The Makings of a Baseball Dynasty in Fair Lawn
Fair Lawn's 9U Travel Baseball Team is headed to Delaware after winning the NJYB Summer Bash
“When you put the ball in play, good things happen.” Never did that old baseball maxim ring more true than in this July’s North Jersey Youth Baseball 9U Summer Bash championship game at Foschini Park in Hackensack. After clawing back from a 6-0 deficit, the Fair Lawn Grey Cutters 9U Travel Team trailed by two runs heading into their final at-bat. Sparked by timely hitting and aggressive base running, the Cutters staged a miraculous comeback, putting up three scores in the bottom of the 6th to upend 9U state champion Wyckoff, 9-8, for a walk-off victory. “We were down to our last strike in the bottom of the 6th,” said Rick Puerto, who coaches the team with Jorge Reyes. “To come back and win it, this team’s strength has definitely got to be …
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