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Albany’s Team Nick Paniccia Casey Walsh Brett Weber Craig Mastroianni, Bill Lawton, Ben Paniccia Craig Mastroianni Zach Halloran elcomeHome of the nine-time to Upper NYS and 2010 North Atlantic Regional Champions ATHLETICS QUICK FACTS Location: Albany, NY Founded: 1995 by Joe Altieri, Joe Vellano Colors: Black & Scarlet Home Field: Bleecker Stadium League: Albany Twilight - Haack Division Dimensions: 315’ (lt), 375’ (ctr), 305’ (rt) TABLE OF CONTENTS Years in League: fourteenth (14th) E-mail: [email protected] 2010 Review: Affi liation: American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC) Athletics Phone: (518) 229-0440 A’s Offense, Pitching Led Way 2-3 Web Site: www.albanyathletics.com 2010 World Series...............................4-5 ATHLETICS FRONT OFFICE & COACHING STAFF 2011 Preview: 2011W Set on National Title 6-7 General Manager & Head Coach: Joe Altieri Current Season: sixteenth (16th) Meet the Athletics Head Coach 8 Alma Mater: The College of Saint Rose ‘95 Assistant Coaches: Bill Lawton (8th season), Meet the Athletics Assistant Coaches 9 Career Records as Head Coach: John Kelly (8th season), Stan Musial Baseball (15 seasons): 492-200-8 2010 Statistics 10 Mark Teson (8th season) 2011 Roster 11 Albany Twilight League (12 seasons): 212-77-1 College of Saint Rose JV (5 seasons): 60-48-1 2011 Player Bios 12-14 Photo Gallery 15 Board: Joe Altieri, Larry Altieri, Mike Altieri, Bill Rosch, Joe Vellano, John Kelly, Jason Trufant, Keith Lansley, Chuck Bauer 2010 Historic Year 16-17 Honor Roll 18 12th ANNUAL ATHLETICS BASEBALL FEST TOURNAMENT Athletics League Opponents 19 Tribute to Champion 20-21 2011 Dates & Sites: June 24-26 at Central Park A, B, C Diamonds Career Hitting Stats 22-25 Participating Teams: Host-Albany Athletics, Albany Thunder (NY), Philly Bandits (PA), Career Pitching Stats 26-27 Rockland Cavaliers (NY), Oriskany Blazers (NY), Sullivan Spartans (NY) Athletics Alumni 28 Tournament Director: Joe Altieri Asst Tournament Director: Larry Altieri Athletics in the Pros 29 Tournament Committee: John Kelly, Bill Macejka, Mark Teson Athletics Sponsors 30-> MEDIA OUTLETS Television WXXA-FOX Channel 8 Sports Director: Rich Becker ON THE COVER Capital News 9 Phone: 518.862.0995 Fax: 518.862.0930 Sports Director: Joe Calderone “Albany’s Team” e-mail: [email protected] Phone: 518.641.6397 Fax: 518.641.7023 Pictured on the cover are Al Barbato, John Marcella, Justin Meagher, e-mail: [email protected] Newspapers Jim Shook, Jason Martin and Casey Walsh as they lead the cast of the returning defending champion Albany Athletics with high hopes WNYT-NBC Channel 13 Albany Times Union of another league title and regional title in 2011. Sports Director: Rodger Wyland Sports Editor: Hank Domin Phone: 518.456.8477 Fax: 518.434.0659 Phone: 518.454.5413 Fax: 518.454.5819 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] CREDITS 2011 MEDIA GUIDE WRGB-CBS Channel 6 Schenectady Daily Gazette Sports Director: Doug Sherman Sports Editor: Tom Boggie Editor: Joe Altieri • Layout & Design: Kristen LeClaire (KristenRenee Phone: 518.381.4970 Fax: 518.346.6249 Phone: 518.395.3070 Fax: 518.395.3072 Design) • Printer: Guilderland Printing, Inc. • Team Photography: e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Christina Poleto Uzzo (CMP Photography), Nick Sgambelluri, Bill Ziskin, Lisa Dombroski (LD Web Solutions), Dick Barrett (ATL Historian), WTEN-ABC Channel 10 The Troy Record Kari Altieri, Larry Molnar • Advertising: Joe Altieri, Maria Mazzone Sports Director: Drew Bill Sports Editor: Kevin Moran • Offi cial Web Master: LD Web Solutions Phone: 518.436.0771 Fax: 518.426.4792 Phone: 518.270.1295 Fax: 518.270.1202 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] World Series..... 2010 Finally! After years of knocking on the door of the AABC National World Series, the Albany Athletics program fi nally broke through in 2010. The team captured its fi rst ever North Atlantic Regional title enroute to its fi rst World Series berth in Houston, Texas last August capturing the excitement of fans, friends, and especially the Albany Twilight League. Many watched the games from their home computers as the Athletics games streamed live on the World Series web site. The league had fi nally sent a team to the World Series for the fi rst time since the 1989 Apex Printing team, and furthermore, the Athletics were only the third Twilight team in the league’s 80-year history to have made it to a Stan Musial World Series. REGULAR