Tommy Laino

Recruiting Coordinator at College of Staten Island

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

@MattEll31283173 @slprospects I wouldn't call this a hot take. Maybe an unknown one. I don't know many coaches showing up to showcases without a plan. Sure you may find another guy but they wouldn't be there without the first guy

[D2 Baseball @divIIbaseball]

🚨BREAKING🚨
@NCAADII has passed the age based eligibility, effective immediately.

Players will have 5 years to compete in 5 seasons.

Players who have exhausted their eligibility in the 2025-2026 academic year will NOT receive an additional year.

#D2Baseball

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

@15paulun15 @TheEXECUTlONER_ Please cite the rule, from the rule book that says if you are touched you are out. Why aren't guys called out when high giving the 3rd base coach after a homer then?

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

@TheEXECUTlONER_ Yeaaaa.....that's not a rule.

[Not Gaetti @notgaetti]

Drop whatever you're doing, folks

You wanna know why I'm tough on Peter Bendix?

You wanna know why John VanderWal and other former MLB players are apoplectic over the increasingly vice-like grip of analytics on in-game baseball decisions?

It's because the Bendix playbook includes the possibility of pulling a pitcher with a perfect game in progress through 7 innings and sitting at just 92 pitches, depriving him of the exceedingly rare opportunity to pursue baseball immortality on a night where everything was working and couldn't be touched.

A generation ago, this would have been inconceivable.

You don't have to reach too far back to grasp an era in which it would have been a foregone conclusion that Eury Perez would go back out there for the 8th, and if he remained perfect, then again for the 9th. Short of a grievous injury or losing the perfect game, nothing would stop him from taking the mound and chasing those last six outs, and nothing would stop his manager from letting him.

It might have taken him 120 or 125 pitches, or about *half* as many as Nolan Ryan was known to throw during some of his wilder outings. Perez is a 23-year-old professional athlete standing 6'8" with a body and mechanics that have been finely tuned for the very specific task of throwing a baseball; he'd live to fight another day, and to make his next scheduled start. (Kids are resilient, and even more so when they have the benefit of the best training, nutrition, therapies, and recovery that professional sports can offer.)

Perez deserved the opportunity to chase greatness tonight and to finish what he started, but when the strings are being pulled by folks that never threw a baseball and don't know what it feels like to be in that flow state, to feel invincible and unhittable, to know you can't be touched... this is what happens.

Perez left the game with an 8-0 lead after throwing his 7 perfect innings, and Miami barely hung on to win the ballgame by just ONE run after their bullpen gave up 5 runs in the 8th and 3 more in the 9th. Because the Marlins ultimately won the game 9-8, half of you still think Peter Bendix is a genius. (It's that half of the population that John VanderWal is mad at.)

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

@adekunlerid1 @akafaceUS This place is around the corner from me. This is a normal, polite conversation. This is basically how a conversation goes in the fast moving world of NYC. In different parts of the country or world that might be rude but here that's more than enough to be polite

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

@OPPtraining So I rewatched the video a bunch of times. I guess what I'm seeing is what we call, hitting behind the ball. Is that the same thing?

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

@ThrillaRilla369 Yes in 1999 I made $5/hr at a deli. 2001 working at a minor league baseball stadium at $8/hr. First real job in 2004 started at $10/hr

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

@DMEASrecruiting It's wild to me seeing guys who never played at a high level telling someone who played at the HIGHEST LEVEL IN THE WORLD that they sucked. The baseball world has gone crazy.

[F.P. Santangelo Sr @FightinHydrant]

30 years ago today, I made my Major League debut in Montreal. I got to Olympic Stadium so early they had to find someone to let me in the clubhouse because it was locked.(noon for a 7:30 game) I walked into my first Big League clubhouse and it was just me, all alone. No players, no coaches, no clubbies. I saw my Expos #7 jersey with Santangelo on the back hanging in my locker. It was a surreal moment. I was by myself, finally in a major league clubhouse, with a moment to reflect on how hard I had worked and how much I had sacrificed to get there. After about 15 minutes, my manager Felipe Alou walked in and came right to me in my locker and said congratulations. He then, as the story goes, went and wrote my name in the lineup saying “the kid is here early, he’s more ready than anyone in that clubhouse.” I hit 8th that night and started in left field. I went 2 for 3 with a triple from the right side for my first big league hit and a single from the left side. I learned after I retired that it was supposed to be a 3-day call-up as a reward for being in the minors for 6 years. I turned that 3 days into 7 years. Since that day I’ve been early to everything because you just never know. Happy anniversary to me. 30 years later the whole thing still seems like a dream, like it never happened. But it did! And I’m proud of that…

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

@JLucroy20 No Yadi? Pudge down at 4? And where is Benny Santiago? If we are talking defense what about Charles Johnson? I hate these lists.

[D2 Baseball @divIIbaseball]

🚨COMEBACK ALERT🚨 Down seven in the 2nd, @CSIDolphins rally for six in the 2nd then 1 run in each of the 4th through 8th innings to win it 11-9!

Game 2 of the doubleheader is live, watch here: https://t.co/4cjceBFFfH

#D2Baseball

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

Amen. See it every weekend

[Zak Blair @coachzblair10]

Parents: I have a question- What good comes out of you drinking at your child's competitive events?

We see parents every weekend tailgating at tournaments & drinking at the field. Those people are that selfish or have that big of a problem that they can't wait to get back home or to the hotel to have a few pops?

Isn't it funny that those are the same ones who cause the most problems?

Grow up, people. Makes me sick.

We all know how alcohol affects people. Makes them irrational, belligerent, loud, etc. In my opinion, it's one of the most disrespectful actions you can do to your child & their team. Do you think your kid likes it when you drink? Wake up.

Also, who's driving home? You'll put their life at risk as well, all because you wanted to get buzzed at the game. Let's please make better decisions! 🙏🏻

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

@MikeHolzerJr Fixed. DMs open

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

We have 1 spot left in our 2025 recruiting class. Have a very specific need. Looking for a subby that can eat up innings. Our brand new field will be ready to go by January 2026. DMs are open

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

@Seth_3773 Sure do. I can share it via email if you send me a DM

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

@MikeHolzerJr I was at the RCBC event to see you throw the other day but you didn't. Email your fall schedule and we can come see you

[Tommy Laino @Tommylaino]

DMs are open. Message me if you are a 2025 arm or OF looking for a D2 opportunity

[Coach Mike Mauro @mauro_coach]

Looking for 2025 pitchers and juco players. If you’re looking to play high level division 2 baseball my DMs are open!!!