Sports day wrap with scores across baseball basketball and NASCAR
Monday to Wednesday results include Kingsport 10 Elm 0 and Bluefield 7 Princeton 9 in baseball. NBA WBNA and WNBA All-Star data noted along with NASCAR standings led by Jeff Gordon and Dale Jarrett. Money leaders list shows Gordon top with 4.18 million. Quote from Fred McGriff featured.
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Burlington & Princeton
Bristol
Danville
Johnson City
Kingsport
Elizabethton
Pulaski
Martinsville
Burlington
Princeton
WBNA
Nascar
Jeff Gordon
Dale Jarrett
Ricky Rudd
Rusty Wallace
Sterling Marlin
Tony Stewart
Kevin Harvick
Dale Earnhardt, Jr
Johnny Benson
Bobby Labonte
Matt Kenseth
Mark Martin
Steve Park
Jimmy Spencer
Jeff Burton
Elliott Sadler
Bobby Hamilton
Ward Burton
Bill Elliott
Jerry Nadeau
Michael Waltrip
Jeremy Mayfield
Terry Labonte
Mike Skinner
John Andretti
Public address announcers energize minor league ballparks
Melanie Roth, longtime Princeton Devil Rays PA voice at Hunnicutt Field, starts pregame lineup checks about an hour before first pitch and prides herself on accurate pronunciations. She is one of the few female public address announcers in pro baseball and dreams of Yankee Stadium. Ray Alexander, Hofstra senior, handles Orioles road games on WHIS and found his home-park mic at Bowen Field in Bluefield, enjoying the stadium announcing shift.
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Melanie Roth
Hunnicutt Field
Princeton Devil Rays
Roth
P-Rays
New York Yankees
Bronx Bombers
Bowen Field
Ray Alexander
Vline
Bluefield Orioles
University
Long Island
N.Y
Bluefield
Dallas
Orioles
WHIS
New York
Bowen
Alexander
Free Tennis Instruction For Bluefield Youth This Week
Bluefield residents ages 7 to 14 can join free tennis lessons at the city courts near Bowen Field. The program runs all week, in partnership with Bluefield High School players, and concludes Friday. No prior experience required. basic skills and scoring taught. Refreshments are provided daily.
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Luefield
Bluefield City
Bowen Field
Bluefield Parks and Recreation Department
Bluefield High
BHS
Matthew Stonestreet
Stonestreet
Robin Lesler
Charlene Hunt
Indians edge Baby Birds in tight 3-2 win at home
Burlington Indians outlast Bluefield Orioles 3-2 as Draft pick Dan Denham starts on the mound in his pro debut. Omar Rogers charges home on a first base error but Armando Camacaro preserves the lead with a key play. Carlos De La Cruz relieves, Ochoa reaches on a hit by pitch, and Burlington trades blows through the early innings.
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Luefield
Bluefield Orioles
Burlington Indians
Indians
Dan Denham
Bluefield Brain Trust
Denham
Ter
Bluefield
Omar Rogers
Armando Camacaro
Carlos de la Cruz
Burlington
Ivan Ochoa
Orioles
Birds
David Crouthers
Crouthers
Rashad Eldridge
Former Princeton hurlers shine in major league returns
Victor Zambrano and Travis Phelps helped the Tampa Bay Rays win at Atlanta on consecutive nights. Lance Davis then threw a complete game for the Cincinnati Reds at Detroit, needing 121 pitches to limit the Tigers to five hits in a 9-1 victory. Davis, a Princeton product who played for the Reds in 1995 and 1996, echoed relief at his sixth major league start finding form after rough past outings.
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Chicago Cubs
Kansas City
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Anaheim
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Seattle
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Cincinnati
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Philadelphia
N.Y. Mets
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Houston
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Princeton Pitchers Alumni Association
Princeton Devil Rays
Victor Zambrano
Travis Phelps
Zambrano
Turner Field
Princeton
Lance Davis
Reds
Davis
Princeton Reds
Tigers
Tragic St. Louis Little League shooting linked to home life
A grieving Little League leader recalls the dangers around youth baseball as police report a gunman killed his estranged wife and 10-year-old son after a game in St Louis. The event, though not the game itself, underscores roots of violence at home and its spillover to the field.
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Logan County
America
Associated Press
St. Louis
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Indiana
Fred McGriff
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Greg
Toe” Nash
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Jamie
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