Jerry Beach has covered sports in the northeast since 1997. A member of both the Baseball Writers Association of America and the Professional Hockey Writers Association, Jerry currently covers the Islanders, Mets and Major League Baseball as a freelancer for multiple outlets, including Field Level Media and Forbes. He is also the author of three books, including 2020’s “The Subway Series.” A native of Torrington, CT and a graduate of Hofstra University — where he covered Wayne Chrebet’s final season of college football and Jay Wright’s first season as a Division I head coach, all in the same school year — Jerry lives on Long Island with his wife and daughter, all of whom join him in believing Hofstra would have won the 2020 NCAA Tournament. Follow him on Twitter at @jerrybeach73.