Don Landolphi is facing his biggest challenge as a coach. At the youthful age of, gulp, 80. “I’m teaching and coaching baseball to the blind,” he told the Eagle. And if he has the same success as he had while coaching at Brooklyn College, well – we’ll see.

Maybe, we’ll all see. Baseball has been part of Don Landolphi’s life for over 50 years as a player and coach, both nationally and internationally. “It was almost an accident, my getting involved with baseball,” he said. “While attending Brooklyn’s St. Michael’s Diocesan High School, a friend asked me if I’d be trying out for the team.