With the baseball season just around the corner, the man in charge has already picked up his first accolade of 2018.
Cooperstown welcomed its newest inductees into the Baseball Hall this month. Queens’ lead man got his own taste of glory.
Red Storm head baseball coach Ed Blankmeyer was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Jan. 7, the third St. John’s skipper to be honored by the ABCA. Other inductees included 1979 inductee Jack Kaiser and Joe Russo in 1997.
The top dog in the Johnny dugout has earned a hallowed position in the ranks of collegiate baseball.