When Chris Volstad, of the Florida Marlins, threw behind the back of the Washington Nationals’ Nyjer Morgan on Wednesday night, in the 16-10 win by the Fish over the Nats, Morgan took a swing and grazed former Hopper Volstad, but Gaby Sanchez had Volstad’s back and Gaby laid a clothes-line on Morgan, that took him [...]

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Jim Ross has NFL, XFL and college football experience and here are his current thoughts on taking over the Oklahoma Sooners’ radio job….
from www.prowrestling.net:
-Ross on becoming the radio voice for Oklahoma football: Bob Barry, Sr. is a legend and following a legend isn’t easy. I would love to try but it’s not too likely. Being [...]

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By Andy | - 10:07 am - Posted in Professional

WHERE WILL YOU BE WHEN THE TURNSTILE STRIKES 2.5 MILLION?
GREENSBORO, NC– The Greensboro Grasshoppers are eagerly anticipating their
2.5 millionth fan, expected to step foot in NewBridge Bank Park on Thursday,
September 2(TONIGHT) against the Savannah Sand Gnats.
After reaching the two million mark in July of the 2009 season, the
Grasshoppers have inched towards their 2.5 millionth fan [...]

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By Andy | September 1, 2010 - 11:01 pm - Posted in Professional

Savannah SandGnats 11
Greensboro Grasshoppers 0
WP:Collin McHugh(6-8)
LP:Edgar Olmos(3-9)
SAV-11-13-0
GSO-0-5-4
GSO(33-32)
Lakewood 14
Augusta 2
Hickory 10
Asheville 3

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Greensboro Grasshoppers Donate $10,000 to Teacher Supply Warehouse
Greensboro, N.C. ­ School bells ring and the Hoppers are not looking for
baseball players; instead the focus is on contributing inventory of pens,
scissors, paper, paper clips, etc., to the Teacher Supply Warehouse. The
Greensboro Grasshoppers donated $10,000 to the Guilford Education Alliance
to be used for supplies at the Teacher [...]

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from Tuesday evening at NewBridge Bank Park:
Savannah SandGnats 12
Greensboro Grasshoppers 8
GSO(33-31)
Asheville 2
Hickory 1
Asheville 6
Hickory 3
Augusta 6
Lakewood 2

Read The Complete Article - Hoppers fall and so do Lakewood and Hickory(2 times)

OF Jeff Corsaletti has been transferred from Greensboro to
Jacksonville
OF Christian Yelich has been transferred from Gulf Coast Marlins
to Greensboro
** Christian Yelich: 2010 1st Round Draft Pick for the Florida Marlins
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Read The Complete Article - Greensboro Grasshoppers player moves: Marlins’ 1st Round pick Yelich now in Greensboro

Greensboro Grasshoppers 14
Savannah SandGnats 9
WP:Jose Alvarez(9-3)
LP:Taylor Whitenton(8-8)
HR:Kyle Skipworth(GSO) #17 with 4RBI’s to take him to 58….Kyle Jensen went 4-4 with an RBI to take him to 83 RBI’s….Justin Bass with 3RBI’s to take him to 49 RBI’s and Chad Cregar with another RBI to push him to 56 RBI’s…..
GSO(33-30)
SAV(27-35)
Other FINALS:
Lakewood 3
Augusta 2
Hickory 6
Asheville 5

Read The Complete Article - Greensboro Grasshoppers top Savannah, but Lakewood and Hickory still winning

You can get all the details at www.prowrestling.net:
Independent wrestler J.C. Bailey (a/k/a Joseph Carl Bailey) was found dead on Monday morning at age 27. The cause of death has not been revealed. The Combat Zone Wrestling site features a statement regarding Bailey’s death.

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By Andy | August 29, 2010 - 4:49 pm - Posted in Professional

On Saturday night at Rome, Georgia:
Rome Braves 4
Greensboro Grasshoppers 0
LP:Erick Carrillo
GSO(32-30)
Series split at Rome(2-2)….Off on Sunday; vs. Savannah SandGnats on Monday, in game one of a four-game set, at NewBridge Bank Park……
Saturday night at Turner Field:
Atlanta Braves 12
Florida Marlins 3
Sunday afternoon at Turner Field late:
Florida Marlins 6
Atlanta Braves 4
*****If the Marlins can hang on and [...]

