Posts Tagged ‘Baseball’

Beginning on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 17th, the Lakeland Flying Tigers will honor an original Flying Tiger in a season long tribute. Dick Rossi passed away on Thursday, April 17th. To recognize his service and dedication to our country, the Flying Tigers will wear a patch containing his last name, “Rossi,” on the right [...]

Does it get any better than this? Sitting at a ballpark on a nice summer night watching baseball and fireworks and honoring the military heroes that make our country free. The answer: no. Be there. It is pretty much your patriotic duty.

This is an important week for the Lakeland Flying Tigers on the field as they play two division rivals.  The Flying Tigers will travel to Tampa Monday through Wednesday to take on the Yankees in a battle of the two hottest teams in the Florida State League (FSL).  The Flying Tigers just took 3 of 4 games from the Vero [...]

The best community college baseball teams from around Florida are playing for the Florida Community College Activities Association Championship. The tournament started on Friday and ends Tuesday.  Games are played all day on the weekend and during the day on Monday and Tuesday, so here is your chance to leave work early and catch some [...]

Former Florida Southern baseball standout Matt Joyce was on the receiving end today of a move Detroit Tiger Manager Jim Leyland warned this weekend would “shake up” the lineup. That might not sound good at first, but Joyce was on the good end of the shakeup. The Tigers designated struggling outfielder Jacque Jones for assignment [...]

Well, bittersweet may be a better word. The last day of Spring Training is here, which means a couple of things. Mainly it means that the Detroit Tigers will be heading back to their home at Comerica Park in Detroit and the Cleveland Indians will be heading back to Jacobs Field in Cleveland. While it [...]