By Paul Casey Gotham From Vestal, New York to Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia and stops in between, Dan Jurik blazed a trail through minor league baseball this summer. The former St. John Fisher Cardinal and Webster Yankee listened to the Major League draft with his parents. When the moment came, and he heard his name called, Jurik embarked on a journey he won't soon … [Read more...] about Jurik enjoying the journey
New York Collegiate Baseball League
Webster opens playoffs with a win
By Paul Casey Gotham SCIO, N.Y. - Four years have passed since the Webster Yankees appeared in the NYCBL post-season. Dave Brust's Webster Yankees showed no signs of rust. G.C. Yerry (Stony Brook) out-dueled the league's top pitcher, and Tyler Grogg (Toledo) paced the pinstripe attack as Webster defeated the Allegany County Nitros 4-2 to take a 1-0 lead in the New York … [Read more...] about Webster opens playoffs with a win
Guilmette gets Webster back on track
By Paul Casey Gotham NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Any rumors of the Webster Yankee demise have been greatly exaggerated. After limping through a six-game stretch which witnessed them lose four games by two runs or less, the Yankees took to the road Friday night and re-captured a little of their swagger. Bryant Guilmette (U Mass-Lowell) gave up just two earned runs over six and … [Read more...] about Guilmette gets Webster back on track
Webster trounces the Thunder
By Paul Casey Gotham ALFRED, N.Y. - Matt Boulter (So. New Hampshire) and Matt Delewski (Toledo) combined for six hits and six RBI as the Webster Yankees beat the Alfred Thunder 13-6 in New York Collegiate Baseball League action at Alfred State, Tuesday. After spotting the Thunder a four-run lead in the third, the pinstripes pasted numbers on the board in the next four … [Read more...] about Webster trounces the Thunder
Niagara pummels Webster
By Paul Casey Gotham WEBSTER, N.Y. - Webster's Yankees went from the penthouse to the outhouse. Less than twenty-four hours after knocking off NYCBL West Division leading Hornell Dodgers at Maple City Park, the Yankees submitted to the cellar-dwelling Niagara Power. A quartet of Webster pitchers issued 15 free passes, and Power batters rapped 14 hits as Niagara trounced … [Read more...] about Niagara pummels Webster