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Don’t know Left from Flags Right
It seems the employees at Baseball City in St. Petersburg, Fl. don’t know there left from their flags right. As you look at the scoreboard for the Canadian National Junior baseball game on Saturday the Canadian Flag is on the left where the American Flag should be. It has been this way for two days […]
President’s not a Cup Lock
Every year around mid March the world of the NHL’s eyes look upon the final playoff run. With teams having 10 to 12 games left to play the standings jockeying for the NHL’s second season, which starts mid-April, becomes intense. Currently the Tampa Bay Lightning have already amazingly clinched a playoff spot with 112 points […]
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 […]
Crooked 5 Insurance Company
The Minnesota Twins took a run one lead into the top of the ninth and added five runs to lead 10-6 as that’s how the score ended when the Pittsburgh Pirates went down in the bottom. A walk, a couple singles, a HBP and a bases clearing triple by LaMonte Wade and then a sacrifice […]
The Kids can’t play there Anymore
On Monday March 11th this reporter viewed the last few pieces of the small playground at the Louis A. Vanech Recreational Complex coming down. The play area at the City of Dunedin residents owned park is about all that is left of the complex that since February 11th has been blocked from use by its owners […]
FSL Jays at Home in Clearwater
CLEARWATER, FLA.–The Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in Clearwater, Florida will be returning to professional baseball on April 7th this year when the Florida State League Dunedin Blue Jays take over as tenants. The Dunedin team is being displaced by the construction that will be taking place at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field in Dunedin. […]
Twins Pitching shuts down Bucs
Four shut-out innings from Martin Perez and the Minnesota were well on their way to a 10-1 bouncing of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Perez picked up the win to go to 1-0 on the spring The Twins got to Pittsburgh starter Clayton Holmes and the big blow was a three-run homer by LaMonte Wade in the […]
Reid-Foley, Bichette, Alford lead Rout
BRADENTON, FLA.–Right-hander Sean Reid-Foley got the win throwing four no hit innings as the Toronto Blue Jays SS beat the Pittsburgh Pirates SS 11-0 in Grapefruit League play. Reid-Foley walked one and struck out four who along with three Blue Jay relievers allowed the Pirates just three hits. Leading the Blue Jays offence […]
Not so Wild
The Tampa Bay Lightning fought for 60 minutes on Thursday but couldn’t figure out Minnesota goaltender Devan Dubnyk as the Wild defeated the Bolts by a final score of 3-0. The Bolts started slow in the first, being outshot by the Wild 5-1 to begin the game, before a penalty to Tyler Johnson put them […]









