Axcess Baseball's Podcast

Axcess Baseball's Podcast

Axcess Baseball is a digital media company that covers the Long Island baseball community. We provide game coverage, feature stories and breaking news. On this podcast, we will have conversations with local HS and college players and coaches.

Episodes

September 24, 2024 36 mins

On this episode, Lou Bernardi and Vinny Messana are joined by Matt Tallarini who is the founder of the World Baseball Network. We discuss a variety of topics including how the game of baseball has grown on an international level, who are the up-and-coming leagues around the world, how the game of baseball can continue to grow and much more!

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On this episode, Lou Bernardi and Vinny Messana are joined by New Haven head coach Chris Celano who just led the Chargers to the 2024 NE-10 Championship and is a 1994 graduate of Ward Melville HS

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August 10, 2024 28 mins

On this episode, Lou Bernardi and Vin Messana are joined by Iona Head Coach Conor Burke. He is a 2007 graduate of St. Dominic HS and has rapidly ascended in the college baseball ranks. He is entering his third season at the helm for the Gaels. They discuss the recent news surrounding an increase in scholarships permitted for college baseball programs as well as a cutdown in roster limits from 40 to 34, NIL and the transfer portal

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August 10, 2024 3 mins

Welcome to Beyond the Diamond! Co-hosts Lou Bernardi and Vin Messana will delve deep into the landscape of the game of baseball. Special guests from college baseball and the professional ranks!

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February 17, 2024 15 mins

On this episode, we are recording from the LI Field House in Hauppauge, NY joined by St. Dominic HS ace Victor Frederick and catcher Thomas Garrett

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November 28, 2023 10 mins

On this episode, we are recording from the Town of Brookhaven head quarters joined by special guest Paul Gibson III. Paul is the Head Coach of Center Moriches, who won the New York State Class B Title in 2018, 2019 and the Long Island Championship in 2022. He is also the VP of Operations for MVP Baseball and Program Director for MVP NY East.

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September 21, 2023 19 mins

On this episode, we are recording from Max Effort Baseball in Farmingdale, NY with NY Longhorns founder Erik Paulsen Sr. We discuss how they began as a town team in Massapequa and turned into one of the premier teams in the state, culminating with winning Cooperstown Dreams Park back in August with a perfect record of 10-0

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August 8, 2023 34 mins

On this episode, we are recording live from Max Effort Baseball in Farmingdale, NY. Dan coached Holy Trinity to the 2023 NYS Catholic League Championship - and their first Nassau-Suffolk Championship since 2012. 

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We are back! On this episode, we are recording live from LI Field House in Hauppauge, NY joined by two very special guests - reigning Diamond Award Winner James Sill and Division Coach Tom Tuttle. Sill just capped an incredible season, leading  Division to the Nassau County Class A Title over Calhoun. He recently announced he will be attending SUNY Old Westbury. Tom Tuttle, longtime head coach of the program, joined us to discuss w...

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April 27, 2023 15 mins

On this episode, we are recording live from 1 More Rep in Farmingdale, NY joined by special guest Cornell Warick. He is a Sports Performance Specialist that is a former Long Island Champion football player at Amityville HS. We spoke about the importance of in-season training for athletes and how they can see improvements in the off-season. He works with a number of Long Island baseball players such as Massapequa's varsity team...

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January 5, 2023 25 mins

On this episode, we are filming from LI Field House in Hauppauge, NY joined by St. Anthony's HC Paul Parsolano. We discuss the offseason spending spree of the New York Mets, the pending acquisition of Carlos Correa, Aaron Judge, Carlos Rodon, St. Anthony's ace Jason DeCaro and the whether modern high school baseball players are multi-sport athletes or specializing in one sport.

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December 7, 2022 19 mins

On this episode, we are recording from LI Field House in Hauppauge, NY joined by special guest Erik Paulsen Jr. He is a senior at Massapequa HS and is committed to Stony Brook University. Erik helped lead the Chiefs to the Class AA Long Island Championship over Commack before losing to McQuaid Jesuit in the NYS Tournament. We discuss his experience with the college recruiting process, playing for the Titans organization since he wa...

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December 2, 2022 22 mins

On this episode, we are recording from the brand new LI Field House in Hauppauge joined by Glenn Mitchell. Glenn is a graduate of Malverne HS where he signed with the Atlanta Braves as a 17-year-old in 1987. He pitched five seasons in the minors before getting into coaching. He now owns GEM Pitching and GEM Mental Game Pro. He works with pitchers of al ages and focuses not just on the physical but the mental side of pitching. Plent...

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June 14, 2022 16 mins

Last night was the Suffolk County All-County dinner in which the coveted Carl Yastrzemski Award, Paul Gibson Award and Silver Slugger Awards were named. The NYS Championships are also complete including the first ever CHSAA Championship which was won by the Chaminade Flyers. We also get you up to date on the some of the events we will be hosting

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May 3, 2022 30 mins

On this episode, we are recording from Athletic Movement Protocol in Syosset, NY with special guess Garrett Rogers and Dennis Treubig. We discuss On Base U, some important factors to keep pitchers on the mound and healthy, how to avoid losing strength during the season, what pitchers should be doing following starts, why is Jacob deGrom always hurt, how many pitches is too many, why it's important to be a multi-sport athlete, ...

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March 17, 2022 26 mins

On this episode we are recording from Patrizia's of Massapequa with all the coaches (minus one) of the Catholic League. 

Vinny Messana - Axcess Baseball
Paul Parsolano - St. Anthony's
Mike Pienkos - Chaminade
James Bailin - Chaminade
Joe Fusco - St. Dominic
Dan Luisi - Holy Trinity
Chris Estrada - St. Mary's
Casey McKay - St. John the Baptist

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December 9, 2021 14 mins

On this episode, we are recording from Showtime Athletics in Holbrook, NY joined by Trinity-commit Dylan Schnitzer (Huntington 2022). Dylan batted .475 in 2021 in helping his team capture their first County Championship since 1960. He also has played in a big part in the success of the Body Armor Titans United. Special thanks to the Vitality Center for sponsoring this podcast series - we will see you after the New Year!

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November 26, 2021 41 mins

On this podcast, we are recording from The Yard Sports Academy in Deer Park joined by Jon Kourie - founder of Freedom Baseball. We discuss their growth since the organization launched and recapping their 2021 season.  Then we discuss some of the issues with travel baseball, the fallacy of ranking youth baseball teams, why you should not commit early to a college, what you should be focusing on during the college recruiting process ...

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November 24, 2021 17 mins

On this episode, we arm filming from Showtime Athletics in Holbrook, NY joined by special guest Jack Quinlan (Sayville 2022). We discuss his recruiting process with Army West Point, winning a Long Island Championship as a freshman, playing with the East Coast Lumberjacks and recapping their 2021 season which ended in the playoffs to East Islip.

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November 10, 2021 14 mins

On this episode, we are filming live from Showtime Athletics in Holbrook, NY joined by Longwood senior Mason Mehling - who just recently committed to Muhlenberg College. We spoke about how covid impacted his college recruiting process, why he chose to focus on academics-first, the sting of losing to Commack in the playoffs, playing behind a future-pro pitcher in Tommy Ventimiglia and previewing the 2022 season for Longwood. Special...

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