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Cardinals Take 2012 NEAA Majors Championship, Beating the Tigers 10-5

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 Read More…

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North2South Baseball Classic Game Played at Langone Park [Photos]

The first game of the 3rd Annual North2South Baseball Classic was held on Tuesday at Langone Park, between the North End and South End Little League programs. A second game will be held next Sunday at Peter’s Park in the South End. The series is sponsored by State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz bringing together the Little Read More…

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Cardinals Sweep Cubs in NEAA Playoffs

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 Read More…

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NEAA Dodgers Update

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 Read More…

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NEAA All-Star Game on June 22, 2012 – Team Rosters

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 Read More…

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NEAA Playoffs Game 1: Tigers 5 – Indians 4

In a game that had more twists and turns than a roller coaster, the Tigers edged the Indians 5-4 in seven well-played innings by both teams. Suffice to say that Jace Cherchi (Indians), Vin Coppola (Indians), Fortunato D’Ampoli (Tigers) and Kyle Bernadini (Tigers) pitched strongly for both teams and going into the bottom of the Read More…

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NEAA versus Hillhouse

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 Read More…

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NEAA Little League Baseball Survey for Parents

  Dear Parents: As we approach the half way point of the North End Athletic Association (NEAA) regular season, I thought it would be great to get some feedback from you so that we can improve our programs for the future.  Please take a few minutes to take this survey. Your feedback is wanted and Read More…

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NEAA Baseball Standings and Game Updates

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 Read More…

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NEAA Baseball – Cardinals 6, Tigers 3

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 Read More…

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NEAA Baseball: Sizing Up the Tigers versus Cubs

by Ralph Martignetti, Commissioner With the season about one third of the way through, the pecking order of team strength is being established and it looks like the Cubs and Tigers are becoming a heated rivalry. The teams met for the second time this season and again both teams were ready play. Colman Shea who Read More…