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What a week for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp! The second-place team in the division rolls into 121 Financial Ballpark and gets comprehensively thumped by the Shrimp who 5 of 6 from the Nashville Sounds in the River City. The wins included: a shutout, two walk-offs in a doubleheader, decent pitching, and timely hitting. Even the... 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 →
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 →
Last night’s Jumbo Shrimp game was fun to watch. It really was. The Shrimp jumped out to an early lead, used solid pitching to keep Gwinnett in check, piled on a few more runs, and then held strong at the end to come away with a well-deserved 6-2 win. If only every game could go... Continue Reading →
Ok, ok…stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Giving up a ton of runs to your opponent in the very first inning of the game is not a very good way of actually winning games. We've said it here before. Yesterday, in fact. But since we just write about games as opposed to actually... Continue Reading →
June is finally here. A new month, and a new set of games. Sunday's shutout win against Durham at home was a fitting end to the ups and downs of May. Going into Tuesday's game on the road against Gwinnett, we were hoping for a win to start June and propel the club onwards and... Continue Reading →
Now that we are just about three weeks from the start of the MiLB season, I wanted to take a quick look at the Jumbo Shrimp schedule for the 2021 season. As we all know, this season is going to see reduced travel by minor league teams due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. That was... Continue Reading →
With the restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the International League is now known as "Triple-A East." I know that the vacuous corporate suits at MLB did this to allow for a corporate sponsor of each minor league, but it is so, so bland and just feels wrong. Nevertheless, a complete preview of the... Continue Reading →
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