How it happens6:34“Never give up”: These baseball teams have finally made a combined defeat of 141 games
Two of the longest lost strips in College Baseball history came to an end on Tuesday when the Yeshiva University and Lehman College in an exciting Doublehead in Teaneck, NJ
The Lehman College, a public institution in the Bronx New York district, was set in a defeat with 42 games. The Lightning men’s baseball team had not won a game since May 9, 2023 when they defeated the New York Baruch College. But in the first game of the Doubleheader on Tuesday Lehman broke her series with a highly competitive 7: 6 victory against Yeshiva.
The second game took an equally dramatic turn. The Yeshiva University, a private Orthodox Jewish school with four locations throughout New York City, had an even more painful series of losses in successive losses from February 27, 2022. But in the night the Maccabia found their sparks, which appeared with a 9: 5 victory to end their victorious run.
After a tense tie, the game went to additional innings, where an important hit-by-pitch in the eighth Inning Lehman allowed to seal their victory.
An outstanding performance came from Lehman Pitcher Justin Chamorro, who threw a complete game and 13 battery battery. He spoke to How it happens Host Nil Köksal about victory.
Congratulations, Justin. How does it feel?
Oh, it is an urgent feeling of relief. I am so happy. It’s a victory. It was this hump we had to. I am grateful.
It was so long. How do you get something like this game after the game?
Lots of grit, endurance.
As a team, it is difficult because I don’t just speak for myself, but after so many losses, their morals begin. And it is like, “When will it happen?”
It’s just a matter of time. And the time of time was yesterday.
What did you learn from all these (earlier losses) as a team to get you victory this time?
In any case, beat situational, in different counts – like the rackets that know what matters, knowing what they expect and perform these counts.
And also defensive to be better together, especially when it comes to a certain place that we would like to run or different changes in defense. This definitely played a key role and mixed together after all these losses, we were allowed to feel mutually.
At what point during the game yesterday you have the feeling: “Ok, that could be”?
When we took the lead in seventh place in seventh place and I knew that I would go out for another inning.
I thought: “I will lock up this inning and we will secure this victory for Lehman.” I just knew.
I went confidently, no matter what happens, and I am only grateful that my teammates had my back and picked me up.
And when they realized that they won, I saw a little bit of a little video on Instagram, there was understandably a bit striving. But what do you feel in these moments?
I had a feeling of pride, you know and came from the Bronx.
This school has seen many obstacles and adversities. I don’t know if they could look, but I just said: “We are here, we are here.”
Because we represent this school – I represent -. I represent everything I have done, all fights that the program went through. We made it. That was the daylight we had to see.
At the beginning of this week I spoke to Dan Sarmiento (WHO) in the game. He is a YouTuber and he thought that part of the problem could have been financed. But you are in a team – what has been in the way of a win before?
That is actually one of the biggest problems. I have the feeling that if we had the resources we needed, we would definitely have competed at a much higher level.
The support was also a problem. I mean, be it that this school for (ITS) basketball and athletics component is rather recognized, we don’t really get as much shine and attention.
Many (our) players are young. It builds up again. After the year we had last year, it was difficult.
I would say that financing, support, lack of equipment, lack of resources because we play with our hands and do what we can do, what we have, so that’s really.
Does it feel like a turning point?
I think so. I know for myself, I hope I have demonstrated my teammate that we can definitely do it together.
I need each one of them to invest it as we were (in) the first game. We take it one step.
I know that Coach (Chris) Delgado invested so much time and he really put everything in this program where it contradicted it before it wasn’t so much invested in us.
He really turned into a business to give us nutritional plans, training sessions, practices and repetitions. I give him many props.
What did coach Delgado say after this victory?
Congratulations on her first victory and I told him the same. We both smiled because it was a long journey for both of us and he was that he was recently appointed head coach. It is a performance.
How was the reaction on campus? I am sure that a lot of ribbing during their defeat.
Oh my God. I am only happy to stop the nonsense that I heard on the campus, all the negativity.
The softball team supported us there, they were a very good support system yesterday and I am so grateful for them. I also got different players from different teams who congratulated us and it feels different.
In each of these losses and yesterday’s victory there must be life lessons. What did all of this taught you?
Really, I could give you the most clichéd lesson: never give up.
But it taught me that it builds character even in the face of adversity. All these losses build character, and all that it takes is that a victory to show them that it was worth it.
The whole hard work was worth it, all the efforts you have made in you, all the concentration you put into you in the end is worth everything – although this is only the beginning.
