Articles By: ROCKET SPORTS and ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK

Ok, Who’s the Umps?

These two umpires were photographed doing a Devil Rays/Phillies game at the Carpenter Complex in Clearwater.  If you know who they are just contact rick@rocketsports-ent.com.  Sorry no prizes just a thank you or two.

Inauspicious Pirates Start to 2022

Ke’Bryan Hayes signs the biggest in Pirates’ history in Pittsburgh Pirates history, a huge $70 million dollar extension then leaves game opening day. On April 7th Hayes inked the deal with the Pirates and on opening Hayes left the game with forearm tightness. Hayes missed time last year due to a wrist injury and there […]

Rays Bang Out Twenty Hits Today En Route to 9-2 Clubbing of Bucs

Wander Franco and Francisco Mejia appear as they can’t wait for April 8th the Rays opening day. The Rays slugged feasted this afternoon banging out 20 hits scoring 9 runs. Franco and Mejia were 3 for 3 apiece with Franco scoring three times and Mejia scoring twice. Franco had a double in the first and […]

Shulman Visits with the Fans

Dan Schulman, of Rogers Communications, signs for Canadian Blue Jays fans on Friday prior to the 6-6 tie with the Pirates in Bradenton.

BKFC RETURNS TO SOUTH FLORIDA ON THURSDAY, APRIL 21

JOEY BELTRAN VS. FRANK TATE HEADLINES IN FORT LAUDERDALE TICKETS NOW ON-SALE Fort Lauderdale, FL (April 1, 2022) Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), The World’s Fastest Growing Sport, returns to South Florida with BKFC Fight Night Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, April 21 at the Charles F. Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines, FL. Headlined by […]

Another Spring Tie?

The Buccos played to another spring tie today versus the blue birds from the north 6-6. The jays sent 9 pitchers to the hill as they scatterered nine hits giving up three of the four bagged variety. The Pirates homers were by Roberto Perez, Tsung-Che Chang and Bligh Madris. for the Jays Nathan Lukes was […]

From Cuba to the O’s

In the top of the eight yesterday, in the 4-4 tie with the Pirates Orioles second baseman Cesar Prieto struck out swinging in his first major league at bat ever.  Prieto escaped Cuba where he played on the national team and arrived in the US on May 26, 2021.

Spring Tie

Our Eddie Michels was in Bradenton this afternoon for the 4-4 spring tie between the Orioles and Pirates. (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E BAL 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 10 1 PITT 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 […]

Keller is Stellar

Mitch Keller had a mid-season like outing this afternoon scattering five hits through four innings, striking out four with zero earned runs as the Buccos beat the Bo-Sox 6-2 and pick up his first win of the spring. As Eddie Michels stated earlier in the spring, the Pirates may have something special this year. Daniel […]

Spring Walk-Off for Pirates

Bradenton, Fla. — The Minnesota Twins came up on the short end of a 2-1 walk-off affair in Bradenton this afternoon. The game came to walk-off abrupt end when Pirate second baseman Hunter Owen took Australian Lewis Thorpe deep to seal the spring game 2-1. It was Owen’s only at bat for the game and […]