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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 →
It's been an interesting few weeks for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. Starting with the ill-fated "crap pitcher's mound game" in Memphis on June 29 and ending with the nice and easy win over Charlotte this past Sunday, the Shrimp have endured three doubleheaders, two rain-outs, a hurricane, and, finally, a walk-off win. The Shrimp went... Continue Reading →
The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp ended last week where they began: firmly entrenched in third place. The Shrimp managed to go 3-3 against Durham last week, which meant they stayed 4.5 games back of the Bulls. So literally, the only thing that changed for the Shrimp over the last seven days was that their winning percentage... 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 →
