Leino is great behind the plate with a cannon for an arm! I will be there and will say hello, we are pretty non-descript (?) never do anything twice. My wife does carry a HUGE camera, but she will not be there, but I will find you.

My guy will be at SS and hopefully hit the ball hard some where. He has been killing a lot of worms so far.

Seminole is usually pretty strong, what hapened there?

The River can HIT this year

Well I've just found out momma is going to have to go to Ft. Pierce..the boy has got college grunge/tonsilitis (Shes gotta be a mom)..so hopefully later on this season we'll get to stare at each other over a dugout

Yes, Coach Clark is still at LCCC. Great guy. Really a shame that program shut down.

Indian River 9, Daytona 5 - WP-Martier, 6 IP, 12 K; Robinson (Day) 2-4, 2 R, HR


I told you the River can hit....

Yea thanks a lot! 4 errors and no hitting til late in the game. Mine went 2 for 4 with a stand up double to the 400' fence and a single. We staged a late rally, ended with bases loaded..a HR would have tied it! LOL!! Hey we had a 2 run homer also, in addition to Robinson's!

It's early..I'm sure as it goes on we'll see some 1-0, 2-1 dogfights...Glad your boy performed Sounds like an exciting game..I wish I'd have made it. I have a feeling we'll both get a bunch more excitement as it rolls along
What a great state for baseball..I'm an administrator on another site and I'm getting a ton of envy from snowed in Northeasterners...as my favorite philosopher.."The Great Jerome" would say..nyuknyuknyuk..woob woob woob..

LOL! Yes we are playing Palm Beach today and saturday. I hear that they will be tough this year also. The River does love to hit! Free swingers all of them. I like that kind of coaching! OB is a good guy, he was here in Ocala with CFCC for a long time. He was recruiting my guy but 4 others from Ocala headed to Daytona so he wanted to be with friends

Hes as good as it gets as a pitching coach too..a good friend of ours, Jared Payne, played for him at CFCC and went on to UNF and ultimately the Blue Jays organization...He venerates OB as do many of the D-1 coaches I know.

Its nice to see a coach known for his pitching expertise not get in the way of his hitters.

JD - Here's some more weather envy headed your way... In Chicago we are staring at another 2-4 inches of snow, and we're inside trying to get a decent workout in. At least we have the Blackhawk games to look forward to... Anyhow, there is a very flattering article on Florida JUCO and the tourny in the current Baseball America.

As a transplated Romeoville-ite, I'm not missing a bit of that slushy..blustery...snowy...freezing fridge of a wind blown prarie
When I left tough the Golden Jet and Stan Mikita were on the ice.

Showing your age there, JD. Those games at the old stadium were amazing, Tony Esposito was great in the goal and Keith Magnuson was always looking for a fight... And lost quite a few.. My oldest is heading your way in the fall and he is looking forward to leaving the windy city weather behind.

Those "Hawks" were always just a sliver away from the cup..Espo's brother and Bobby Orr always had an edge..

Good deal about your kid..get a good long look at him before he goes..you might not see much of him once he gets here Is he destined for JU? Good team..

My son has managed to contract the scourge of college..mono and so he will be on a shelf for 6 weeks...arrrgh curses and drat!!! After losing his second start while trying to pitch with undiagnosed mono...gets a while to think about it..

The kids always try to suck it up, all the while the parents know something "just isn't right". Give him credit though, he wants the ball and knows mono will prevent that. Hope he gets well soon and comes back strong. Yes, he is headed for JU.. Did my tag give it away? My sister moved to Orlando 15? years ago and never looked back, don't suppose I'll see him much... A couple of days in Jacksonville back in September convinced me of that.

The NJCAA site is a good place to look. Also the FCCAA Baseball site has all the info on the Fl. juco season.

Region 8 JUCO Conference play has begun. Daytona wins first two games.

Tallahassee CC does a fantastic job in updating Florida JUCO scores and standings. Here's the link, Florida JUCO scores/standings/players of the week

Here are the updated standings through April 3, 2009

Mid-Florida Conference Standings
.................MFC...............Overall
Santa Fe.........9-4...............20-15
Central Florida..9-5...............28-12
St. Johns River..7-6...............29-10*
Daytona..........7-6...............21-9
FCCJ.............6-6...............15-17
Lake-Sumter......6-8...............16-18
Seminole.........2-11..............17-21-1

Panhandle Conference Standings
......................PC........Overall
Tallahassee...........7-2.......29-10
Gulf Coast............5-4.......29-11
Chipola...............5-4.......21-13-1
Northwest Florida.....3-5.......20-14
Pensacola.............2-7.......24-11

Southern Conference Standings
................SoCon Overall
Miami Dade......12-4....32-7*
Broward.........11-4....25-10
Palm Beach......6-9.....21-16
Indian River....4-10....16-16
Brevard.........4-10....9-22

Suncoast Conference Standings
................SoCon...Overall
Manatee.........11-4....27-12-1
Pasco-Hernando..8-7.....24-13
St. Petersburg..7-8.....23-19
South Florida...7-8.....26-15
Hillsborough....7-8.....19-18
Polk............5-10....17-19

Hey Seeler,

Your son has been doing a great job down here!

Man, Seminole has fallen off the map. Suprised to see Chipola at 5-4.

Thanks floridafan....actually I am his uncle. I think you have met his father a few times though. My nephew has been struggling with his control, but the results haven't been too bad. I've seen that your boy has been mashing pretty good down there!

Couple of tough losses this week. I felt bad for the boys. Let's hope they can finish up the season strong and if not make a run, at least build for next year.