North Bellmore, NY – The Rebels swept a double-header from Nassau Express today in convincing fashion, 12 – 2 and 16 – 9 at Gunther Field today.

They used a variety of pitchers to great effect but the story of the day was about hitting.

Bouncing back from a Labor Day weekend where hits were scarce, the Rebels managed an impressive 19 hits in the two games in generating their 28 runs.

And they continue to apply their learning and experience in ‘real baseball’ on the ‘big field’. NBNM picked Nassau runners off first and second and later threw out a runner attempting a straight steal on a pitch-out. In follow-up to their last practice where the play was introduced, the Rebels even executed a successful suicide squeeze.

Combined with all-around good play, the Rebels led the Express throughout the day and the Nassau team never managed a plausible threat.

The Rebels return to Gunther next Sunday 9/19 at 11:00am to take on the LI Royals.

As a side note to today’s games, some of the improvements Coach Sam has planned for Gunther Field are already appearing. Americans flags now blow at the corneres of the outfield, improvements have been made to scoreboard, and the dugouts have never been clearer (and safer) with the new bat/ball racks and bag-hanging area. Further improvements are in the works including shelving in the dugouts, a concrete deck under the batting cage, a dedicated bullpen area with mound, and more. Great thanks to Sam, Coach Ray and others helping to realize these improvements to our field.

P.S. Happy Birthday Tyler!

The fall schedule will be posted later on today, we will open up this weekend with a doubleheader on Sunday.

The 10 year old Rebels had a chance tonight to work on the bigger field thanks the 11 Year Old Rebels who came down to give us a hand in preparing for the upcoming Ripken Tournament,
The boys did a pretty good job in all areas of the game that ended in a tie.
Both teams marched several pitches to the mound and the game was well played on both ends. Afterwards a team BBQ was held where all the players came together and realized they were all good friends, it was a nice way to end the summer.
Thanks to Dam McAdam for taking the lead on the BBQ, everyone really enjoyed that sausage & peppers (not bad for an Irishmen).

Click on the documents tab above to see the schedule for next weekend.

The Rebels summer season concluded today with a loss in the NJBL Championship series.
Although the team was a little upset Coach Sam reminded the boys of how successful the summer really was, making it to the Championship game in all four tournaments they entered and winning two of them.
The boys will now have a few weeks off, and return to the field at the end of August to prepare for the Ripken Tournament on Labor Day.
Coach Sam would like to thank everyone players, parents and coaches for there hard work and support during the season, as with every team there will always be a few bumps in the road, but no matter what I am always extremely proud to say that I am Coach of this team.