Greensboro Grasshoppers move to (27-10) with win tonight at NewBridge Bank Park

| May 15, 2012

Talk about a team that has been red-hot, the Hoppers are now (17-2) at home for the season and have won somewhere in the neighborhood of 12-13 games in a-row at home now, after the win this evening over Kannapolis ….Brent Keys came into the game for the Hoppers batting .368 and he went 3-4….. …Read the Rest…

Bill Hass on Baseball checking in on Monday night’s Hopper win:Home sweet (and soggy) home

| May 15, 2012

from Bill Hass with Bill on Baseball at www.gsohoppers.com: Home sweet (and soggy) home It rained like crazy much of the day and it rained even crazier into the night. But in between, the storms stopped long enough for the Hoppers to beat the Kannapolis Intimidators 8-3 Monday at NewBridge Bank Park. The game was …Read the Rest…

Hoppers only need 8 to quiet Intimidators

| May 15, 2012

Jordan Stowe’s Minor League Blog Post from Monday’s game is now available. I appreciate that he mentioned how enjoyable the game was without all the noise.

Hoppers go to (26-10) with a big effort from Senne in the City on Monday night at NewBridge Bank Park

| May 15, 2012

from Monday night at NewBridge Bank Park:(Hoppers’ first baseman Aaron Senne goes 4-4 with 4RBI’s, including two Doubles…..Senne was hot a hot child in the Senne(city) on Monday night…..Hoppers’ starting pitcher Austin Brice did not a allow a runner to reach base until the top of 5th inning…..He got Kannapolis three-up/three-down in the first four …Read the Rest…

Bill Hass on Baseball with the Greensboro Grasshoppers at:’The halfway point [of the first half]‘

| May 14, 2012

Bill Hass, formerly of the Greensboro News and Record and now with The ACC.com and the Greensboro Grasshoppers, with Bill on Baseball at www.gsohoppers.com… So, I left town for a week and the Hoppers had 8 losses. Missed an entire home stand and when I returned, a week later, they still had 8 losses. That’s …Read the Rest…

Hoppers win to go (25-10) with their Sunday afternoon road win at Lakewood, N.J.

| May 13, 2012

*****Hoppers back home on Monday night(vs. Kannapolis) to begin a seven-game home stand at NewBridge Bank Park…..***** Greensboro Grasshoppers 8 Lakewood BlueClaws 3 WP:Daniel Oliver LP:Ethan Stewart(0-3) GBO(25-10/LWD(12-22) Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League: Greensboro Grasshoppers Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Ryan Goetz LF 4 2 …Read the Rest…

Greensboro Grasshoppers fall to the BlueClaws Tonight, 5-3 at Lakewood, N.J.

| May 12, 2012

Lakewood BlueClaws 5 Greensboro Grasshoppes 3 WP:Gabriel Arias(1-2) LP:Josh Hodges(2-1) GBO(24-10)/LWD(12-21) Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League: Greensboro Grasshoppers Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Ryan Goetz 2B 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .310 Ryan McIntyre RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 …Read the Rest…

Philip Rivers speaks to N.C. State graduating Class of 2012

| May 12, 2012

from www.wralsportsfan.com: Raleigh, N.C. — Former North Carolina State University quarterback Philip Rivers mixed football stories with advice about life on Saturday morning when he spoke to more than 5,200 graduates at PNC Arena. CLICK HERE to read all…

Mattison from Kernersville moves up to the Marlins

| May 12, 2012

Congrats to Kevin Mattison(East Forsyth High School) who got the call-up on Friday to join the Miami Marlins…. Mattison, with his trademark handle-bar mustache, held down the center field spot while he was here in Greensboro, with the Greensboro Grasshoppers….Very fluid and mobile player and he could always hit the ball well from the leadoff …Read the Rest…

Former Greensboro Grasshoppers and now Miami Marlins catcher Brett Hayes gets caught in-between ‘would-be intruder’ and ‘spot-on shooter’

| May 11, 2012

Brett Hayes is a former catcher for the Greensboro Grasshoppers and now the part-time starting catcher for the Miami Marlins…Thursday was an off-day for him and he got in-between an intruder/shooter….from The Big League Stew at YAHOO! Sports….. Twitter feed of Miami Marlins catcher Brett Hayes on Thursday night when he wrote the following message: …Read the Rest…

Carolina Dynamo ready to go for Saturday night with Ford(UNCG) in goal, plus Lovejoy(Page), Campbell(GDS), Dunker(SEG), Leonard(Grimsley), Gomez(Guilford) and more locals

| May 11, 2012

Courtesy of Scott Zapko, Carolina Dynamo: Dynamo Announce 2012 Roster for Season Opening Match Tomorrow The Carolina Dynamo has announced their roster for the club’s 20th Anniversary season. The Dynamo is loaded with both depth and talent. The team features a group of versatile players, many with prior PDL experience, including 18 players returning from …Read the Rest…

