Jun
24
Bradenton Marauders Baseball Camp. July 14-16 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm for ball players ages 6-14. Learn from the pros and get to play on the fields at Pirate City. A chance of a lifetime to learn the greatest game around and have fun.
Call Stacy Morgan for more information on the camp at 941-747-3031 x 4365
Jun
9
Gary Coleman’s First At-Bat As A Madison Mallard in the summer collegiate Northwoods League
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Coleman gets tossed in his first minor league baseball at-bat as a member of the Madison (Wisc.) Mallards. He had too much pine tar and had corked his bat with super balls.
Jun
8
Ray’s bats come alive against Blue Jays Niemann throws two-hitter
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Jeff Niemann threw a two-hit complete game shutout and Carlos Pena had two home runs, one of which was a grand slam that topped off a 5 RBI night as the Rays downed the Toronto Blue Jays, 9-0 at Tropicana Field
The first game of the three game series drew in 12,937 fans to see the best team in baseball improve its record to 38-20. The Rays are two games up over the Yankees and four games up over the Red Sox.
Make plans to get out to the Trop and see MLBs best team during this homestand. Wednesday & Thursday vs the Blue Jays and on Friday, Saturday and Sunday the Marlins come to town for an interleague battle.
Come out and support the RAYS.
Jun
7
Sportsmanship At It’s Finest
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As a youth league umpire for sixteen years, I know the pressure I have to deal with when I have a “wacker” at first. It’s never easy to call a kid out, especially if its a real close play. Usually it ends with a coach or the kids yelling about how I got it wrong.
Armando Galaragga of the Detroit Tigers was one out away from a perfect game and if you ask any sports fan including the umpire, he got it. Umpire Jim Joyce admittedly told the media and Galaragga that he “blew the call” that would have been the 27th consecutive out of the game.
Something very unusual happened next. Instead of Galaragga getting mad and flipping out at the umpire, he smiled at him and continued the game with no sign of anger and put out the next batter to record his first complete game of his career.
All youth athletes, coaches, and parents should take a page out of Armando Galaragga’s book. If a professional athlete can remain calm when things don’t go the way they want, then youth sports parents can surely do the same.
After the game after the umpire apologized for the missed call and all Galaragga had to say was that he knows “nobody’s perfect.”
Some of the best sportsmanship I’ve ever seen in professional sports.
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