When he looks back at it, Bayshore Little League's Matt Vaka will be able to say that for about two hours on a baseball diamond, he was perfect. ...more

July 12, 2008

When he looks back at it, Bayshore Little League's Matt Vaka will be able to say that for about two hours on a baseball diamond, he was perfect. ...more

July 12, 2008

When he looks back at it, Bayshore Little League's Matt Vaka will be able to say that for about two hours on a baseball diamond, he was perfect. ...more

July 12, 2008

When he looks back at it, Bayshore Little League's Matt Vaka will be able to say that for about two hours on a baseball diamond, he was perfect. ...more

July 12, 2008

When he looks back at it, Bayshore Little League's Matt Vaka will be able to say that for about two hours on a baseball diamond, he was perfect. ...more

July 12, 2008

When he looks back at it, Bayshore Little League's Matt Vaka will be able to say that for about two hours on a baseball diamond, he was perfect. ...more

July 12, 2008

Much was made in the Big Apple of the upstart Rays' first visit to Yankee Stadium as a team to be taken seriously. ...more

July 9, 2008

EAST LAKELAND — Garrett Deross motioned to his coaches that the ball was at eye-level after taking a called third strike to end the game, but his disgusted expression told the story of the game and Sebring's tournament. Poinciana's Tony Lima hit a two-run homer to cap off a three-run third inning, as the top-seeded team eliminated Sebring with a 7-2 win in the Dixie Youth Majors "O" Zone (ages 11-12) state tournament in East Lakeland on Sunday. "That last call left a bitter taste in my mouth," said Deross of the called third strike. "We had the talent to go far in this tournament, but we just didn't get it done." ...more

July 7, 2008

Matt Garza wasn't terribly enthused to draw the 12:10 p.m. start Thursday under the South Florida sun. A couple of days earlier, he said his focus was on "trying to survive" the heat and humidity he knew was in store. ...more

June 27, 2008

AVON PARK — Christian Crews may have been fatigued from a two-day rest, but he still hurled five solid innings and smacked a game-changing three-run home run in the third to lift the Okeechobee All-Stars to an 11-4 victory over the Avon Park All-Stars during the Dixie Youth Majors District 8 tournament at Durrah Martin Recreational Complex on Sunday morning. "I was a little tired but I just came out and tried to throw strikes," Crews said. "My fastball was working, and on the home run, I was just able to take advantage of a pitch up in the strike zone." Okeechobee assistant coach Neal Crawford has seen Crews put up performances such as this all season long and had all the trust in the world for his hurler. "Christian is deadly with his fastball," Crawford said. "He had one bad pitch when he hung one up there and [Fauthree] made him pay with the homer. I'm just really proud of these kids. I wouldn't have cared if we had won by one run. We're just happy with a win." ...more

June 22, 2008