Southampton - Just over a week remains in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball regular season. Even though rain washed out much of June, the teams and players have made an impression on their community as well as the baseball world. Between great baseball and a convincing All-Star Game win, it's been a terrific month for the organization, and on Monday at Stony Brook Southampton the momentum continued forward as Hamptons Collegiate Baseball played host to its first annual MLB Scout Day.

Westhampton righty Nick Ahmed impressed scouts with his fastball and off-speed material.

For six hours, players from the Sag Harbor Whalers, Southampton Breakers, Westhampton Aviators, Riverhead Tomcats, North Fork Ospreys and the Moriches Battlecats, who were special invitees, showcased their talent. Of those in attendance were Pat Shortt, the Northeast Scouting Supervisor for the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau, as well as representatives from the New York Mets and both World Series squads from a year ago – the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays. All in all, Director of Baseball Operations Dan Gallagher thought the day to be a tremendous step forward for the organization.

"The first annual scout day that the HCB organization ran was very thorough and I know that the scouts who were there left with a lot more knowledge of the players that we brought out to the Island from all over the country," Gallagher said. "A lot of them made comments that they had a great time."

Gallagher conducted the two sessions along with coaches from Westhampton, Southampton, North Fork and Moriches, which played the Hamptons teams in a number of exhibition games this summer. Westhampton, Southampton and Sag Harbor were featured in the first three-hour window, and North Fork, Riverhead and Moriches were analyzed in the second.

In each session, the players started off by running one 60-yard dash against another player of similar stature. Outfielders were then whisked off to right field where they fielded grounders and made three throws to third base and another three to home plate.

Riverhead outfielder Cass Hargis logs a fast time during his one go-around in the 60-yard dash.

Catchers made throws to second for their POP time, or the time from the pop of their pitch in their gloves to its arrival in the middle infielder's glove at second. Their throwing times are affected not just by arm strength but glove-to-hand transfer and footwork. Once the catchers were finished, the infielders all gathered to the right of third base and fielded two grounders to their left, two to their right and then a slow roller up the third base line. They then went to their ordinary positions and made throws across the diamond and turned double plays.

Sag Harbor's Kyle Crean scoops up a grounder to his left and turns to second to get the forceout.

Pitchers finally got their shot in a simulated inning. Each went into his stint with a 15-pitch maximum and was asked to exhibit the entire variety of throws in their arsenal against live hitters – a rotation of players from within the session. According to scouts, numerous pitchers hit the low 90s on their radar guns as well as opened some eyes with their off-speed material. Those who were particularly impressive were called over for more biographical information.

"They came out looking for follows," Gallagher said, referring to players that scouts would monitor going forward this summer and upon their return to college. "Most of our kids are underclassmen so they got a lot of good follows out of it. One scout mentioned he had at least 15 or 20 out of the day."

The scouts' first look at the East Enders as a group came at the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Game, which took place last Monday at St. John's University. The Kaiser Division squad, consisting mostly of teams from Hamptons Collegiate Baseball, prevailed 11-0 behind 15 hits from the offense, including a three-run homer by Brandon Boykin, who earned MVP honors. The pitching might have been even better, holding its Wolff Division opponents to just four hits on the night, including just two after the first inning.

Major League Baseball scouts take refuge from the sun in the home dugout and from there study more than 100 players in a seven-hour period at Stony Brook Southampton.