about Lawler’s Walk-Off Leads Webster
Former NYCBL Players in MLB
Name (School) MLB Team NYCBL Team Jeremy Accardo (Illinois St) Toronto Wellsville ‘03 Brett Carroll (Middle Tenn. St) Florida Hornell ‘02 Rajai Davis (UCONN-Avery Pt) Pittsburgh Hornell ‘00 Brendan Harris (William&Mary) Tampa Bay Schenectady ‘99 Tim Hudson (Auburn) Atlanta Hornell ‘94 Josh Kinney (Quincy)* St. Louis Hornell ‘98 Steve Kline (West Virginia) San Fran. Little … [Read more...] about Former NYCBL Players in MLB
Ciallela Shuts Down Webster
Prior to Saturday’s game if someone told Webster coach, Mike Kelly, that his starter, Robert DiNuzzo would allow just two runs over eight innings, that reliever Jacob Bernath would work a perfect ninth, and his NYCBL Yankees would play errorless ball, the Yankee skipper would have been happy. One problem is that Brandon Scott’s Allegany County Nitros did one better. Actually … [Read more...] about Ciallela Shuts Down Webster
Wasted Opportunities Cost Webster A Win
Everything seemed all right. The Webster Yankees were cruising along. Brian Pullyblank had another solid performance working when he turned the game over to his bullpen. Josh Brown was on the mound. He had two outs in the eighth, and then everything came undone. The Hornell Dodgers tied the score and finished off Webster in the tenth by a score of five to four. For the … [Read more...] about Wasted Opportunities Cost Webster A Win

