imaGoodBoyNow Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 30 fucking years old Starting Catcher for Boscos National champion team in 2008 https://amp.northjersey.com/amp/5087780002?__twitter_impression=true this virus ain’t no joke @SJR89 @SJR 04 1 1 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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imaGoodBoyNow Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/03/even-the-invincible-arent-invincible-hs-baseball-coach-30-dies-of-coronavirus.html Ben Luderer, the head baseball coach at Cliffside Park and a member of the 2008 Don Bosco Prep team that was ranked No. 1 in the nation, died Monday from complications of the coronavirus. Luderer, 30, was remembered as a key member of a national championship baseball team and an up-and-coming head coach by his former high school coaches Monday. “It’s a shocking loss,” said Greg Butler the head coach of the 2008 Don Bosco team and now the athletic director at Demarest. “Even the invincible aren’t invincible. That was a group of guys who could not be beaten, then something like this happens and shows just how vulnerable we all are. He was a healthy, strong, athletic, 30-year-old head coach.” LATEST CORONAVIRUS UPDATES FROM NJ.COM Luderer was a special education teacher at School No. 6 (middle school) in Cliffside Park. “He is irreplaceable,” said Cliffside Park athletic director David Porfido. “I cried all morning.” Porfido said he informed players of Luderer’s death via video conference on Monday. “We all live by rulebooks and manuals, but there was nothing for this,” Porfido said. “When I told the kids there was nothing but silence.” Luderer went to the hospital last Friday when he felt symptoms consistent with coronavirus, according to Porfido, but he was sent home. “I was told things went bad on Sunday night,” Porfido said. “He died at his home.” Luderer played his college baseball at Marist. He was one of seven Division I players on a Don Bosco team that went 33-0. At Marist, he also met his wife Brandy, who coaches volleyball and basketball at Cliffside Park. “We were playing in the county championship game in 2006 and we had the game wrapped up,” said former Don Bosco head coach Leon Matthews. “Ben was only a sophomore and I wanted to put him in the game. He turned to me and said ‘coach, let the senior finish it up.’ He was selfless. You don’t forget a kid like that.” During the historic 2008 season, Luderer was given the job of catching and managing one of New Jersey’s premier pitching staffs. The two aces were left-hander Eric Pfisterer and righty Eric Dennhardt. Pfisterer went on to pitch at Duke and was a 15th round draft choice of the Cincinnati Reds as a senior. Dennhardt went to Boston College and also played in the Reds organization. “I needed him to control that pitching staff,” Butler said. “You needed to be a heck of catcher to handle their stuff and work the game. “His senior year he hit in the six-hole for us and I don’t think he went into a slump all season. It seemed like he had a clutch RBI in every game.” Baseball player’s petition catches on. Could spring HS sports happen in summer? “With Ben you never had to coach effort,” Matthews said. “Ben was a little round when he came to us as a freshman from River Dell. But he got himself in shape and he worked on everything. He loved practice. He was one of those first-to-arrive, last-to-leave kind of kids.” Matthews, who coached Luderer his first three seasons at Don Bosco and in travel ball, said he was on his way to becoming an outstanding coach. “He loved coaching, he loved teaching and making kids better,” Matthews said. “It gave me chills to watch him coach. “I can only imagine what kind of loss this is for the kids in the Cliffside Park program. There are a lot of guys who don’t pour their hearts into the kids. I watched him and he taught every kid the same from his best players to those who were on his bench. “He was going to be a great coach,” Matthews added. Butler, who also directs the Bergen County Tournament, said Cliffside Park was on its way back to becoming prominent. “When I was a kid, Cliffside Park was a good program, but in recent years it fell off the rails,” Butler said. “He helped bring that program back to respectability. I was excited to see it.” Ben preached education-based athletics,” Porfido said. “He learned Spanish so he could communicate better with some of our kids and their parents. He related to our kids in any way possible. Ben did a tremendous job of getting our program to the next level. We have two juniors who signed letters of intent and two seniors going to play in college. “He was a friend to everybody and just a tremendous person to be around. It’s just horrible.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosinc Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 5 hours ago, imaGoodBoyNow said: 30 fucking years old Starting Catcher for Boscos National champion team in 2008 https://amp.northjersey.com/amp/5087780002?__twitter_impression=true this virus ain’t no joke @SJR89 @SJR 04 It’s a manufactured crisis. Just ask your asshole buddy gsb. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paladin4ever Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 This is crazy...RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodysurf Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 This sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gospeeder Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 Who was the idiot hospital doctor or employee who sent him home. This was irresponsibility at its worst. I hope the state investigates. One has to be a lunatic with all that is going on to refuse him or at the very least, get him to another facility if all their beds were full. