VESTAL, N.Y. – The Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies announced Wednesday that 34-year Bearcat baseball coach
Tim Sinicki is among their 2025 shrine class, which will be celebrated in a pregame ceremony before the Rumble Ponies' game on August 2 at Mirabito Stadium.
Sinicki, along with community ambassador Bill Orband Jr. comprise the 29
th induction class. The Shrine features 81 individuals and three teams who have elevated the rich baseball history in the Southern Tier, with many having played with the longtime New York Mets Double-A team during their professional careers.
The Shrine began in 1993 and features the likes of Whitey Ford, Thurman Munson and David Wright.
Sinicki, a native of Johnson City, has served as head coach at Binghamton University for four decades, steering the program through its NCAA divisional change and positioning it as one of the elite programs in the Northeast.
Last spring Sinicki, the longest-tenured coach at Binghamton, added to his legacy by steering his team to its second America East title in the last four years and 12
th combined conference regular-season and tournament title. All those titles have come in the last 18 years, meaning his teams are winning titles at an unmatched current pace of two every three years. Sinicki owns the longest current coaching run of any NCAA Division I baseball coach at the same school. He has been named America East Coach of the Year six times. Under his tutelage, 15 players have been selected in the MLB Draft, most recently
Zach Rogacki, who was taken by Colorado in last week's draft.
Sinicki began at Binghamton in 1993 and enters the 2026 season with 729 career wins. The Shrine selection gives Sinicki membership in three different halls. He is a member of the Greater Binghamton Sports Hall of Fame (2022) and also at Johnson City High School (2010), where he was a three-sport standout.
Fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 5:30 p.m. on August 2 to see the pregame induction ceremonies, which will be emceed by legendary broadcaster Roger Neel and longtime radio voice of the franchise, Tim Heiman.
