Josh Knoth Joins Long Island Baseball Mt. Rushmore With his Second Yastrzemski Award Win

ByNickCipolla

In his final year of play, Josh Knoth had the opportunity to etch his name amongst the greatest baseball players to ever play high school baseball on Long Island.

On Monday night at the Suffolk County Baseball awards dinner, Knoth was presented with his second Yastrzemski award of his career, putting him into a different tier of Long Island baseball royalty.

Josh Knoth’s accomplishments have already been well documented. From the perfect games, school records, and mythical stats, he has more than earned this award for the second straight year.

He is only the third high schooler to ever win the award twice, joining Shoreham/ Wading River’s Brian Morrell (2016, 2017) and East Islip’s Ron Witmeyer (1984, 1985).

Morrell was a star two-way player – meaning he pitched and hit – for the Wildcats who was drafted by the Phillies out of High School, but Morell passed up on that opportunity to go play at Notre Dame. Witmeyer won the award twice, beating out future baseball Hall of Famer Craig Biggio for the award. Witmeyer went on to win two College World Series titles with Stanford University before spending a few years with the Oakland Athletics where he mostly played in the Minor Leagues.

Knoth has officially placed himself on the all-time lists with this monumental win as he is now up there with names like

Marcus Stroman, Steven Matz, and other high schoolers who dominated the Long Island High School circuit.

The 17 year old right hander – who is currently committed to Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi – will have a chance to become even better than anyone that has come before him. He could end up being the first Long Island high school player drafted in the first round of the draft. He has been projected to go as high as 30th overall to the Seattle

Mariners and scouts have been falling in love with his curveball.

As the days until the draft pass us by, we can only speculate where Knoth will land in the 2023 MLB Draft. He has a bright future ahead of him and it will be exciting to follow his story beyond the high school ranks.

PGA Commissioner Monahan Takes a Medical Leave From the PGA

ByNickCipolla

Jay Monahan has been all over the news this week due to the announcement of the PGA/LIV Merger, however he made the news yesterday for a different reason.

Monahan allegedly has suffered a medical emergency and announced that he will be stepping away from the day-today operations for the foreseeable future.

It’s been a week for the Tour that has been full of PR nightmares and controversy. Last Tuesday, the PGA announced that it had entered into a partnership with the controversial Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf and the DP World Tour.

In an article by NBC Sports, Monahan said only that they had reached a “framework” agreement to create a new forprofit company, but that many of the details would be ironed out over the coming weeks.

The exact medical emergency suffered by Monahan is unknown to the public at this time. The 55 year old has been the commissioner of the PGA since 2017.

BY TOM BARTON

The New York Yankees have lost their captain, and best player, to the injured list and they are lost without him. Aaron Judge went down with an injury officially landing on the injured list on June 6th, but he has not played a game since running into the wall at Dodgers Stadium on June 3rd. Manager Aaron Boone was asked about Judge's timeline last week and said he was as curious as anyone as to when his star might reenter the lineup.

The Yankees desperately need Judge's impact. The Bombers have been anything but since he landed on the IL. New York has not won a series since then and are averaging just about 3 runs per game. Judge missed time earlier in the year as well and the Yankees now are under .500 when his big bat is not in the lineup. That lineup is looking for someone to step up and his absence only highlights the offensive struggles that New York fans have learned to expect in October.

Entering the weekend Judge's supporting cast has not been able to produce nearly anything without the slugger. Anthony Rizzo is batting under .100 without Judge. Rizzo started the year off red hot and has since hit a wall at a time when the Yankees needed his production badly. Both Stanton and Donaldson are in the same boat with