Sayville

The rookie catcher from Sayville, which is on Long Island, grew up a Yankees fan.

He remembered being a child, hitting off a plastic tee in the backyard of his family’s home in Sayville, N.Y.

It’s not unusual to see a Fire Island neophyte clutching a copy of “Dancer” on the ferry from Sayville, N.Y., as if reading it were a rite of passage.

John Stimmel, the superintendent of public schools in Sayville, a hamlet in Suffolk County, said that he had received “hundreds” of emails from people concerned about the mask policy, but that schools in his district would make masks optional.

The 6-foot-3 quarterback from Sayville, New York, saw limited action as a freshman at Wisconsin and started four games as a sophomore.