Archive for the ‘Baseball’ Category
Eddie catches the Block
At Sunday’s game at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater a few things appear to be let slip by. One is the last car on the right that is parked outside the last parking spot on Phillies Drive. Heck it’s actually parked on Seminole St. that runs on the south side of the stadium. If […]
Agents aren’t so Free
The 2019 MLB season is in full swing now and there a are some surprises right off the bat. With over 200 free agents moved in the off season I guess you really do not what to expect when gauging how the newcomers with perform in their new city. However, there is some level of […]
Tornadoes Bounced
According to team sources the Clearwater High School Baseball team will have to vacate and clean out their locker room at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium on April 4th. This was forced on them by the Dunedin Blue Jays of the Class-A Florida State League because their stadium will be under construction. It has been learned […]
Final Spring Fling for Arch
Right hander Chris Archer took the mound on Tuesday for his final spring appearance prior to his opening day start in Pittsburgh. Archer sported a fastball between 92-94 MPH with an occasional new found change-up. Archer was supposed to face a squad of Blue Jays minor leaguers but the games were cancelled because of the […]
New Zealand on the Hill
Connor Gleeson of Auckland, New Zealand, shown here throwing a bullpen session is a pitcher for South Florida State College. The team was in Clearwater to play St. Petersburg College at the Jack Russell Memorial Stadium. Because baseball is a fairly new sport to those in New Zealand as compared to other country’s Gleeson said, […]
Tornadoes Lose Locker Room
The Clearwater HS Tornadoes baseball team locker room will soon have to be vacated at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium on April 4th to make way for the Dunedin Blue Jays. Also having to move will be the St. Petersburg College squad whose clubhouse will be used by the visiting teams. Dunedin will play 50 of […]
Parent Parking Problems
After closing the citizen owned Louis A. Vanech Recreational Complex to the public on February 11th this year it’s now blocked off totally for construction purposes. The parking problem this has created for the parents and students at the Garrison-Jones Elementary School has yet to be alleviated putting both students and their parents at risk […]
Go for the Gusto
RHP Ryan Gusto out of Charlotte, N. C. sported a 93-94 MPH fastball for the Florida Southwest College on Monday against St. Petersburg College at Jack Russell Memorial Stadium. Scouts were in attendance to check the young man out.
Ties in Baseball? Its a Spring Thing
The box score from last night between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates had no pitchers of record, no winner no loser. The 2 hour and 49 minute affair before just under six thousand fans in Bradenton at LEMCO park ended in a 6-6 tie. Only in the spring practice games game do […]
Arrieta Rocked as Bucos Pound Phils
Phillies starter Jake Arrietta was light up like a the Rockefeller Christmas tree by the Pirates which ended in an 11-2 Pirate drubbing. In 3 1/3 innings the Pirates had six hits, scored five runs all earned off Arrieta. Arrieta issued three walks and gave up two bombs one to Adam Frazier and one to […]
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