The Long Island Bombers in the News

On Saturday June 18, 2011 the Long Island Bombers attended the Low Vision and Blindness Conference in New York City. The conference was held at the Mid-Manhattan Library, and featured discussions of the resources available for those with vision disabilities. At the conference Braulio Thorne, Matthew Puvogel and Joseph Puvogel from The Bombers presented the game of beep baseball. The Bombers spoke about how beep baseball is an outlet for those with vision disabilities. The Bombers provided attendees with flyers and had the YES Network DVD on display to view. Many who visited the Bombers were impressed and some expressed interest in attending a Bombers practice.

July 18, 2011 @ Lighthouse International in New York City: A presentation will be conducted by members of the LI Bombers to blind and visually impaired teenagers regarding the game of beep baseball. A demonstration would follow in the following weeks - with a tentative date of July 24, 2011. Location and event times TBD.

This is a link for a video from Camp Abilities (July 8, 2011) held at Adelphi University that features the LI Bombers demonstrating the game of beep baseball:
http://gardencity.patch.com/articles/video-camp-abilities-long-island#video-6951818

This is a link for an article written about the LI Bombers' visit to Yankee Stadium on July 10, 2011 for a demonstration of beep baseball for media and Yankee personnel
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/sports/beep-baseball-brings-game-to-visually-impaired-59048.html

Beep Baseball Brings Game to Visually Impaired
By Kristen Meriwether
Epoch Times Staff

A day after Derek Jeter achieved his 3000th hit, the Long Island Bombers, New York’s only Beep Baseball team, were doing some hitting of their own at Yankee Stadium. The only difference? They were doing it without the advantage of sight. Baseball without sight seems impossible, but, as members of the media and the Yankee organization found out, it is very possible and quite exciting to watch.
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