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cossacks Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 16 minutes ago, Gospeeder said: Who was the idiot hospital doctor or employee who sent him home. This was irresponsibility at its worst. I hope the state investigates. One has to be a lunatic with all that is going on to refuse him or at the very least, get him to another facility if all their beds were full. Doubt the state investigates, nothing really to investigate. He displayed mild symptoms. Hospitals are keeping spaces open and those displaying mild symptoms are most likely not going to get a bed. Even if a facility has space, they are going to try and keep it open due to the fear of influx of those displaying much more severe symptoms. There’s not even enough tests to give to everyone who has the symptoms, let alone hospital beds to put them in. Sadly that’s just the way it is and that’s the problem with this, no one knows, it’s not like it’s the flu. 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDrop Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 30 years old and the coronovirus.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJR89 Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 side note....did he play footlball? they keep mentioning national championship team...no Jersey school will ever win a national championship in baseballl....also would be good if they mention did he have any underlying health conditions...was a he a smoker or a vaper...important data....really sad...this thing sucks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJR89 Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 wow...they did win it baseball....at least espn elite rankings.....strange...you always hear about the football teams two titles....you never hear about the baseball team doing this ...still seems odd....a NJ team winning this....IMO...this is definitely one sport that are location is used against us versus the south and west. good for them.. http://www.espn.com/college-sports/highschool/baseball/rankings?week=1&id=3450629 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaGoodBoyNow Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 11 hours ago, Gospeeder said: Who was the idiot hospital doctor or employee who sent him home. This was irresponsibility at its worst. I hope the state investigates. One has to be a lunatic with all that is going on to refuse him or at the very least, get him to another facility if all their beds were full. 10 hours ago, Cossacks said: Doubt the state investigates, nothing really to investigate. He displayed mild symptoms. Hospitals are keeping spaces open and those displaying mild symptoms are most likely not going to get a bed. Even if a facility has space, they are going to try and keep it open due to the fear of influx of those displaying much more severe symptoms. There’s not even enough tests to give to everyone who has the symptoms, let alone hospital beds to put them in. Sadly that’s just the way it is and that’s the problem with this, no one knows, it’s not like it’s the flu. the hospitals are packed sO they thought him being only 30 they’d just send him home and tough it out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taojoe Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 2 hours ago, SJR89 said: wow...they did win it baseball....at least espn elite rankings.....strange...you always hear about the football teams two titles....you never hear about the baseball team doing this ...still seems odd....a NJ team winning this....IMO...this is definitely one sport that are location is used against us versus the south and west. good for them.. http://www.espn.com/college-sports/highschool/baseball/rankings?week=1&id=3450629 several HSBB websites had them ranked #1 even in the preseason polls, which is even more remarkable for a NJ team. Then they went wire-to-wire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paladin4ever Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 14 hours ago, SJR89 said: wow...they did win it baseball....at least espn elite rankings.....strange...you always hear about the football teams two titles....you never hear about the baseball team doing this ...still seems odd....a NJ team winning this....IMO...this is definitely one sport that are location is used against us versus the south and west. good for them.. http://www.espn.com/college-sports/highschool/baseball/rankings?week=1&id=3450629 Memorial HS of West New York were also National Champs in 1988. Played against many of these guys as I attended St. Joseph's across the street. Memorial was loaded in those days. http://baseballnews.com/past-national-high-school-champions/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I AM IRONMAN Posted April 1, 2020 Report Share Posted April 1, 2020 14 hours ago, paladin4ever said: Memorial HS of West New York were also National Champs in 1988. Played against many of these guys as I attended St. Joseph's across the street. Memorial was loaded in those days. http://baseballnews.com/past-national-high-school-champions/ Paladin4ever??? Father of a pc student? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paladin4ever Posted April 2, 2020 Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 22 hours ago, I AM IRONMAN said: Paladin4ever??? Father of a pc student? Yes, two in fact. I'm originally from Hudson County. Went to St. Joseph of the Palisades High School in West New York. Class of 1987. Unfortunately, like many Catholic high schools in Hudson County, St. Joe's closed down in 2009. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I AM IRONMAN Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 4 hours ago, imaGoodBoyNow said: @SJR89 @SJR 04 RIP brave warrior. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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