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The NEAA All-Star team will play against the South End All-Stars in the 4th Annual North2South Baseball Classic as well as a series against the Hill House All-Stars. The NEAA All-Star team will be made up off: Marcos Soto Michael Troiano Francesca Rubino Francesco Santaniello Charlie Griffin Isabella Vilar Fortunato D’Ampolo Richard Pagliuca Evan Frechette [...]
The NEAA Dodgers play baseball in both the RBI League sponsored by the Boston Red Sox and the Lou Tompkins All-Star League. The RBI league kicked off two weeks ago and Tompkins starts this coming week. In the RBI league the Dodgers have a 13-15 year old team and a 16-18 year old team. In [...]
After much hard work from John Romano, we have secured a location for our annual Majors banquet. The banquet will be Sunday, March 3rd starting at noon at Filippo’s restaurant in the North End located on 283 Causeway Street. Players from our 2012 Major league season, their parents/grandparents and siblings are all invited to attend. [...]
It is that time of year again! Baseball is right around the corner. Our sign-ups have now begun. Please go to neaabaseball.org to register your child for spring and summer baseball. We will be offering baseball for boys and girls age 4-21. Practice kicks off March 18th. Here is the breakdown of our offerings: NEAA [...]
The NEAA Dodgers squared off with a very talented team from Lawrence in a battle for the 2012 Champs Boston Wood Bat Championship. The undefeated Dodgers had to like their chances with ace Greg Bilikas on the hill. Bilikas was the winning pitcher August 5th when the Dodgers took home the Lou Tompkins Championship this [...]
The NEAA 19 and under Dodgers played the Boston Padres in the semi-finals of the Boston Champs Wood Bat League. The number one seeded Dodgers took on the 4th seeded Padres in a battle to the end. Mike Martignetti got the start for the Dodgers and did not disappoint. Mike threw a complete game 2-hitter, [...]
The 19 and under NEAA Dodgers rode strong pitching and explosive hitting to wrap up the wood bat regular season undefeated with a 6-0 record and became the number one seed for the playoffs. In their wins the Dodgers outscored their opponents 38-2. The starting rotation of Greg Bilikas, Mike Martignetti, Vin Lopriore and Mark [...]
Ah, Saturday morning! My favorite time of the week. No work, no responsibilities, bright sunshine and a great day to be alive. I think I’ll go get a morning coffee for myself and my wife before I take my 5 year old out to play. I get dressed, open my front door, step onto the [...]
The NEAA Senior Dodgers opened up the 19u wood bat tournament sweeping a doubleheader from the East Boston Eagles by scores of 8-1 and 12-0. The Dodgers, who haven’t played a game since their championship victory on August 5th did not look like a rusty team. Playing their first game with wood bats they scored early [...]
The North End Dodgers went into the Lou Tompkins All-Star Baseball Tournament of Champions as the #1 seed. In order to win the championship the Dodgers were going to need to win three games in three days against three stellar opponents. Led by the pitching of Greg Bilikas and Ryan Colbert and the all-around outstanding [...]
Our 13-5-1 record and 9 game winning streak has earned us the number one seed in the 19 and under Lou Tompkins Tournament of Champions. Here is the schedule. We open Wednesday at Bunker Hill College at 5:30 probably vs the South End. If you are interested in watching some good baseball we’d love the [...]
The NEAA 19u Dodger’s team riding a 6 game winning streak thrusted themselves into first place in the Lou Tompkins All-Star baseball league. The Dodgers have been red-hot for the last 3 weeks and playing their best baseball of the season. Led by their rock solid pitching staff and suddenly explosive offensive the Dodgers have [...]
Upcoming special games and team lineups for the North End Athletic Association Youth Baseball League. Major’s Youth Baseball All-Star Game – Friday, June 22, 2012, 7pm Saturday, June 23, 2pm at Langone Park, Campochairo Field on Commercial Street. This year, the game will be played in memory of good friend, Johnny Paolo. Pizza and snacks [...]
The Saint Agrippina Cardinals won the NEAA little league championship, capping off the best season of the NEAA only league. The Cardinals won all ten regular season games and followed that up by winning all three of their playoff games. The game started off poorly for the Cardinals, as the Tigers scored five runs in [...]
by Ralph Martignetti For the fourth straight year, the Cardinals and Cubs met in the NEAA playoffs. The past two years, the Cubs knocked the Cardinals out in single elimination. This year, the Cardinals got a measure of revenge with a two game sweep by scores of 8-1 and 9-4. The Cardinals set the tone [...]
We have an action packed week in this our last week of NEAA Major’s baseball. Tuesday starts the action as the North End All-Stars take on the South End All-Stars in game one of a home-and-home series. Game one is at our field and starts at 6pm. It should be some fun baseball and we [...]
by Ralph Martignetti, Commissioner The NEAA Dodgers recently kicked-off their 2012 season. The Dodgers put three teams on the field. In the RBI League the Dodgers field a 13-14 year old team coached by Chuck Bilikas and Bill McAllister and a 15-16 year old team coached by Aaron Michelwitz and Matthew Imbergamo. In the Lou [...]
On Friday June 22nd at 7pm the NEAA will host its annual All-Star game at Langone Park. Players from the Cardinals and Cubs will battle players from the Tigers and Indians. The game will be dedicated to the memory of Johnny Paolo. The teams will be named after two recently retired coaching legends; Paul Luongo [...]
by Ralph Martignetti, NEAA Commissioner The NEAA Major’s baseball program played an intra-league series with the Hillhouse Little League baseball program last week. This was the first meeting of the two programs and hopefully the start of an annual event. The four NEAA teams were matched up against the four Hillhouse teams in a two [...]
by John Pezzuto The Cardinals won their 8th game to clinch the regular season championship by beating the Tigers in the last game before the league takes a break to play games versus former partner Hill House. The Tigers scored in the top of the 1st on a walk, stolen base, wild pitch and an [...]
by Ralph Martignetti, The Commissioner NEAABaseball.org Standings Thru 5/21/12 Standings Wins Losses Pct Cardinals 7 0 1.000 Indians 3 2 0.600 Tigers 2 4 0.333 Cubs 0 6 0.000 Coach Al provides the latest write-ups for the Indians: 5-18-12 The Indians and Cubs played a very entertaining game last night. The Indians scored 6 runs [...]
by The Commissioner The Cardinals and Tigers dodged raindrops to get their game in. The rain was intermittent during the game. The hard rain waited until the final out. The Cardinals threatened in the top of the 1st, but the Tiger pitcher, Fortunato D’Ampolo, raced toward 1st base to field a grounder and throw Francesco [...]
The Cardinals beat the Cubs in a four inning game. The Cards scored four runs in the first, five in the second, four in the third and seven in the forth. JC Pezzuto, Owen Locke and Fred Moseley each had three hits and Francesco Santaniello had two. Pezzuto started the scoring with an inside the [...]
by Ralph Martignetti, NEAA Baseball Commissioner In the nitecap of the opening day doubleheader, the Cardinals spotted the Indians a 2 run and came roaring back to take an 8-4 victory. The Indians scored solo runs in the 1st and 2nd innings to take the 2-0 lead. With 2 outs in the 1st, Jase Cherchi [...]