By BILLY HEYEN Within five minutes of his season’s cancellation, Ryan Ballard cried. A bit more than a year earlier, he’d looked down on the idea of playing junior college baseball. But in the time since, he’d realized the competition, camaraderie and possibilities it provided. In mid-March, due to the coronavirus, that was all temporarily taken away. “Realizing this could be … [Read more...] about ‘This was the year’: Junior College baseball sophomores cope with altered recruiting timeline
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Lukas Haefner does it all in Rayson Miller’s 7-2 win over James Cooke
By BILLY HEYEN PITTSFORD, N.Y. — It doesn’t really make sense that Lukas Haefner’s fastball sits in the mid-80s. He’s listed at 5-foot-9 on the Finger Lakes Community College roster, and the way his jersey hangs on his body, there’s certainly not much bulk there. But that’s part of the fun of watching Haefner pitch, or hit, or field, or simply do anything near a diamond. … [Read more...] about Lukas Haefner does it all in Rayson Miller’s 7-2 win over James Cooke