by JGuthrie | Feb 14, 2020 | Events, Steinbrenner, Tampa Catholic
Staff Report TAMPA – The Tampa Bay Baseball Museum at Al Lopez House is hosting a free event at Centennial Park in Ybor City on Saturday, February 15 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The “Homeruns & History 2020” event will be led by honorary host, World Series champion player...
by JGuthrie | Feb 14, 2020 | Alonso, Armwood, Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Jefferson, Leto, Plant, Preseason Baseball, Sickles, Tampa Catholic
Editor’s note: Our preseason coverage has changed up a bit this season as the FHSAA has realigned the district, making our normal district previews a little bit obsolete with so many out-of-county teams mixed in with our Hillsborough Co. programs. So instead, we have...
by JGuthrie | Feb 13, 2020 | Bell Creek, Chamberlain, Leto, Newsome, Preseason Baseball, Riverview, Robinson, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Wharton
Editor’s note: Our preseason coverage has changed up a bit this season as the FHSAA has realigned the district, making our normal district previews a little bit obsolete with so many out-of-county teams mixed in with our Hillsborough Co. programs. So instead, we have...
by JGuthrie | Feb 13, 2020 | Other Sports, Track & Field
By Ben Henderson For 19 years as a competitor and a coach, I’ve been hanging around 400 meter ovals for hours on end. To the untrained eye, a track and field meet can look like a circus with no purpose or direction. To those of us involved, each of the 18 events tell...
by JGuthrie | Feb 12, 2020 | Features, Plant
By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – Plant High’s baseball program added another number to its retired jersey wall as the Panthers honored 2013 alum and 2019 National League Rookie of the Year Pete Alonso on Tuesday night. A whirlwind year for the 25-year-old starting first...
by JGuthrie | Feb 11, 2020 | Alonso, Bloomingdale, Cambridge Christian, Durant, Jefferson, Jesuit, Plant, Preseason Baseball, Seffner Christian
Editor’s note: Our preseason coverage has changed up a bit this season as the FHSAA has realigned the district, making our normal district previews a little bit obsolete with so many out-of-county teams mixed in with our Hillsborough Co. programs. So instead, we have...
by JGuthrie | Feb 11, 2020 | Blake, Chamberlain, East Bay, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Preseason Baseball, Riverview, Robinson
By Jarrett Guthrie Hillsborough County is a hotbed for high school baseball as now nearly 90 players from this county have made it to the Major League Baseball level. Plant alum and current New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso claimed our county’s third...
by JGuthrie | Feb 9, 2020 | Features, Gaither
Gaither alum Mercado honored with jersey retirement By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – Oscar Mercado said he was honored to be at the place that “helped shape” who he is today. Mercado, who made his Major League debut last season with the Cleveland Indians and put together an...
by JGuthrie | Feb 7, 2020 | Community Stories, Features, Preseason Baseball
Larkins has a half-century of love for the game By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – “Alright now, what do you say?” shouts a big voice from an even bigger personality as a wide grin leads the way for umpire Willie Larkins as he enters the field. Larkins, 73, is first and...
by JGuthrie | Jan 31, 2020 | Preseason Baseball, Saladino, Top Stories
By Jarrett Guthrie BRANDON – For 39 years the Saladino Tournament has been one of the premier in-season high school baseball events in the nation. It has changed and adapted through the years and with its 40th tournament beginning on March 14, it will once again adapt...