SEASON Traditionally, the League pits the previous year’s champion and runner up against each other to kick off the Twilight season. In 2010, the defending champion Athletics opened with runner up Nolan Propane for the second straight season and had somewhat of the same result. A’s starter Jim Shook twirled a no-hitter and fanned 13 batters while Justin Meagher hit a three-run double to help Albany start the regular season with a 3-0 win on the League’s Opening Night for the fourth season in a row. However, the A’s went on to win just two of their next four games to begin the year 3-2—a far cry from the traditional fast start they are used to. However, a short two-game losing streak in the fi rst fi ve games sparked the team to win 16 straight league games and close 20-4 in the league regular season. They also fi nished 29-7-1 overall. Along the way Albany put up a gaudy offensive numbers and kept opponents to three runs or less 29 times in all regular season games including losses. Heading into the postseason, the A’s had recorded 13 shutouts including a streak of fi ve consecutive shutouts at one point and eight out of nine games. A highlight during the regular season came when the A’s shutout the Albany Dutchmen of the Perfect Game Collegiate League 3-0 in the annual Mayor’s Trophy game which pits the Dutchmen against the League’s previous year’s champion. Dan Barbero hit a fi rst inning two-run homer while Shook fanned 13 batters and hurled a complete game. TWILIGHT PLAYOFFS For the 5th consecutive year the A’s fi nished with the most wins in the league and earned the #1 seed in the playoffs for the 4th time since 2006. They nearly swept through the playoffs losing only one playoff game—the fi rst playoff loss since the 2008 season. In the ATL Semifi nal Series, Albany swept its best-of-three series over #4 seeded Blue Slate Bluehawks 1-0 in game #1 and 3-0 in game #2 on back-to-back nights with Shook and left hander Chris Smith earning wins each night. The A’s scored its lone run in game #1 on a wild pitch. A day later, they got a two-run homer from Al Barbato to spark the offense in game #2. In the Championship Series, the A’s fell 5-0 in game #1 immediately following their return from Houston, but bounced back to sweep the next three. In game #2, Barbero hit a grand slam to spark a 12-run fi fth inning to help the A’s win 20-10. In game #3, Casey Walsh trucks out 10 and John Marcella hit a two-run homer to help the Athletics to an 8-1 victory. In the clincher, Barbato and Sean Donovan homered to lead the offense in an 8-5 win and the A’s fourth league championship. Barbato was the playoff MVP for going 9-for-21 with 6 RBI in the semis and fi nals. The Athletics won their second straight title and upped their playoff record to 22-4 in the ATL playoffs going back to 2006. AABC POSTSEASON By winning the ATL regular season, the Athletics earned a BYE past the AABC Upper New York State Tournament and went straight to their 10th North Atlantic Regional Tournament since 1998. The Twilight League hosted the event and the stage was set for a historic Regional tour- nament at Keenholts Park in Guilderland. Perennial power Long Island Storm was making its 14th consecutive Regional appearance and was fresh off a 3rd place fi nish in the Stan Musial World Series in 2009 and previously won the national championship in 2006. They were the team to beat once again and the A’s set their sights on facing them to determine the 2010 champ. In the fi rst round, Jason Martin and Barbato went deep for homers igniting a 7-3 victory over the New Jersey South champion, Buena Vista 2010 IN REVIEW Tomahawks. Zach Halloran doubled twice and drove in a run while rookie Matt Montross threw a complete game three-hitter. In the second round against the New Jersey North champion, North Haledon Reds, Martin singled in a run and doubled in two runs to account for all of Albany’s offense in a 3-0 victory. With just four teams remaining in the tournament heading into the third round, the A’s and Storm were the only 2-0 teams in the tournament. They would play a pivotal game, one that would also help determine a bye in the fourth round. Despite the A’s spotting the Storm a 2-0 lead after one inning, Barbato erased the defi cit with a two-run shot in the third inning then Meagher blasted a two-run homer in the fi fth inning to 2 lead the A’s to a 4-3 victory. Walsh threw a complete game striking out fi ve and propelling Albany to a 3-0 record in the tournament and a bye to the championship game.