Five players of the Bethpage Little League hold a check representing a $3,000 pledge by the local Applebee’s in support of Bethpage Baseball. The donation was made on behalf of the neighborhood’s baseball hero, Joe Sambito, former major league pitcher and a graduate of Bethpage High School (pictured far right). Also on hand for the event were coaches and members of the Bethpage High School team, Applebee’s general manager Debra Larcom, Bethpage Baseball Foundation Treasurer Marc Sieben, Sambito’s family and his high school coach.