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By Andy | - 4:19 pm - Posted in Professional

I watched that Carolina Panther-Tennessee Titan pre-season game last night and the offense didn’t come out until the second half…..
The score was 0-0 at halftime and you sure don’t see that, that often, even in NFL pre-season contests.
John Kasey was out there to boot three key field goals in the Panther win and he is [...]

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By Andy | - 3:36 pm - Posted in Amateur, Professional

A very good topic coming on the heels of last night’s UFC fight with Randy Couture-James Toney….
Ad4deacs says:
I just wanted to point out to the hold outs that don’t think boxing is dead that 47 year old Randy Couture completely dominated Heavy weight boxing champ James Lights out Toney last night. Toney never landed a [...]

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from the home/front page here at the site:
The 41-year-old former boxing world champion James Toney made his mixed martial arts debut Saturday night at UFC 118. It did not go well.
UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture easily beat Toney by first-round submission, confirming what everyone suspected: In a mixed martial arts match, a good mixed [...]

Read The Complete Article - Randy very handy: Couture makes quick work of Toney

By Andy | August 28, 2010 - 10:30 am - Posted in Professional

Rome Georgia Braves 9
Greensboro Grasshoppers 3
LP:Edgar Olmos
GSO(32-29)
Florida Marlins 7
Atlanta Braves 1
WP:Chris Volstad(8-9)….[Former Greensboro Grasshopper]
LP:Tommy Hanson
Former Hoppers Gaby Sanchez and Logan Morrison hit home runs for the Marlins, with Sanchez #16 and Morrison got his first major league homer….
Tonight at 7:10 in Atlanta it will be:
Ricky Nolasco(14-8)-Marlins
vs.
Tim Hudson(14-5)-Braves….Game time is 7:10

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By Andy | August 27, 2010 - 2:55 pm - Posted in Professional

from James Caldwell at Wade Keller’s Pro Wrestling Torch and go to www.pwtorch.com for more breaking news on this story…..
Former 1990s valet/women’s wrestler Luna Vachon (Gertrude Vachon) reportedly died today at age 48.
The National Wrestling Alliance issued a statement, saying, “The NWA would like to extend its thoughts and condolences to the family of Luna [...]

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By Andy | August 26, 2010 - 10:48 pm - Posted in Amateur, College, High School, Professional

So soon it will be tomorrow night, with Phase One kicking in at 7pm and rolling on into the night and then into Saturday morning….
We’ll still be keeping a watch on the end results, but the comments will be coming straight on through Friday night, on into Saturday morning…..
We are going to give it a [...]

Read The Complete Article - “Filter Free Friday” coming soon

Greensboro Grasshoppers 9
Rome Braves 5
WP:Matt Montgomery(11-11)
LP:Chris Masters(3-9)
GSO(32-28)
Florida Marlins 11
New York Mets 4
*****Former Greensboro Grasshopper Logan Morrison goes 2-2 with 2 Doubles, three runs scored and two runs driven in…..*****
Greensboro
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Duarte CF 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .309
Smith, R RF 4 1 1 [...]

Read The Complete Article - Greensboro Grasshoppers go to (32-28) with 9-5 win over Rome/Marlins over Mets again, this time 11-4

OF Sequoyah Stonecipher transferred from Greensboro to Jupiter
INF Chris Wade reinstated from the Greensboro DL to the active Greensboro roster
LHP Jose Alvarez reinstated from the Greensboro DL to the active Greensboro roster

Read The Complete Article - Greensboro Grasshoppers player moves 8/26/2010

By Andy | - 11:13 am - Posted in Professional

Greensboro Grasshoppers 6
Rome Georgia Braves 3
WP:Chad James(5-9)
The Hoppers drew nine walks in the win and now they are just two and a-half games back of the first-place Lakewood BlueClaws, good for second place at (31-28) and now the Hoppers are tied with the Hickory Crawdads, for that #2 spot in the South Atlantic League’s Northern [...]

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Which HR Derby winner projects more ‘Big League’ power? Join us and vote for Josh Tobias, from Southeast Guilford High School when you CLICK HERE and head to the Perfect Game web site…….
Josh is off to a good start. Let’s all rally behind the local kid and push him over the top, so [...]

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