He strolled out to the little hill in the center of the infield and stood above where the baseball rolled to a stop after last half inning. Bending at the waist, the pitcher reached down and grabbed his white pearl and preceded to toss warmup pitches to the catcher, who was crouched behind home plate. He had done this thousands of times before. In his back yard, in practice, in little league games, in American Legion games. This, however, was the biggest stage he had performed on, and he was doing it exceedingly well.
Twenty-five years ago, the Bridgeport Bombers Senior Legion baseball team earned their way to the state tournament. They would go 1-2, blowing past Plainview and losing close, competitive games to Crofton and eventual state champion,Wakefield.
The pitching performance by Joey Panas in game one of said tournament, still gets talked about at George Post field today.
