As a young man, Vin Scamardella was a dominating fast-pitch softball star, with 30 no-hitters and a perfect game to his credit, and a parade of suitors eager to acquire his services. But as good as he was in the circle, Scamardella’s lasting gifts to the game go far beyond strikeouts, wins, or losses.
A lifelong player, umpire, and ambassador for the game, he led the drive to build the first lighted softball field on Staten Island, and made the game accessible to a wider spectrum of players by standardizing the rules and providing legitimacy for the modified-pitch version of the game, earning a place in the ASA Hall of Fame as “The Father of Modified Pitch Softball.”
Class of 2024