Archive for August, 2010
Sunday, August 8th, 2010
Last season was the most successful in Mahoning Valley Scrappers history. Shy of winning the Penn League Championship, the year could have been called nearly perfect, except for one unfortunate incident. In the early innings of the second game of a doubleheader, Luke Holko was struck in the back of ...
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Sunday, August 8th, 2010
George "The Animal" Steele was recently at a Mahoning Valley Scrappers game. There was a laser hair removal promotion on the same night in which Steele picked the fan with the hairiest back to receive a free treatment. For years, Steele was the ultimate WWF (WWE) heel. He struck fear ...
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Sunday, August 8th, 2010
In probably one of the most enjoyable nights in Mahoning Valley Scrapper history, Aberdeen brought "The Animal" out of the Scrappers. Ingenious promotion. George "The Animal" Steele was on hand to sign autographs and chose the winner of a laser hair removal contest awarded to the contestant with the hairiest ...
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Saturday, August 7th, 2010
Mahoning Valley just can't get over the hump. Ten hits, two runs, and a loss. The Tri-City Valley Cats took it to the Scrappers, 6-2, in front of 4,001 fans. The Scrappers fell to 18-30 on the season and are still trying to figure out where the consistency can be ...
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Saturday, August 7th, 2010
Three Mahoning Valley Scrappers have been named to the New York Penn League All-Star Team. Two starting pitchers, Owen Dew and Alex Kaminsky and 2B Dan DeGeorge garnered the honors Friday evening. The All-Star Game is played at Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George, Staten Island, New York and ...
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Friday, August 6th, 2010
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers seem to be catching on. The Scrappers put together a nice ninth inning rally to get by the Tri-City Valley Cats. After last nights 16-hit offensive bonanza, the Scrappers pulled out the rare one-run win, 3-2, in front of 4,516 fans at Eastwood Field. After the ...
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Lisa Neeld was on hand at Thursday's Mahoning Valley Scrappers game to throw out the first pitch. Neeld has been in Playboy publications more than once and is currently promoting her barbecue sauce. I got Neeld to agree to answer some questions about the sport of baseball to test her ...
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
The Ohio State fans showed respect when Bo Schembechler passed, Michigan fans reciprocated when Woody Hayes left. Baseball fans either love or hate the Yankees, there is no middle ground. With that inference in place, I bid farewell to George Steinbrenner, a guy who did anything he could to win ...
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