Eddie Michels is a regular contributor of Rocket Sports & Entertainment Network. Eddie began a radio career in Fulton NY where he covered the Syracuse Chiefs baseball team (Toronto Blue Jays - AAA). Eddie is a regular guest on the Rocket Sports & Entertainment Network. Eddie is an official scorekeeper and freelance MLB writer who covers the Toronto Blue Jays.

Schoop and O’s show at Lecom

Orioles Hitting HITTERS AB R H RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG A. HaysDH 4 0 0 1 0 0 .118 .200 .118 C. RasmusCF 2 0 0 0 1 1 .278 .409 .444 a – A. SantanderPH-RF 1 0 0 1 1 0 .342 .350 .526 J. Schoop2B 3 1 2 1 1 0 .379 […]

Dustin Peterson leads Braves Onslaught

Braves Hitting HITTERS AB R H RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG O. Albies2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .313 .371 .344 S. Kazmar2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 .154 .267 .154 D. SwansonSS 5 1 1 2 0 0 .185 .290 .407 C. RondonPR-SS 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 […]

Blocked in Dunedin

At about 10 AM Tuesday March 6, 2018 this reporter shot this photo of one of the entrances blocked to the Vanech Complex in Dunedin.  The sign points to parking to the left.  The taped over part used to say stadium parking.  It’s assumed that the people are trying to enter the Englebert Recreational Complex […]

BoSox Pound Bucs

Bradenton, Fla. – –  The Boston Redsox pounded their way to a spring victory with 15 hits featuring 11 different players marking the hit column.  Aneuary Tavarez, Rafael Devers, Blake Swihart and Rusney Castillo had two hits a piece and seven other players had one.   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 […]

Barfield in BoSox Camp, Jeremy that Is

Son of former Toronto Blue Jays great Jessie Barfield, Jeremy is making his first major league spring training camp in 2018 with the Boston Red Sox after 10 years in the minors. “I’m glad to be here but I am more grateful for the opportunity,” said Barfield.  “A year ago I was trying out unsuccessfully […]

Yankees 4-1 over Pittsburgh in Spring One

Bradenton, Fla. —  Yankees first-baseman Billy McKinney broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the ninth with a three-run homer off the Pirates pitcher Richard Agustin Rodriguez. Mississppi State Bulldog Jonathan Holder sent the Pirates down in the bottom of the ninth for the save.  J.P. Feyereisen got the gratuitous win with a scoreless 7th and […]

Saunders a Buc

Outfielder Michael Saunders signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday which includes a non-roster invite to spring training.      “Michael had a very very good year in 2016,” said Pirates GM Neal Huntington, “He is a good hitter, a dangerous left handed hitter and he has an opportunity to come […]

Pirates Camp Update

Former Toronto Blue Jays first rounder Joe Musgrove threw a bullpen session on Friday for the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Drafted 46th overall in 2011 Musgrove was traded to the Astros on July 20, 2012 before being traded to the Pirates on January 13th of this year.  Pirates manager Clint Hurdle has said that he will be […]

Dry Dock at Grant?

Anyone driving on the north-side of Grant Field in Dunedin might have noticed this boat on a trailer parked next to the half field.  Gee fans it has been there about two springs and we are wondering if it will ever see the gulf again.   With a boat at Grant Field how about long […]

Schultz and Tallion with the Bucs

Former Blue Jay Bo Schultz is looking to make the Pittsburgh Pirates for the 2018 season after spending the 2017 season on the DL.  As a Blue Jay in 2017 Schultz had “Tommy John Surgery on March 29 then was outrighted to Triple-A Buffalo on November 1, 2017.  On January 5, 2018 Schultz signed a […]