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.

Jays Dunedin Dry Dock

DUNEDIN, FLA.–Well with the minor league baseball season over and major league spring training schedule not starting until February 26, 2023 why not use the players parking lot for something.  This boat has been in the lot for a while and has a Florida plate on the trailer MRQ G84.  It has been assumed that […]

Canadian Connection St. Pete Titans

RHP Matt Brown, a former Ontario Terrier threw a scoreless inning for the St. Petersburg College Titans against the Sunshine State Elite Aces on Friday afternoon at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida.  Brown went an inning allowing just one hit while walking one and striking out one with a 90 MPH fastball and […]

Jays Complex Minor Damage

The Blue Jays complex as did the whole Tampa Bay area escaped Hurricane Ian’s major wrath with just some minor windblown damage.

Eddie’s Home!

Okay campers I am now back at my home in Clearwater after living in a Holiday Inn Express for three nights I have survived.  The photo shows potable water being brought in on I 10 and I also so electric repair vehicles with Nebraska plates moving east bound on that interstate.  Then there was a […]

Preparing for Ian’s Landfall

Well fans on Tuesday the 27th after a busy morning I bugged out about 12:25 PM and headed up US 19 for Crestview, Florida.  Yes, traffic on 19 was bad for the first two hours as I only moved north about 55-miles, but things were in and out for traffic until I got to I-10 […]

Are the Kids Safe?

This photo shows Field 2’s left field line at the Toronto Blue Jays Player Development Complex.  It shows a possibly protective net stretched down the area which is on the east side of the Garrison-Jones Elementary School playground.  The netting is supposed to keep batted balls from entering the children’s playground.  Of course, the baseball […]

Dunedin Blue Jays Celebrate

The Dunedin Blue Jays Celebrate Their 3-1 Win Over Ft. Myers on the Mound at Hammond Stadium. Dunedin took the series two games to one on Saturday and will face St. Lucie in the FSL Championship series beginning on Sunday in Dunedin.

Canada’s U18 Game vs Korea Cancelled

According to WSBC sources Friday’s 11AM game, Canada vs Korea was been cancelled because of rain after a two-plus hour delay.  It’s tentatively rescheduled for next Wednesday.  Canada is scheduled to face Brazil on Saturday at LEMCO Field first pitch scheduled for 11 AM.

The Other Side of Sports TOO – Eddie on the Road

Well fans this past June 1st was the worst day of my life when my bride Karen passed away because of brain cancer.  I still can’t get over it as it is tearing me apart.      Now up until August 13th friend and foe alike had been telling me to take a trip I had […]

Dunedin’s Heart

DUNEDIN, FLA. — On August 3, 2006 Dunedin, Florida became our nation’s First Purple Heart City and then on August 7, 2008 it dedicated its first Purple Heart Park at the corner of Main and Broadway in Downtown Dunedin.       Sunday August 7, 2022 was the 15th Purple Heart Ceremony held at the site […]