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Kendall Campus To Host Baseball Tryouts

August 27, 2024 Ivette Gomez baseball tryouts

The Miami Dade College baseball team is hosting open tryouts at 9 a.m. on Sept. 1 at the Kendall Campus baseball field, 11011 S.W. 104 St. Players will be tested on skills such as throwing, running, batting and catching. “That’s one way to show their talent,” said Lazaro Llanes,… Read the rest at our website.

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Sharks’ Little Papi Drafted By Red Sox In 19th Round Of 2024 MLB Draft

July 24, 2024 Pietra Romano MLB draft

Ortiz. What baseball fanatic doesn’t recognize that name? David Ortiz, better known as Big Papi, is a baseball Hall of Famer who helped the Boston Red Sox end their 86-year World Series title drought in 2004. The jolly Dominican secured two more championships in 2007 and 2013. Today, the… Read the rest at our website.

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Sharks’ Fernandez Earns Citrus Conference First-Team Honors

May 25, 2024 Nikole Valiente FCSAA, First-Team Citrus Conference

Miami Dade College sophomore Juan Miguel Fernandez was tabbed to the Citrus Conference First-Team by the Florida College System Athletic Association. The right-hander posted a 9-3 mark for MDC this season and struck out 83 batters while posting a 3.95 earned run average. Sharks third baseman D’Angelo Ortiz, catcher… Read the rest at our website.

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Chipola College Ends Sharks’ Baseball Season

May 16, 2024 Charles Stemmer Baseball, FCSAA, Marianna Regional

The Miami Dade College baseball season came to an abrupt end after they lost the first two games of the Marianna Regional versus Chipola College. During the series, the Sharks had leads mid-way through both games— 5-3 in the top of the fifth inning of the first game and… Read the rest at our website.

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How Writing Sports Stories Reconnected Me With My Grandpa

May 1, 2024 Nikole Valiente Baseball, grandfather

I’ve never had a passion for sports. But baseball, it’s in my blood—I’m Cuban. My grandpa, Francisco “Pipo” Valiente, was a baseball fanatic who played second-base in neighborhood ball games in Cuba. When he was in his 80s, Pipo’s blood pressure would spike when he watched his favorite teams,… Read the rest at our website.

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Juan Miguel Fernandez Anchoring Sharks Pitching Staff

April 18, 2024 Charles Stemmer

Juan Miguel Fernandez is having a breakout season for the Miami Dade College baseball team. The sophomore is the crown jewel of the Sharks starting staff with a sterling 8-1 record, 73 strikeouts and a 2.67 earned run average. Those numbers lead the team in wins and strikeouts; he… Read the rest at our website.

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Architect Of Baseball Program At Kendall Campus Dies At 94

April 4, 2024 Nikole Valiente Obituary

Baseball holds a special place in the hearts of South Floridians; it’s a symbol of national pride and community. At Kendall Campus, the baseball diamond was Charlie Greene’s pulpit—it’s where he taught life’s lessons. The legendary coach, who pioneered the campus’ baseball program in 1968 and oversaw it for… Read the rest at our website.

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Sophomore Catcher Providing Leadership And Offense For Sharks

March 19, 2024 Charles Stemmer catcher

After a freshman season that saw him post a paltry .167 batting average, Geremy Garcia knew he had to make a change. So this summer, the Dominican-born catcher went to work. He focused on a weight training regiment that strengthened his legs—a catcher’s foundation—and added 20 pounds of muscle… Read the rest at our website.

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Kendall Campus Hosts First-Ever On-Campus Night Baseball Game

January 24, 2024 Nikole Valiente lights, Night Baseball Game

When Rudy Arias was a catcher for the Kendall Campus baseball team in the late 1970s, he never played a home night game because the field had no outdoor lights. Forty-seven years later, that has changed. On Jan. 19, the Sharks played their first-ever night game in the campus’… Read the rest at our website.

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North Campus Reopens Demie Mainieri Field After 28 Years

January 10, 2024 Nikole Valiente Baseball, Demie Mainieri

Nick Belmonte still remembers the words that nearly snatched his baseball dreams away more than 50 years ago. After struggling through fall ball, Belmonte was summoned to the office of Miami-Dade North’s legendary baseball coach Demie Mainieri. Mainieri, a man who was small in stature but tall in heart,… Read the rest at our website.

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