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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
This is an advert created by Ralph Morse for the National Safety Council circa from 1945/46 or so. Have to say, it’s hard to argue with his logic on both counts.
The Catch was on the road again on Friday to watch the Jumbo Shrimp take on the Gwinnett Stripers in our very first visit to Coolray Field. What we witnessed was just about the best Jumbo Shrimp game we've seen all season: fantastic pitching, great hitting, and solid defense, all of which combined to shut... Continue Reading →
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