07.27.2017 Sports Baseball: Tomcats, Aviators combine for 36 runs, 31 hits Aviator Field in Westhampton is known for being a hitter-friendly park. It might have been at its friendliest on Thursday. It was good to be a hitter in Game...
07.26.2017 Sports Baseball: Tomcats win-win, and they’re in A win is better than a tie, and two wins, even more so. Needing a tie from their regular-season-ending doubleheader in Westhampton Tuesday in order to qualify for the...
07.19.2017 Sports Baseball: Son of 1987 AL MVP carving out a name for himself The son of a famous name is making a name for himself. That name is George Bell Jr., whose father, George Bell Sr., was a three-time MLB all star...
07.17.2017 Sports Baseball: Williams’ arm helps Tomcats win 8 of 11 Like a game of musical chairs, a handful of teams are anxiously circling and vying for positions as the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League regular season approaches the final stretch....
07.02.2017 Sports Riverhead Tomcats holds ceremony to honor Bob Furlong A banner that reads “Celebrate Bob Furlong Day!” has proudly hung in Shirley Price-Furlong’s living room for a year. On Saturday, it adorned the field at Veterans Memorial Park...
06.20.2017 Sports Tomcats Notebook: Melendez making noise with his bat Alvin Melendez, a sophomore at Fordham University, made the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team this year based on his work as a relief pitcher for the Rams. But it is...
06.18.2017 Sports Baseball: Harkins leads Tomcats in four-hit shutout Call them summer rentals. That is essentially what the players in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League are. Colleges entrust their players to the care of the HCBL clubs for...
02.17.2017 Sports Riverhead Tomcats GM Bob Furlong, 58, remembered as ‘perfect gentleman’ Patti White had successfully pulled it off. Bob Furlong was thoroughly surprised, she said. On a hot July Sunday afternoon last summer, White successfully orchestrated Bob Furlong Day at...