(Staten Island, New York) \u2013 The Staten Island FerryHawks are entering an important summer stretch with a chance to build momentum under manager Wally Backman.<\/p>\n
For the FerryHawks, this part of the season is about stacking clean innings, tightening defense and giving the home crowd at SIUH Community Park a reason to keep coming back. Independent baseball can swing quickly, and a good week can change the feel around a clubhouse.<\/p>\n
Backman\u2019s presence gives Staten Island a recognizable baseball voice with major-league experience and a hard-edged reputation. That matters for a club trying to sharpen its identity and stay visible in a crowded New York sports market.<\/p>\n
The FerryHawks also remain a local story beyond the standings. Every home series is a chance to keep Staten Island baseball in the conversation and grow the team\u2019s connection with fans across the borough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Staten Island, New York) \u2013 The Staten Island FerryHawks are entering an important summer stretch with a chance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-295084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}