Thinking about doing a little running this morning?(This lady is looking to run across our state covering 1,0000 miles in 21 days)

| May 10, 2012

Went out and got in a few miles on the ‘Morning Run’ for Thursday and I still remember one Sunday afternoon years ago when I pulled into a Durham service station on my bicycle and old gentleman asked if me if was out taking a spin around the neighborhood on that day and I said, …Read the Rest…

Bill Flynn did not win and now where does he begin?(He may be ready to start talking again):Longtime MAGIC Radio and RUSH Radio host could be headed back to your radio dial/box!

| May 9, 2012

Bill Flynn may be ready to do it again….He did not win and now he will begin, to find out when, he might make a bid for the Sen-ate or House again and until then, Flynn might be ready to take a spin, and get back into radio again….Flynn and Ben, Flynn and Ken, Flynn …Read the Rest…

Kevin Costner will make an appearance tonight at the Carolina Theatre downtown, as ‘Field of Dreams’ hits the big screen

| May 8, 2012

Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Shoeless Joe Jackson and others will all be downtown tonight for the showing of ‘Field of Dreams’, at the historic Carolina Theatre…..It is all part of the Carolina Classic Series, at the Carolina Theatre and the showing of this classic baseball movie/feature film, ‘Field of Dreams’, gets under …Read the Rest…

Greensboro Grasshoppers one of the hottest teams in all of baseball right now:10-2 win over West Virginia today at NBBP to go (23-8) on the season and winners of seven straight(15-2 at home)

| May 8, 2012

from Tuesday afternoon at NewBridge Bank Park courtesy of 97.7FM/’The Fantom’ and AM950 radio: Greensboro Grasshoppers 10 West Virginia Power 2 WP:Jose Urena(3-1) LP:Nick Kingham(1-2) Hoppers-10-12-0 Power-2-8-3 GBO(23-8) and (15-2) at home with seven wins in a-row…./WVA(11-21) Two three-run home runs today from Hoppers’ third baseman Josh Adams….Adams with 6 RBI on the day.. HR’s:(GBO)Adams …Read the Rest…

How Accurate Are You At Throwing a Football???

| May 8, 2012

Check out Monmouth College (DIII) Quarterback Alex Tanney. Alex is now the All Time – ALL Division Leader in TD’s Thrown (157) and the DIII All Time Leader in passing yards 14,249 yards. He didn’t make the NFL Draft; but the Buffalo Bills signed him possibly based upon this video showing his accuracy.

More Sports Radio(Steve Czaban Show) coming to the Raleigh area this time on HD

| May 8, 2012

A fourth sports station for Capitol Broadcasting……from www.wralsportsfan.com: 99.9 HD-3 The Ticket features programming from Yahoo! Sports Radio including “The Steve Czaban Show” each morning and “The Tim Brando Show” weekdays from 10 AM to 1 PM. The Ticket will also air the third hour of “The Jim Rome Show” weekday afternoons at 2 PM. …Read the Rest…

Greensboro Grasshoppers move to (22-8) with win over West Virginia tonight and Frank Mickens(WFMY TV 2 NEWS) hits a perfect ‘pitch’ with the National Anthem

| May 7, 2012

Frank Mickens of WFMY NEWS 2 sang the Star Spangled Banner prior to the game and he hit it right out of the park….Solid first-class job turned in by Mr. Mickens…..The ‘Pitch’ was near perfect…. Greensboro Grasshoppers 6 West Virginia Power 3 WP:Charlie Lowell(2-1) LP:Zack Dodson(1-3) HR:(GBO)Brent Keys(3)….(WVA)Willy Garcia(6) Hoppers(22-8)/Power(11-20)….Hoppers (14-2) at home for 2012 …Read the Rest…

Greensboro Grasshoppers go to (21-8) with win on Sunday

| May 7, 2012

from Sunday afternoon at NewBridge Bank Park: Greensboro Grasshoppers 5 West Virginia Power 4 (10 Innings) WP:Kevin Cravey(5-0) LP:Jordan Cooper(1-3) GBO-5-18-2 WVA-4-11-1 Game winning RBI:Matt Smith….Game Winning Run:Ryan Goetz…. GBO(21-8)/WVA(11-19)….Hoppers (13-2) at home so far this season…..Matt Smith 4-6 with 3RBI on Sunday and Brent Keys 3-5….

Even The Pregame Showers Couldn’t Cool Off The Hoppers!

| May 5, 2012

Jordan Stowe’s new post about Saturday’s Grasshopper’s game. Nice photo of sunset at the park.