Baseball

How Writing Sports Stories Reconnected Me With My Grandpa

ForumNikole Valiente -
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...

Juan Miguel Fernandez Anchoring Sharks Pitching Staff

SportsCharles 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...

Architect Of Baseball Program At Kendall Campus Dies At 94

SportsNikole Valiente -
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...

Sophomore Catcher Providing Leadership And Offense For Sharks

Kendall CampusCharles Stemmer -
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,...

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

SportsNikole Valiente -
When Rudy Arias was a catcher for the Kendall Campus baseball team in the late 1970s, he never played a home night game because...

North Campus Reopens Demie Mainieri Field After 28 Years

SportsNikole Valiente -
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...
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Sharks Add Two Assistant Coaches To Baseball Staff

SportsCharles Stemmer -
Nelson Santovenia, a catcher who spent six years in the Major Leagues, and Andrew Cabezas, who pitched in the Minnesota Twins minor league system,...

Sharks Select Former Brewers And Marlins Scout As New Baseball Coach

SportsNikole Valiente -
Miami Dade College athletics started a new era, hiring veteran scout Lazaro Llanes, who was in the Milwaukee Brewers organization for the past six...

Demie Mainieri Field Getting $2.5 Million Facelift After Being Dormant For 28 Years

SportsJuan S. Gomez -
Paul Mainieri’s love for baseball blossomed in 1961 in the muggy dugout at Dade County Junior College as his dad Demie Mainieri coached the...

Miami Dade College Duo Selected In 2023 Major League Baseball Draft

SportsJuan S. Gomez -
Wooyeoul Shin’s dream to play Major League Baseball was born in 2008 when he watched his countrymen from South Korea win a gold medal...

MDC Baseball Team To Hold Open Tryouts On August 12

SportsNikole Valiente -
The Miami Dade College baseball team is hosting open tryouts on August 12 at 10 a.m. at the Kendall Campus baseball field, 11011 S.W....

Sharks’ Morales Tabbed Southern Conference Coach Of The Year

SportsNikole Valiente -
Miami Dade College head baseball coach Adrian Morales was selected as the Southern Conference Coach of the Year. This is the second straight year Morales...
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