“Young Maz” shines in Brooklyn debut
LJ Mazzilli delivers in first pro game as Cyclones fall to Yanks
Cameras snapped countless photos, video cameras rolled throughout and microphones were thrust into the face of the 22-year-old second baseman just 48 hours before his professional debut.
You’d have thought Michael Jordan or Derek Jeter was inhabiting the Brooklyn Cyclones dugout Saturday evening as a media maelstrom descended on LJ Mazzilli, the Mets’ fourth-round pick out of the University of Connecticut in this month’s Major League Draft.
For the son of Mets legend and Brooklyn native Lee Mazzilli, the attention was awe-inspiring, but didn’t leave him awestruck as he handled question after question with the poise of a big league veteran during the Baby Bums’ initial workout at newly renovated MCU Park on Coney Island.