Kings Park Man To Be Inducted Into Suffolk Sports HOF

SMITHTOWN NY — Twenty people will be inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2020 and inductees will be honored at a ceremony in May. A Kings Park man is among them.

Sal Agostinelli has served many roles in professional baseball. He played in the minor leagues mostly as a catcher, coached and scouted and is now the International Scouting Director for the Philadelphia Phillies. He was elected to the Slippery Rock University Hall of Fame in 1995, won the Lou DeMartino Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and awarded the Dallas Green Award in 2015.

The induction ceremony will be held Tuesday, May 26, at Watermill Caterers in Smithtown. A dinner will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the induction at 7:30 p.m.

Chris Vaccaro, executive director of the organization, said it's a special year for the Suffolk Hall of Fame.

"We are celebrating a major anniversary, while honoring an all-star induction class," he said in a news release. "These are some of the finest individuals to represent not only Suffolk County, but their respective sports and organizations at-large."