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Eddie Springs on with the Bucs

The Pittsburgh Pirates may be near the bottom of the Grapefruit League standings, ok maybe only the Mets are worse. The Minnesota Twins are .500 but our Eddie Michels is capturing some of the great action.
Braden Halladay Scheduled Saturday

The 17-year old son of former Toronto Blue Jays Roy “Doc” Halladay is scheduled to pitch on Saturday against a Blue Jays (SS) in Dunedin when the Canadian National Junior team plays. Braden is a Canadian by birth. EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO
Hechavarria for the Rays

“He’ll be a huge part of our team,” Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash said of Adeiny Hechavarria. (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)
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 […]
Eddie’s Spring Fling continues Pirates 4, Phils 3 on Osuna’s Blast

Bradenton, Fla. – It must have been the stretch… the Pirates trailed 3-1. In the bottom of the 7th they hung a crooked 3 on Phillies loser Brandon Leibrandt. After a Jacob Stallings single, a bulk by Leibrandt, Kevin Newman ground rule doubled Stallings to the dish. This set up the Venezuelan 2-run homer by […]
S-Rod Homers as Bucs beat Jays

Bradenton, Fla. — It’s March!!! Sean Rodriguez hit a solo homer to tie the game in the home half of the 2nd. The the Pirates tacked a single tally in the 6th and a solo homer by Austin Meadows in the 7th to take the game 4-1. Toronto lefty JA Happ started and went two […]
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 […]