By: Gabriela Vitale and Ellie Shreve The Buchholz high school varsity baseball team is on the right path to an impressive 2022 season. Last year, the Bobcats fell short in the first round of the FHSAA 6A playoffs and finished the season with a 18-7-1 record on the year (6-3 …
Read More »MLB and Player’s Association no closer to lockout resolution
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players’ Association remain no closer to securing a lockout resolution as the upcoming season grows closer. The ongoing work stoppage began on December 2, 2021. Over 80 days ago, MLB owners unanimously voted to implement a lockout after the expiration of the 2016 collective …
Read More »Santa Fe Baseball Wins After Suspended Play
By Perry Yalkut and Tyler Lightburn On a rainy day in Gainesville, Fla., the Santa Fe Baseball Team took the field Friday afternoon. The game was suspended due to darkness and finished on Monday, Feb. 21 at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College prior to their previously scheduled matchup in Tifton, Ga. …
Read More »Santa Fe Baseball Handle St. Petersburg in Big Win
The Santa Fe Baseball Team took the field Friday afternoon. Coming off a loss to Polk State College, the No. 16 Saints hosted St. Petersburg, which ultimately saw the Saints come away with a victory after a stellar outing from Pitcher Trent Becker and the team’s bats. Santa Fe continues …
Read More »Santa Fe baseball falls to Tallahassee in high scoring affair
The Santa Fe Baseball Team was back in action on Wednesday night. The No.16 Saints hosted TCC in a high-scoring back in forth battle, which ultimately saw the TCC Eagles come away with the win. This is Santa Fe’s first loss of the season after starting the season 3-0. What …
Read More »Tim Kurkjian Gives Insight on the MLB Lockout
Major League Baseball is in its ninth full-work stoppage and fourth lockout in history. The main issue surrounds the MLB and the MLBPA. Mainly how there needs to be a change on the economic side of the sport. Players want to address many key issues involving service time manipulation, minimum …
Read More »Mets start over with new manager Buck Showalter
In December, the New York Mets announced the hiring of Buck Showalter as their manager. Showalter was one of three finalists in the hiring process and came away with the job because of his past experience. Previously, Showalter managed the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers and most recently, …
Read More »Tampa Bay Rays Dual-City Plan with Montreal Shutdown by MLB
In 2020, the Tampa Bay Rays won the AL East and AL Pennant. Fans were either held to a limited capacity or not allowed to attend games as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, they won 100 games, and repeated as AL East Champions. Even then, with star …
Read More »Yankees Hire First Woman Manager, Meet Rachel Balkovec
Rachel Balkovec had completed two master’s degrees and an internship with the St. Louis Cardinals. But when she applied to fifteen baseball teams in the Phoenix area, she heard nothing back. The then-waitress and Lululemon worker changed the name on her resume from ‘Rachel’ to ‘Rae.’ In addition, she said …
Read More »Lockout, Work Stoppage Looms for MLB
The MLB season may be over, but battles are far from it. The league and the Major League Baseball Players Association have a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) which expires Wednesday night at 11:59 p.m. If the two sides don’t agree (which seems likely at this point), team owners will force …
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