Little League World Series Bound Skipper Has Ties to LIU

8/15/06 -–The 60th Little League Baseball World Series features 16 teams from around the world, including a team from Staten Island. Mid-Island is coached by Nick Doscher, a former Long Island University standout pitcher and assistant coach.

On Monday evening in Bristol, Conn., Doscher’s team secured a bid to the highest stage for 11 and 12 year olds by winning the Mid-Atlantic regional. A walk-off home run in the sixth inning propelled the squad to a 2-1 victory over New Jersey Livingston American and a trip to the L.L. World Series.

Doscher, a Staten Island native, was among the first group of recruits signed by longtime former Blackbird skipper Frank Giannone in 1977. The righty had four consecutive winning seasons on the mound, earning All-Met honors his sophomore season with a 0.38 ERA in eight assignments. Doscher went on to spend seven seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater.