An interview with Checking pitcher Michael Verbasco

Michael Verbasco

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Who are you playing with in 2013?
Checking Worth… The Evil Empire

Why do you like the game of softball?
love to compete an travel in the spring an summer

Who is the best softball player you have ever seen play?
Chris Carr and Scottie Delhorge

Who is the best up and coming player in softball and why?
I have a couple Jarred Audet SS/Of kid smashes it and can play D with the best of them, Michael(budge)Padovani is and will be a force to be wreckin with, Nick Follo covers more ground in center field better then no other its like having four outfielders out there, but in a 3 man, Ryan Bakes is another young stud lefty that will have a big year. Chris Martinez & Mark Big O Ottusch are pure smashers. Last but not least my boys the Johnson brothers! All Northeast / new England boys

What is your nickname in softball?
#1 utrip.. The NY Kid

What is your height and weight?
6'1 215

Where do you call home?
New York, New York

What's your favorite way to spend an off weekend?
Jersey Shore !!!

What do you do for a living?
tossin  knucklers

Did you play sports in High School / College / Pro?
High school baseball and football

How did you get your start in softball and how did you get to the upper level?
I started playing local tournies to USSA E and D getting a shot from Jimmy DOGS and moving up to B, I don't really consider myself on the upper level yet. A or above is my goal

What was the most surprising difference between Conference play and non-Conference play when you made the jump?
I'm on a non conference B team, but playing the conference teams at worlds you notice no weak spots in a line up an every guy hits it square.

What was the best advice you were ever given?
play hard you never know who's watching

What advice can you give a young player trying to break into the upper level?
I'm young as well and I take all the advice I can get, but to the pitchers learn to throw a knuckle ball or you wont go to far.

What positions do you play and what is your best position?
Pitcher Only!

What batting grip do you use?
overlap

What ounce bat do you use?
30

What do you do in the offseason to prepare for the next softball season?
GTL every day kid, Pitch in doors

What is your favorite sports team?
New York Knicks and New York Giants

What is your favorite sport other than softball?
swelling in the gym

Do you have any superstitions and if so, what are they?
I have a personal catcher Mike the iron Lama manning

What is your most memorable softball moment?
going 10-1 in the blu ox an getting salted with Colby

What would be your "at bat" music selection?
Pauly D"s beat that beat

What is the best improvement upper level softball could make?
No complaints

What is your favorite non-World tournament?
The Blu Ox in Ocean City, Maryland. Love my boys Scottie D, Lama,K Wilson Colby Salts, Hogan, Matt B

What is the best softball field you have played at and why?
Disney place is sick!

Where is the best place to eat on the road after a game?
wherever the hell is still serving food

What is the funniest thing you have ever seen on a softball field?
once seen a pitcher take his cleat off an use it as a phone to call the cops on a ump for making terrible calls