Archive for the ‘Baseball’ Category
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Every once in the while, something with a national flavor comes to the Mahoning Valley. This year, sports fans will have the opportunity to catch the New York Penn League All-Star Game, which will be held at Eastwood Field.
The game will be played for the first time in the Mahoning ...
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Saturday, August 6th, 2011
Cleveland Indians fans, meet Tony Wolters. He is a shortstop who is doing it with, both, the glove and the bat for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. Wolters missed time last season due to injury after being selected by the Indians in the third round of the 2010 Draft. So far ...
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Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
A quality Summer Baseball Camp is being offered at Eastwood Field from August 8-10. The camp is designed to introduce young players the aspects and fundamentals of baseball. Rich Pasquale, YSU's head baseball coach, and Craig Antush, a YSU assistant, will host the camp.
The areas of specialization to be covered ...
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
Al Kaline was recently at a Mahoning Valley Scrappers game to watch his grandson, Colin Kaline, in action. Colin is in the Tigers organization, playing for the Connecticut Tigers, the short-season A affiliate for Detroit.
Al Kaline is in Cooperstown, never played a day of minor league baseball in his life, ...
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Saturday, July 9th, 2011
The Jolly Roger has broken out. For the first time since 1992, the Pittsburgh Pirates are assured of having a winning record heading into the All-Star Break. Ironically, the last time the Pirates compiled a winning season was the same year, 1992. Here we stand in 2011 watching an ...
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Former Youngstown State pitcher Phil Klein was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round as the 924th overall selection in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday evening.
Klein, a native of Gahanna, Ohio, was a second-team All-Horizon League selection in 2011. For the campaign he was 5-5 with a 3.61 ...
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Sunday, May 29th, 2011
What has only happened a handful of times in the past 20 years seems to be breathing again. It is almost June and the Pittsburgh Pirates are flirting with .500. The Pirates have one of the worst streaks in all of sports, in fact it is the worst. Eighteen consecutive ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Youngstown State senior pitcher Phil Klein (above) was named Second-Team All-Horizon League, and freshman third baseman Drew Dosch was named to the all-newcomer team in a vote of the league's coaches.
Klein, a native of Gahanna, Ohio and graduate of Gahanna Lincoln High, returns to the all-league team after being a first-team honoree in ...
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