We love Jacksonville-related baseball stories. So, here's a really neat story that has taken me entirely too long to write about. Former-MLB player Desi Relaford, currently a resident of our fair city of Jacksonville, has apparently been busy helping to build baseball academies in Africa. The article and video from News4Jax explains most of what... Continue Reading →
The 2021 MLB All-Star Game to Feature Custom Uniforms for Each Team; And They’re Lousy
The baseball world was given yet another shock this morning when it was announced that, after 88 years of players wearing their own uniforms during the Summer Classic, the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game would feature custom uniforms for each team. Here they are: Photos courtesy of Nike and Sportslogos.net If you looked at... Continue Reading →
Jumbo Shrimp Weekend Review; Durham Returns to Continue the Surf And Turf Series
Thanks to the remnants of Tropical Storm Claudette, the Jumbo Shrimp were rained out in Charlotte this afternoon. While it would have been nice to have a chance to come home with a series split, I'm sure that the club is more than happy to have a couple of days off in a row to... Continue Reading →
The Catch’s Minor League Time Machine Part Four: 1985 Toledo Mud Hens
When I was a kid in the mid-1980s, I spent a lot of time watching, playing, reading about, and thinking about sports. I was truly obsessed. That obsession led me to taking the logical next step of writing letters to major and minor league teams to get pocket schedules, team information, and whatever else they... Continue Reading →
The Catch’s Minor League Time Machine, Part Three: 1985 Oklahoma City 89ers
When I was a kid in the mid-1980s, I spent a lot of time watching, playing, reading about, and thinking about sports. I was truly obsessed. That obsession led me to taking the logical next step of writing letters to major and minor league teams to get pocket schedules, team information, and whatever else they... Continue Reading →
Tuesday Musings on Baseball
Loyal readers of The Catch (many thanks to you both!) may have noticed that we took a few days off from the busy job of writing about baseball and recapping the Jax Shrimp games. That was due to work from the real world job that, you know, attempts to pay the bills. It turned out... Continue Reading →
Jumbo Shrimp Game 31: Baseball is a Funny Game
The Jumbo Shrimp came into Tuesday's game riding a four game winning streak knowing that they would be facing the team at the bottom of the table. Sounds like the recipe for a win, right? Well, baseball has a well known way of taking your grand plans and torpedoing them. That's sort of what happened... Continue Reading →
The Catch’s Road Trip Review: Columbia Fireflies
Over Memorial Day weekend, I loaded the family into the car and headed north by northwest from Jacksonville to pay a visit to Columbia, South Carolina. We had never been to the capital city of South Carolina before, so we figured why not? It helped that some baseball would be played that weekend in the... Continue Reading →
Minor League Playoffs in 2021? Maybe So!
Interesting story from Baseball America's JJ Cooper (no relation) this morning that minor league teams have been told to leave dates open at the end of September for the possibility of...playoffs! That's right. Now that the Covid-19 levels have dropped significantly, the end-of-season dates that were being held for make-up games might now be used... Continue Reading →
Jumbo Shrimp Weekend Review; Tides Roll In Once Again
The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp had a very successful week/weekend in Gwinnett, taking five of six games from the Stripers, including the last four in a row. The Catch was present for the comprehensive win on Friday, but Saturday's and Sunday's games were equally exciting. The Shrimp used extras on Saturday to come away with the... Continue Reading →
