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Lippo adds to his trophy case

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , , , on August 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo fires liquid heat in an All-Star game. (Photos property Tyler Turner)

Joey Lippo got some postseason love.

The Coupeville High School grad earned a Gold Glove Award as a catcher for his work in the Aroostook Men’s Baseball League this summer, while also notching an invite to the All-Star game.

Lippo, who was a standout diamond player at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, was in his second season of summer ball.

Postgame fist-bumps for everyone.

Skyy’s twin brother played multiple positions for the Mavericks, who finished the regular season in second place.

Lippo and Co. fell to the third-seeded Bad News Bears in the playoffs, with that team going on to notch its second-straight title.

Before his time in Maine, where he also golfed for UMPI, Lippo was a three-sport star in Coupeville, playing tennis, basketball, and baseball for the Wolves.

The best glove in the biz.

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Lippo goes full Iron Man

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , , , on June 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo (3), seen during his college baseball days. (Timothy Goupille photo)

It’s like someone built a time machine and took the game back to the old days, when you could pitch until your arm fell off.

Coupeville grad Joey Lippo, who is filling some of his summer days playing another season in the Aroostook Men’s Baseball League in Maine, had no use for the bullpen last week.

Instead, the former Wolf chucked 146 pitches, going all the way on the mound for the Mavericks as they pulled out a come-from-behind 8-7 win over the Bad News Bears.

Lippo, who recently graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle, whiffed seven across seven innings of work.

He also delivered two hits, two runs, and a stolen base while taking his own swings at the plate.

The Mavericks got Lippo the win when they rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh, walking things off with a two-run single from Aroostook League rookie Ben Thomas.

The nail-biter came on the heels of a 12-8 win over the Maineiacs, an expansion squad in the five-team conference.

That leaves Lippo and company in a first-place tie at 2-0 a week into the season.

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His bat is lethal

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on August 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Joey Lippo hangs out with his #1 fan. (Photo courtesy Connie Lippo)

He’s an equal-opportunity destroyer.

Right-handers, lefties, flamethrowers, or guys painting the corners — if you were a pitcher throwing in the Aroostook Baseball League in Maine this summer, you hated to see Joey Lippo coming to the plate.

The Coupeville grad, who is heading into his senior year at the University of Maine at Presque Isle — where he plays golf and baseball for the Owls — was en fuego from start to finish.

Having wrapped up the 16-game regular season with a 7-9 record and third-place finish, Lippo’s teammates open the playoffs Monday, but without their clutch hitter, who is back on Whidbey for a bit.

His squad, the Mavericks, play a best two-of-three set against the Bad News Bears (11-4-1) while the Pirates (13-2-1) and Haines MFG (5-11) square off in the other series.

The winners meet in a three-game championship tilt, before the league puts a cap on things Aug. 26 with its all-star game.

While Lippo won’t be available for the postseason, he would have been a slam dunk for the season finale, as he led the Mavericks in eight different offensive categories.

The former Wolf ace hit .453, while also topping his squad with 53 at-bats, 24 hits, three doubles, three triples, a home run, 18 RBI, and a .679 slugging percentage.

The 24 hits were an Aroostook League single-season record.

Skyy’s twin brother was second among Maverick sluggers with 16 runs and nine stolen bases.

Showing a precision eye at the plate, Joey Lippo walked five times while making it through the regular season without suffering a single strikeout.

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Lippo’s bat remains blessed

Posted in Baseball, tagged , , , , on July 19, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Whidbey baseball mates James Besaw (left) and Joey Lippo (right), still pursuing their diamond dreams. (Teresa Besaw photo)

The conferences may change names, but the base knocks keep coming.

Coupeville grad Joey Lippo is spending part of his summer vacation rapping out hits while playing in the Aroostook Men’s Baseball League in Maine.

The former Wolf, who will be a senior at the University of Maine at Presque Isle this fall, is among the league leaders in multiple offensive categories while suiting up for the Mavericks in the five-team league.

Lippo and Co. are off to a 3-5 start in the wood bat league, with a 16-game regular season schedule which stretches from mid-June to mid-August.

A two-sport athlete at UMPI, where he plays golf and baseball for the Owls, he’s scheduled to graduate in 2024 after studying agriculture.

Lippo, who has played in seven of eight games for the Mavericks, is hitting .458 at the plate.

He leads his team in batting average, slugging percentage (.625), hits (11), RBI (9), and doubles (2).

Skyy’s twin brother has also racked up five runs, three steals, two walks, and a .464 on-base percentage, while not striking out a single time in 24 at-bats.

Very Tony Gwynn of him.

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