By Don | July 31, 2007 - 4:05 pm - Posted in Professional, Uncategorized

Ever since they stopped running shuttle buses from the coliseum, I haven’t been much of a GGO Fan. These days the golf tournament that calls Greensboro home is called the Wyndham Championship. It getting a lot of players and hopes to get more as the event gets closer. The tournament does a [...]

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The Guilford Patriots edged North Allegheny 2-1 this morning to win the Palomino East Zone up near Pittsburg, PA.
Eric Presnell(Northwest Guilford) made a great defensive play in the top of the 7th inning to back up relief pitcher Michael Dimcok. Dimock(High Point Wesleyan) was the losing pitcher in game #1 of the East Zone [...]

Read The Complete Article - Patriots Win Palomino East Zone:on to California for World Series…

By Andy | July 30, 2007 - 7:21 pm - Posted in Professional

from Scott Gierman Savannah Sand Gnats:
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Monday’s Sand Gnats game against the Greensboro Grasshoppers has been postponed due to heavy rain and wet field conditions. The game, originally scheduled for 7:05 p.m. is scheduled to be made up Tuesday as part of a 5:30 doubleheader.
Tuesday’s doubleheader will be composed of two seven-inning [...]

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Justin Smith just called at 7:56pm to let us know that the Guilford Patriots won both of their games today and they will play North Allegheny, PA for the East Zone Palomino title on Tuesday morning at 10am.
The Patriots won game number one today 7-1 behind the pitching of Esterlin Paulino. Paulino was near [...]

Read The Complete Article - Guilford Patriots to play for CHAMPIONSHIP on Tuesday at 10am

from James Caldwell of the Pro Wrestling Torch:www.pwtorch.com…..Wade Keller, Bruce Mitchell, and James Caldwell of the TORCH are at the top of their game in this area of Sports Entertainment…..
The local Ch. 5 WTVF in Nashville, Tenn. is reporting that suspended Tennessee Titans NFL player Adam “Pacman” Jones has signed or will sign a short-term [...]

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Allen Johnson of the News & Record (editorial Page Editor) has a new video feature called “News Maker”. This week he interviews Donald Moore, the President of the Greensboro Grasshoppers. Not a lot of breaking news; but he does put all the questions and answers in one place – Why the Team and [...]

Read The Complete Article - Donald Moore – News & Record Video Interview

By Andy | - 11:46 am - Posted in High School

I stopped by the Grimsley HS campus last night at around 10:15 and they were already prepping for the big midnight football practice. The lights were on at the main field in Jamieson Stadium and I even saw some of the cheerleaders walking in, I guess they were there for the huge midnight madness.
Grimsley [...]

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By Andy | - 11:18 am - Posted in Amateur

I received this E-mail today from former Colt baseball player Matt Lojko. If anyone can help us with this effort it would be greatly appreciated.
Matt was an excellent player back in his day and I believe it took him on to Grimsley HS and then later his brother John Lojko was a [...]

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By Andy | - 10:49 am - Posted in Amateur

The kids we met this weekend, the Ontario Canada Blue Jays, did not win the National Amateur Baseball Federation World Series crown, but a pretty tough bunch out of Dayton, Ohio did claim the title and they won it for the second consecutive year.
The Nationals from Dayton defeated our friends from Canada 2-1 on Sunday [...]

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Greensboro Colts baseball, last check the Greensboro Colts were trailing the team from Western Branch, Virginia 10-1 on Friday in the bottom of the 5th inning at War Memorial Stadium. I placed a call to local baseball tracker Kevin Moore and we hope to have full results by Monday. Sorry for the delay.*****(The [...]

Read The Complete Article - Around the Horn…Colts, Palomino, NABF, Hoppers, and HS football…

Report from Jimmy Chamblee….
Andy, GBC 9U just won the Triple Crown Sports national tournament in Myrtle Beach last night to finish our season on a positive note. We beat the Ghanna Lions from Columus, OH 10-0 in game 1. Casey Penland had 2 double and 5 rbi’s and was the winning pitcher to lead GBC. [...]

Read The Complete Article - Update on Greensboro Batting Center 9U AAU team

By Don | July 28, 2007 - 11:36 pm - Posted in Professional

They cleared the Grandstand tonight because of debris that fell in Friday night’s program. So I packed up my radio and camera and moved over to the Right Field Grass area to record Saturday’s Fireworks Program. I missed the first volley due to getting set up late. It’s amazing that a few [...]

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By Don | - 11:14 am - Posted in Professional

It’s time to claim your Team and Your Home.
While some believe that the NFL Season starts Thursday, September 6 (Colts v. Saints), for the REAL fans it starts next Sunday, August 5 with the Hall of Fame Bowl (Saints v. Steelers).
This year, we will be traveling to visit various Team Homes in Guilford County – [...]

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By Don | - 11:08 am - Posted in Professional

From the Greensboro Sports Dot Com Luxury Skybox, high atop the Left Field Wall, another video edition of Fireworks Friday.
Enjoy it without all the smoke and debris!

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By Andy | - 9:07 am - Posted in Amateur

From Justin Smith coach of the Guilford Patriots:local Palomino Baseball…..
The Guilford Patriots have landed in Pa. We are now in the hotel and getting ready for the 5:30 practice at North Alleghany High School. The Guilford Patriots will open up with host team North Alleghany tom at 2:00 p.m. Mike Dimock will [...]

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The Greensboro Grasshoppers picked up their ninth win in a row at First Horizon Park on Friday night. The Hoppers made a dramatic comeback to grab a 4-3 victory over the Delmarva Shorebirds. The Hoppers were down 3-1 headed into the ninth inning and they loaded the bases against the ‘Birds Chad Thall [...]

Read The Complete Article - “Nine is Fine”, Can the Grasshoppers do it again? It would mean TEN…..

By Andy | July 27, 2007 - 11:19 am - Posted in College, High School

The baseball legend of southeastern Guilford County, Charlie Pannell, called me on Thursday afternoon to pass on the news that Ben Areno of Southeast Guilford High School was headed to Longwood College up in Farmville, Virginia.
I saw something on this in the News and Record(www.news-record.com) but Charlie Pannell had the scoop and he let me [...]

Read The Complete Article - Charlie Pannell says…..Ben Areno will go to Longwood

The Greensboro Grasshoppers have won 8 games in a row….. Last evening at First Horizon Park the Hoppers took care of the Delmarva Shorebirds 4-1 behind the pitching of Christian Martinez, Chris Leroux, Rodolfo Encarnacion, and Avie Rasowsky.
John Raynor’s hitting accounted for three of the Hoppers’ four runs and John hit a [...]

Read The Complete Article - Eight straight, time to celebrate? Not yet, Nine would be fine…..

By Andy | - 10:29 am - Posted in Amateur

The Greensboro Colt team had Thursday off and not because of the weather. The had an off day in the PONY baseball Colt East Zone double-elimination tournament going on at Memorial Stadium.
Next game up for the Greensboro team is set for 3pm today at the old ballyard on Yanceyville and Lindsey Streets and the [...]

Read The Complete Article - Colt call on baseball(with Sat. update)

Rain, Rain, Rain, and more rain…The local teams in the 17U High School baseball wooden bat World Series had the day off on Thursday and the off-time was not requested. The teams assembled wanted to play but they couldn’t because of wet grounds at Grimsley HS and at Stoner-White Stadium.
The Greensboro Elks were scheduled [...]

Read The Complete Article - National Amateur Baseball Federation(NABF) update:Saturday Insider