“I was pissed because I was trying to talk him into letting me stay in.
“He came out to the mound and took me out of the game. “I REMEMBER one day I was pitching OK,” Ausanio said. “He definitely had a profound effect on my life, I’m really sad about his passing.” Ausanio recalled coming out second best as a starting pitcher trying to persuade Mills not to bring in a reliever. “Eddie was very intense (as a coach),” Ausanio said. Mills and lived the dream of pitching in the major leagues for the Yankees in the mid-90s. He did things his way and didn’t care what people thought.” Marist softball coach Joe Ausanio played for the Tigers a decade before T.D. “PEOPLE came back years later and said he made a difference in their lives. Players never had to wonder what Ed Mills was thinking. “He took hold of the placque and wouldn’t let go for 20 minutes.” A few years later, 1994 Kingston graduate T.D. “For him to be there and experience it with us was something I’ll never forget,” Groppuso said. Where the Kingston baseball program is now speaks volumes for how he affected me.” When the Tigers won the first state title in school history in June, Mills joined the celebration on the field at NYSEG Stadium in Binghamton. “I feel like I’m a product of him and all the coaches he worked with. “He affected so many people in so many ways.
“He’s not physically with us anymore, but he’ll live with us forever,” Groppuso said.
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Groppuso played for Mills, his uncle, in the late 1980s, then earned All-America honors at Seton Hall University before playing 10 years of professional baseball. Mills, who coaches baseball at Wallkill, and Kingston coach Mike Groppuso launched a tournament in honor of Ed Mills that was held in April. “He had been getting progressively worse, but he was significantly worse from Monday to Wednesday this week.” CALLING hours and funeral arrangements are expected to be announced Friday. “We don’t have to see him suffering any more. The effects of frontal lobe dementia brought dramatic physical and mental changes to a man known for robust health, sharp wit and passion for athletics and life in general. Mills was struck down by a seriously debilitating disease that robbed him of things that brought him joy for more than 65 years.
Legendary Kingston High baseball coach Ed Mills died Thursday morning following a life filled with professional success and positive influences on the many who knew him.
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