JOSEPH VINCENT NUCCI

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1987

ORLANDO, FL

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1988

MYRTLE BEACH, SC

JOE NUCCI, A COLORFUL FIGHTER FROM NEY YORK WHO ALWAYS FOUND A WAY TO GET THE MOST OUT OF HIS BALL CLUB, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MANAGER CATEGORY.

THE HIGHLIGHT OF CUCCI’S CAREER CAME IN 1977 WHEN HIS MAZZOLA-CASTLE TEAM OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, PULLED A STUNNING UPSET TO CAPTURE THE MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP.

NUCCI MANAGED ONE OF THE FIRST TEAMS TO CROSS THE BORDER AND COMPETE IN THE USSSA. HE CONSTANTLY HAD A TEAM RANKED IN THE TOP TEN AND TRAVELED THE COUNTRY TO PLAY IN NIT’S.

HIS TEAMS ARE REMEMBERED MORE FOR GUTS AND PRIDE THAN OVERALL TALENT. NUCCI INJOYED MORE THAN 600 VICTORIES IN BIG TOURNAMENTS.

THE SPIRITED NUCCI GAME UMPIRES AND OPPOSING COACHES ALL THEY WANTED AND MORE, BUT HE GAINED RESPECT AS A FIERCE COMPETITOR WHO KNOW HOW TO WIN.