RICHMOND COUNTY BASEBALL: COLLEGE PLAYERS

RCBC has an expanding number of its Athletes advancing to play College Baseball. These players have combined outstanding seasons with our organization along with excellent High School careers.  The RCBC Mission Statement  sets a main goal of helping its players develop well enough to compete Athletically and Academically at the College Level. We salute these

players who have become Richmond County Baseball Club success stories.

PLAYER                   POS,    COLLEGE       HIGH SCHOOL

TAYLOR BARGIACCHI        Catcher             Dowling                    Northern Highland

EDDIE BROWN                     Infield               Seton Hall                St. Joseph Metuchen

ANTHONY CARNACCHIO   Of/P                  Concordia                Archbishop Molloy

LEE CAVICO                                                    Kean                        Bishop Arch

SAM CERBO                          P/Of                  Delaware                  Don Bosco

PAUL CIACAZZO                 Pitcher              Ramapo                    St. Peter’s

NICK CIARDELLO               C/1B                  Holy Cross               St. Joseph Metuchen

CHRIS CIRLINCIONE         Pitcher              Siena                        Monroe Township

ALFONSE COMELLO          P/Of                  Brookdale JC           Xaverian

JOE CONFORTI                    Outfield            Wagner                     Monsignor Farrell

RYAN FASANO                   Pitcher                                                 North Rockland

CHUCKY FONTANA            P/Of                  Molloy                      Monsignor Farrell

VINCENT GARVEY             Pitcher              Molloy                      St. Edmund’s Prep

MICHAEL GIARMITA        Pitcher              Wagner                    Staten Island Tech

TIMOTHY GREIG                Inf/Of/P            Molloy                           Xaverian

SEAN HILLI                         Pitcher             Montclair State            St. Joseph Metuchen

CRAIG HUGHES                 Pitcher             St. Peter’s                   Wall Township

ANTHONY KLINE              Outfield           U.S. Naval Academy   Seton Hall Prep

BOBBY LANIGAN               Pitcher              Adelphi                     Moore Catholic       Minnesota Twins

EDDIE MEDINA                  P/Inf                St John’s                   Moore Catholic

JUSTIN OLSEN                    Catcher            Rutgers                      Westfield

KEVIN PAYNE                      Infield              Wagner                     St. Peter’s

TIM O’SULLIVAN               Pitcher              Quinnipiac                Don Bosco

STEW PARK                          Infield               MIT                          Xaverian

ANDREW PASSARELLI     First Base          Iona                          Sparta

MATT PATTERSON           Pitcher                                                 Xavier

SALVATORE PERSICO     Pitcher               Adelphi                     Tottenville

A-J PIROZZI                         Pitcher             Wagner                      Monsignor Farrell

TYLER SCIACCA                 Infield              Villanova                   Monsignor Farrell

JOHN TINGOS                     Infield               Long Island U.          Moore Catholic

RALPH TUFANO                 Of/P                 Dowling                     St. Joseph By The Sea

THOMAS VISCIANO          P/Inf                 Seton Hall                Monsignor Farrell

                                                   Richmond County Baseball Club  
                                                 KING OF THE NINE-YEAR-OLDS

 

      Who are the Nine-Year-Old Cal Ripken Baseball Champions of New York State?????  Look no further than the Richmond County Youth Complex on Travis Avenue.  The Championship Trophy belongs to the Richmond County Baseball Club, managed by George Quinn and coaches, Allen Lauro and Dave Filimon.  The Nine Year Olds clinched the 2008 Metro New York State Championship for their age group with a 2-1 victory over Staten Island rival Robert Curatolo Rangers.  It was a thrilling game that saw Richmond County break the 1-all tie in the sixth inning when Lorenzo Quinn drew a walk; and got sacrificed to second.  Lorenzo advanced to third on a wild-pitch and scored on a fielder's choice.  The win went to reliever Daniel DiGiorgio who tossed 1-and 1/3 innings.  Daniel also drove in the first-run with a sacrifice fly.  Starting pitcher Anthony Prato pitched hitless ball in his 4-and 2/3 innings of work.  The victory gave RCBC an overall eye-popping record of 36-5 for an unbelievable .878 winning percentage, they have scored 484 runs and given up 171 runs in 41 games!  RCBC now travels to Hamilton, New Jersey to begin Regional Play against Northwest Pennsylvania.  Coach Quinn says he's had the perfect ingredients for a great team this year. "The kids are hard-workers who learn quickly",and the coaches have tremendous patience says Quinn.  "The kids and the parents have bought into our system leading to a perfect chemistry all around."

      It took four earlier victories for RCBC to reach the title game.  In the semi-final contest, the Nine-Year-Olds defeated PlainEdge East, Long Island, by a 9-3 margin.  The winning pitcher was Rick DeVito and the hitting star was Frank Savino who had a pair of hits and three RBI's.  In the Pool Play Games, Richmond County beat their three opponents by a combined 35-9 count.  The winning pitchers were Prato, DeVito and Francis Perry.  Some of the hitting stars in those wins were Nick Battaglia, Anthony Maisano and Prato.

                  BOBBY LANIGAN:  RCBC's FIRST DRAFTED PLAYER!!!!

 

     Richmond County Baseball Club has enjoyed steady progress since becoming an organization in 2004.  RCBC President Nick DeFendis has seen the organization steadily grow each year since he founded it.  A large number of players who have been part of RCBC have had successful high school careers and many have moved to the next level to get scholarships and play College Baseball.  The next step on the RCBC growth chart was to see one of its alumni drafted.  The wait has ended.   Pitcher BOBBY LANIGAN was taken in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft by the Minnesota Twins.

      The tall righthander from Staten Island was selected in the third round of the draft, the 92nd overall player chosen.  Lanigan was gaining velocity towards this moment since 2005

when the righthander pitched Moore Catholic to the CHSAA Championship.  That summer saw Lanigan become the ace pitcher for Coach DeFendis' RCBC Cardinals and DeFendis says the righthander accelerated his progress even more. "We were playing a tournament in Atlanta, Georgia," said DeFendis, "and Lanigan was so impressive that two of the top baseball colleges in the nation, Texas and North Carolina, tried to recruit him. That's when I knew that RCBC had someone special."  However, Texas and N-C were too late as Lanigan had committed to Adelphi University where he became a three-time All-Conference pitcher, while setting the Panther career strikeout record and compiling an overall ERA of 2.51.  Lanigan is the first Adelphi University player drafted in 15 years.

      DeFendis says he expects RCBC to continue growing into one of the biggest impact organizations on the East Coast. "We are developing more and more players that are becoming stars on their high school teams and advancing to the college level," says DeFendis.  "We expect Lanigan to be  the first of a number of RCBC players who will get a chance at playing pro-ball."

RICHMOND COUNTY BASEBALL CLUB SALUTES THE MILITARY
 

WE ARE FAMILY


Saint Johns University Coaching Staff

Saint Johns University Ed Blankmeyer at the Greater Sandlot Alliance Dinner

Richmond County Baseball Club Presents $5000 Check to Melendez Family

The Richmond County Baseball Club will present the Melendez Family with a check for $5000. Mr and Mrs Melendez suffered a great loss due to a fire which took the lives of their 2 children. RCBC held a Texas Hold'un Tournament and raised enough money to allow us to donate the money to the family. Each Month we will try to hold an event to raise money for a family in need. The check will br pesented to Mr & Mrs Melendez the week of April 17.Richmond County Baseball is a community minded organization and is committed to helping Staten Island Family's.If you know anyone in need of assistance please e-mail us with their story and we will consider them for a donation.