CENTRAL ISLIP, NY— Gary Carter embraced Julio Manon just outside the manager’s office in the Citibank Park clubhouse. Moments after the Ducks wasted a two-run eighth inning lead in a 4-2 defeat to Camden, the manager tried to lift the spirits of his starting pitcher.
“You deserved to win,” Carter said to Manon, who had a [...]

BRIDGEPORT, CT- The Ducks responded well after first-place Southern Maryland posted a three-game sweep at home to hurl the club 5 ½ games behind in the division and below the .500 mark last week.
Instead of falling out of the Liberty Division hunt, manager Gary Carter saw his team take care of business against the Atlantic [...]

Central Islip, NY  - For a baseball team getting ready to start a road trip, getting a victory before getting on the bus, can give a team confidence.  For the Long Island Ducks, their six game home stand ended on a very happy note, as two home runs, lifted them to a 8-2 victory over [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – The small crowd left in the ninth inning of the Long Island Ducks game last night quickly had flashbacks of Met postseasons past.
There he was, Armando Benitez, wearing No. 48, as he trotted in to close the Newark Bears eventual 7-3 win.
Of course a dunker and a walk put two runners [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY- Ken Ray commenced his professional career as a starter before moving into the bullpen.  But while many pitchers switch between the two roles at some point, Ray is making the transition for the third time.
The Ducks right-hander made only relief appearances from 2006-07.  But Ray continued to find a comfort level as [...]

In retrospect, it is almost laughable that some people thought minor league baseball would not work on Long Island. The vision that Frank Boulton and Bud Harrelson had in the late 1990s was in all likelihood an understatement compared to what has actually taken place the past 10 years in Central Islip.
Back in 2000 when [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – Not a single day has passed with the first-place Ducks claiming a losing record.  For manager Gary Carter, only slow starts for Lew Ford and Randy Leek had tempered the early-season enthusiasm.
Leek lost his first two starts, allowing nine earned runs in 11 innings while Ford entered Thursday’s contest against Lancaster [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – On a night where there were post game fireworks for the fans, the Ducks received a spark of their own, to propel them to a 3-2 victory over the Somerset Patriots.
The announced crowd of 6,411 at Citibank Park, were given the lead for good in the bottom of the seventh inning, [...]

Just like the previous two seasons, Dave LaPoint sported his No. 39 Ducks home uniform inside the Central Islip-based ballpark.  As the team’s manager over that span, LaPoint led the Flock to two straight postseason appearances and his won-loss record was 20 games over .500.
But LaPoint is now the club’s pitching coach after Hall of [...]

Former major leaguer Preston Wilson is the Ducks most accomplished hitter, making him a big part of manager Gary Carter’s lineup.
Thoughts of acquiring Wilson might have germinated two decades ago. As a member of the Mets, Carter put together a very preliminary mental scouting report on Wilson, though the competition level at the time was [...]