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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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Lisa Neeld has been a busy woman lately. She has stacked her appearances, started filming a reality show for television, continues to sell barbecue sauce, and is a full-time mother. I became enamored with Neeld when I asked her ten baseball questions at a Scrappers game. She played along, the ...
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Friday, September 2nd, 2011
Having a heart and being a wrestling fan are seldom linked. On Sunday August 28, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers had it all. Luke Holko, pictured above with his parents (Chad and Nicole), was in attendance. Luke was hit by a foul ball a couple of seasons ago and has been ...
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Friday, September 2nd, 2011
Jake Lowery went 3-for-5 with a home run and three runs batted in and the Mahoning Valley Scrappers defeated the Williamsport Crosscutters, 8-3, in the last home game of the 2011 campaign.
The win ended the Scrappers three-game losing streak.
Lowery singled in a run in the first inning to put ...
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Sunday, August 28th, 2011
On what has become an annual gathering at Eastwood Field, Baseball Brawl, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers rose to the challenge and body slammed the Jamestown Jammers. The opportunistic Scrappers racked up nine hits and outscored the Jammers 9-2 in front of a great Sunday crowd of 3,550.
Jamestown got on the ...
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Jordan Taylor is in his first season as the General Manager of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. The very quiet and reserved Taylor is someone I have gotten to know better over the past three years. If intelligence counts for anything, he is winning big. Probably one of the smartest minds ...
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
The 2012 New York Penn League All-Star Game will be head at Eastwood Field. The game will take place sometime in mid-August once the NYPL sets its official schedules in the Fall of 2011.
The format of the game is the same as the Major League Baseball level, pitting a team ...
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Saturday, August 13th, 2011
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers welcomed a tough Brooklyn Cyclones team to Eastwood Field. Unfortunately for the Scrappers, they came out on the wrong side of a 10-6 verdict. The Scrappers were hurt by some very good Brooklyn hitting in the early innings and never gained enough footing in the loss, ...
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