Character Class Toughness
"We're going to build on a strong Birdball foundation, while developing our own exciting and aggressive style of baseball. My intention is to create a player-centric program that puts the development of BC's world-class student-athletes at the forefront. More than anything, I'm excited to get started and honored for the opportunity and challenge of making Boston College a perennial postseason player." - Todd Interdonato, Head Coach
MLB Birdball
- 5 first round Draft picks
- 20 All Americans
- 89 Draft Picks
- 46 MLB Alumni
Michael King | Dreams Do Come True
The King, a cornerstone of Birdball's 2016 Super Regional pitching staff has solidified a role a starter on the 2023 Yankees staff. Being an integral part of the Yankees bullpen for five years, the move comes in the midst of the 2023 season. Michael King has been a bright spot for the Yankees starting rotation. Through 83 innings of work, King has maintained a 2.82 ERA and has 100 strike outs.
Sal Frelick | A Dream Debut
Sal Frelick, the fifth first round pick taken in Birdball history was selected by Milwaukee 15th overall in the 2021 draft. After a record breaking career on the heights, it only took two seasons for Frelick to not only make his big league debut, but to solidify a spot at the top of the Brewer batting order. Frelick was called up on July 22nd 2023, and had a dream of a debut. Going 3 for 3 with two RBI , and a web gem, Frelick announced to the world that he had arrived. In his first seven games, Sal Frelick was batting .304 with 7 hits, 4 RBI, and one HR, plus 3 web gems and an outfield assist.
The Beanpot
The Battle for Boston. The Yearly Tournament is between Boston College, Harvard, Northeastern, and The University of Massachusetts
- 2023 Champions
- Back to Back Champions
- 15 time Champions
2023 Beanpot: A Comeback Classic
The sun had long set behind the Harrington Athletics Village press box by the time Nick Wang stepped into the batter's box to kick off the bottom of the ninth inning. The Beanpot sat visible through the windows behind him after Boston College relinquished it to start the two-week trip through Massachusetts' college baseball landscape, and the Ivy League's Harvard Crimson, a five-time holder of the trophy, were hoping a hard-fought evening in Brighton wouldn't end in dramatic, walk-off fashion.
It led to Wang's walk-off blast in the ninth, and for the second consecutive season, the Eagles clinched a trophy that eluded them in the last two years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In both 2018 and 2019, BC lost in the first round of the tournament before winning the consolation game, and in 2018, an 11-inning, extra innings affair produced a 7-4 win for Harvard, which later won its fifth trophy with a win over Northeastern. It prevented, at the time, a fourth consecutive championship for the Birdball program, and after UMass defeated Northeastern in the 2019 title game, the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 events stretched the Eagles to the longest title drought in a decade. Last year changed that dynamic and restored BC to its perch with wins over Northeastern and UMass, and after last years seven-run comeback in a slugfest against the Minutemen, the trophy remained in Brighton with the win over the Crimson.
ALS Game
The annual game is played in honor of former Boston College baseball captain Pete Frates since his ALS diagnosis in 2012. This year marks its fourth time being played at Fenway Park. Frates passed away in 2019 at the age of 34.
Proceeds from general admission tickets will benefit the Peter Frates Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting ALS patients and their families with the cost of specialized home care required for patient stability as the disease progresses.
2023 ALS Awareness Game -- vs Notre Dame
The game, part two of a double header featured starting pitcher John West, whose father passed away in 2014 after his own fight with ALS. Handed the ball, he harnessed raw emotion into arguably his best pitching performance in a BC uniform, and he exited with seven innings thrown and three runs allowed on four hits on just 75 pitches. Pulled from the game in the top of the eighth, he received a bear hug from catcher Peter Burns, himself a Massachusetts native, before a standing ovation echoed off the Green Monster.
"[The ALS Awareness Game] is a special day and we knew that coming in ... Coach grabbed me pregame and said, 'Look, I know how much this night means to you, so soak it in during the pregame and the postgame. When that light comes on, I know you're going to get the job done.' It was an emotional day, but I was just [glad] I could get the job done." - John West