2008 ANACONDA INDIANS SEASON SUMMARY 

The Anaconda Indians Baseball Program is comprised of the Capital Region's best college freshman and high school standouts who have all committed themselves to playing at the highest level of competition available. The Anaconda Indians play a very comprehensive regular season schedule which begins in late May and continues through August.

During the 2008 season, the Anaconda Indians enjoyed an undefeated tournament record. The Indians were named Tournament Champions in Vermont's Winooski "Wood Bat" Tourney, the Oneonta Green Wave Classic, and the Monsters on the Mohawk Annual Tournament.

On Saturday, August 2, 2008, for the second time in 10 seasons competing in the Senior Division of the American Legion Baseball Program, the Anaconda Indians were named District 4 Champions. The Anaconda Indians earned the District 4 title by defeating the Saratoga Stampede in an exciting Championship Game held in Amsterdam’s historic Shuttleworth Park. The Anaconda Indians began the 9th Inning three runs down to the Stampede, whom had held the lead for the entire game. In the tradition of the Anaconda Indians “never quit attitude”, the Indians wrestled the lead away from the Stampede and with two outs left in their season, scored the winning run to win the District 4 Championship and qualify for the American Legion State Title in their division.

On Sunday, August 10, 2008, the Anaconda Indians made history in Capital District baseball when they were crowned 2008 American Legion Senior Division New York State Champions. The New York State Championship Game which was held at Delano Hitch Stadium in Newburg New York, was another thrilling competition which pitted, Rome NY's Smith Post against the Anaconda Indians. The Indians defeated Smith Post after an eleven inning contest, the Indians tied the game in the bottom of the 8th Inning and won the game in the bottom of the 11th Inning by a score of 9-8.

The State Championship qualified the Anaconda Indians to represent over 160 New York State American Legion teams at the Mid-Atlantic Region 2 Regional Tournament which was held in Colonial Heights,Virginia. At the Regional, the Indians defeated State Champions from West Virginia, Pennsylvania and the Tournament Host before losing to the extremely talented Virginia State Champions. Virginia went on to represent Region 2 at the World Series and were eliminated by the World Champions in the Semi-Finals. Before leaving the Mid-Atlantic Regional, the Anaconda Indians were ranked 19th in the nation, from a registry of over 5,000 teams in the United States and Canada. No other American Legion Baseball team competing in the Capital District has gone further in post-season play than the Anaconda Indians. The Indians concluded their 2008 Regular and Post-season Season record of 48-9.

Indians Alumni

Keeping a proud tradition alive at the next level of competition and beyond! 

Garrett Whitley '15, Tampa Bay Rays - 1st Round, 13th Overall

 Joe Apkarian '15, Castleton State College

 Dan Zeglen '15, Rochester Institute of Technology

 Sean Connors '15, Onondaga Community College

 www.onondagalazers.com

 Adam Gleason, '14 Mohawk Community College 

Joey Butler, '14  Herkimer Community College

Sam Flood, '13  Fulton Montgomery Community College

Austin Clock, '13 SUNY Cortland

www.cortlandreddragons.com 

Dave Hoffmann, '12  Siena College

www.sienasaints.com/sports/m-basebl 

Jayson Sullivan, '12  Sacred Heart University

Joe Borowski, '11  Castleton State College

      '15 Independent League - Arizona

Robbie Knightes, '11  St. John's University

Nick DeMidio '06, College of St. Rose 

http://www.gogoldenknights.com/awards.aspx?aow=55

Billy Nikolski '08, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

http://www.rpiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4156&path=baseball

http://bombers.ithaca.edu/roster.aspx?rp_id=7878&path=baseball

David Filak '08, SUNY Oneonta,

'10 MLB draft 4th round pick of Atlanta Braves 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=t432&t=p_pbp&pid=592303 

Mike Fischer '10, Columbia University

  http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=43645&SPID=3883&DB_OEM_ID=9600&ATCLID=204975057&Q_SEASON=2010                                                                                                                 

Keaton Flint '10, Sacred Heart University

Bret Dennis '10, St. John's University

Alex Jurczynski '10, SUNY Oswego

The 2009 Indian players and coaches will again be staying at Motel 88 during the Green Wave Classic tournament in Oneonta.

The Oasis has a Chinese buffet restaurant on site, and a Ponderosa right across the street.  Brooks BBQ is a 10 minute ride.

http://www.brooksbbq.com/

The Oasis is 5 minutes from all fields and downtown Oneonta.