Origins
Prior to joining the DSSL, MVP’s core competed in local Stotzky Leagues, a detour shaped by CBA challenges with DSSL Leadership, and its competitiveness, throughout the 90s and turn of the millennium.
In that era, MVP dominated the Riverhead Weekend Circuit, forging traditions still in existence today, most famously “Crazy Hat Day” and the legend of Wynkoop’s Batman mask.
Founding to Today
In a shrewd marketing move, Mike Pisco founded the MVP Softball Club in 2008, and financially backed it with another namesake, M.V.P. Irrigation.
In their inaugural season, MVP shocked the league, knocking off the defending champions, Shawshank, winning the DSSL title. Four years later, in 2012, they recaptured the title for their second championship.
From that point, the league endured some restructuring and dominant runs, leaving MVP to become a relic. During the late-2010s, MVP, much like the league, began to integrate youth and athleticism, mainly in the form of legacy sons and their friends.
At the start of the 2019 season, MVP adopted an additional name: the “MVP Brew Crew” as a nod to Village Beverage and the years of Jay White’s integral contributions. It would that very season where MVP struck the perfect balance of youth and wisdom, bonding over beer, and culminating in their third DSSL title, curbing a long-time rival’s quest for a three-peat.
Following the 2021 season, and a theatrical playoff run, MVP changed hands from the old guard to the new. In those four seasons to follow, MVP appeared in every finals, winning three (2022, 2023, & 2025).
Today, the MVP Brew Crew continues to be a cornerstone in the Donnell Smith Softball League, DSSL, as they approach two decades in the league.
League: Stotzky Memorial Park League (1995-2007), Donnell Smith Softball League (2008-)
Team Name: MVP (2008-2018), MVP Brew Crew (2019-)
Championships: 6, (2008, 2012, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025)
Founder: Michael Vincent Pisco, M.V.P. Irrigation (2008)
General Manager(s):
- Jon Rich (2026-)
- Alex Bettenhauser (2022-2025)
- Tom Loesch (2013-2021)
- Mike Pisco (2008-2012)
Captain: Kyle Baylous, PhD (2022-)
Notable Players: Keith Osik (LSU, MLB) & Ryan Mullahey (LIU, Bundesliga II)
MVP Brew Crew Softball Club 