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Much To Celebrate AS MLB Regular Season Concludes

As the 2023 MLB regular season winds down today, there’s no shortage of highlights to look back on and off-season expectations to be excited about.

Everything you could ever want to know about arguably the most celebrated baseball film of all time is offered by Erin Carlson in her new book – No Crying In Baseball: The Inside Story of A …

Rays Reach Agreement to Stay in St. Pete

The Tampa Bay Rays reached an agreement with the city of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County to build a $1.3 billion ballpark as part of the redevelopment of the site where …

I remember it as if it was yesterday. April 24, 1973. I’m 13 years old, and I’m spending the day in the Bronx – at Yankee Stadium. I know. I should be spending the day in …

Penguin Power Has Much To "Cey" About Dodger Life

Ron Cey got lucky in life. The travels and baseball triumphs experienced during his ultra-successful career (predominately with the Los Angeles Dodgers) as an MLB infielder are enough to make …

LECOM Park Quiet As Marauders’ Home Season Concludes

All good things must come to an end, as the saying goes, even another baseball season at LECOM Park. First, it was back at the tail end of February that the unmistakable sound of bat meeting …

BUDAPEST — At the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Saturday in Budapest, Hungary, Bradenton native and Manatee High grad Brandon Carnes became a world champion, as a member of Team USA's …

Proud Past Gives A’s Fans Much To Hope For

There’s no denying it. Oakland A’s fans need some cheering up. Last weekend Oakland’s disastrous MLB season rolled on in the east. The Baltimore Orioles swept them in three …

Skenes Shines in Marauders’ Pitching Debut

This past Tuesday’s Bradenton Marauders game at LECOM Park with the Lakeland Flying Tigers was anything but ordinary.

Bombers Return Home Saturday

The Bradentucky Bombers return to the Ellenton Ice & Sports Complex this Saturday, August 19. The Bombers will host Red Stick Roller Derby, a team out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Bradenton's Turf Wizards at LECOM Park

If you’re like me, and you go to a ball game at LECOM Park, have you ever wondered how the baseball field is so well-manicured? Fortunately, I was directed to the source for all my questions.

On Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced Florida is extending the already record 2023 recreational Gulf red snapper  season by 17 days, adding every Friday through Saturday in September, Labor …

The National Baseball Hall of Fame recently added another great third baseman to its roll call—former Philadelphia Phillie Scott Rolen.

After playing in his final MLB game as a member of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2004, Fred McGriff’s wait is over to be a Hall of Famer. Last December, McGriff was a unanimous selection by …

It s emotionally rough for me this weekend not being in Cooperstown and not seeing Denny McLain. Today is the biggest day of the year for the Village of Cooperstown (NY) and the …

It was a wonderful treat to hear former MLB pitcher Casey Cox s voice after last speaking 50 years ago. On April 15, 1973, I was one month shy of my 14th birthday. I was living …

Manatee County resident Chris Sabo has seen his share of baseball Hall of Famers, up close and personal. In two weeks, on July 23 in Cooperstown, New York, tens of thousands of …

Another great moment in Pittsburgh Pirates baseball history just may be coming this December. When the Baseball Hall of Fame s Contemporary Baseball Era Committee meets in six months at MLB s …

Who is Bill McKechnie, and why is he important to baseball in Bradenton? Well, he s a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY  for starters. Voted in by the …

Pirates Broadcaster Among MLB Good Guys

Pittsburgh Pirates broadcaster Greg Brown is a wonderful ambassador for Major League Baseball. I should know. I met him. Beginning late last February, when Pirates spring training …

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