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Rays in a Quickie

Rays in a Quickie

St. Petersburg, Fla. — It only took two hours and one minute to finish eight- and one-half innings at Tropicana Field this afternoon for the Tampa Rays to beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1. With only ten total hits in the game, both teams must be pleased with the pitching performances and Rays staff combining […]

Rays go up by Nine Through Three, Stay Lowe, Never Look Back

St. Petersburg, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays bats got going early scoring all nine of their runs with a crooked 3 in the second and a crooked 6 in the third. The first three innings alone took an hour and twelve minutes, and the Rays sent twelve batters to the dish in the third. […]

Parent Grid Lock on Garrison

This line of cars is waiting to pick up students at the Garrison-Jones Elementary School on Garrison Rd. in Dunedin, Florida.  It didn’t use to be this way as parents could park at the Vanech Recreational Complex and wait for their children, but the City of Dunedin gave the site away to the Toronto Blue […]

VFW Safety Hazard in Dunedin Corrected by City of Dunedin

DUNEDIN, FLA.–On March 3rd the members of VFW Post 2550 parked a pickup on the side of the post home blocking the sprinkler head connections.  Well the photo was forwarded to City of Dunedin officials including the mayor and commissioners with the following result.  The second photo taken March 5th shows that no more vehicles […]

Brown’s First Win Stops Titans Five Game Skid

CLEARWATER, FLA.–Oakville Ontario native Matt Brown (1-3) threw six innings allowing five runs on five hits while walking two and striking out just one as the St. Petersburg College Titans beat the University of Tampa JV squad 10-6.  The win breaks the Titans five game losing streak.  Two of Brown’s runs he allowed were homers […]

Fastball’s a Gair

CLEARWATER, FLA.–Pitching for Florida Southern State College on Tuesday against St. Petersburg College at Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater RHP Marty Gair (3-1) drew upwards of 10-scouts to his winning effort.  According to the scouts present Gair’s from Concord, Northa Carolina, his fastball topped out at 94 MPH and his breaking ball was a steady […]

Fans Blocked at Jays Complex

Fans Blocked at Jays Complex

Toronto Blue Jays fans are again being blocked from the team’s Player Development Complex in Dunedin after a week of having access.  “They told us it was closed again”, said one fan from Canada who was now just waiting to possibly get an autograph or two.  As this reporter drove away after a short talk […]

Construction of New Dorm Underway

Construction of New Dorm Underway

After a number of delays, it appears that construction is finally underway on Causeway Blvd in Dunedin for the Toronto Blue Jays new players dormitory.  The Blue Jays have been renting local hotel and motel rooms for their players in the past and now will have a site much like other teams do at their […]

Fan Block

Fan Block

DUNEDIN, FLA.–Even with limited space for fans to park at the Toronto Blue Jays Player Development Complex players still come first even when they want their cars/pickups washed and cleaned.  On Wednesday morning car cleaners used the fans parking area not the players lot which is much bigger to hose down and clean out the […]

Jays 47th Spring Thing Approaching Quickly

With their spring training opener less than just a week away vs the New York Yankees, TD Ballpark, the Toronto Blue Jays one and only spring stadium is putting on the decorations to start season.  The site, originally called Grant Field in Dunedin has hosted the Blue Jays for 47 years.  Unfortunately, fans are still […]