Baseball Archives - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/tag/baseball/ Wed, 22 May 2024 20:40:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mdcthereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/R_reporter_logo-1-125x125.png Baseball Archives - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/tag/baseball/ 32 32 Chipola College Ends Sharks’ Baseball Season https://mdcthereporter.com/chipola-college-ends-sharks-baseball-season/ Thu, 16 May 2024 16:32:34 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=37136 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.

Chipola College Ends Sharks’ Baseball Season

]]> How Writing Sports Stories Reconnected Me With My Grandpa https://mdcthereporter.com/how-writing-sports-stories-reconnected-me-with-my-grandpa/ Wed, 01 May 2024 18:51:42 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=37036 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.

How Writing Sports Stories Reconnected Me With My Grandpa

]]> North Campus Reopens Demie Mainieri Field After 28 Years https://mdcthereporter.com/north-campus-reopens-demie-mainieri-field-after-28-years/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:20:06 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=36102 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.

North Campus Reopens Demie Mainieri Field After 28 Years

]]> Sharks Add Two Assistant Coaches To Baseball Staff https://mdcthereporter.com/sharks-add-two-assistant-coaches-to-baseball-staff/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 03:29:26 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=35634 Nelson Santovenia, a catcher who spent six years in the Major Leagues, and Andrew Cabezas, who pitched in the Minnesota Twins minor league system, have joined the Miami Dade College coaching staff.
Santovenia, 62, will serve as the team’s hitting coach and assist with player development. Cabezas, 26, will… Read the rest at our website.

Sharks Add Two Assistant Coaches To Baseball Staff

]]> Demie Mainieri Field Getting $2.5 Million Facelift After Being Dormant For 28 Years https://mdcthereporter.com/demie-mainieri-field-getting-2-5-million-facelift-after-being-dormant-for-28-years/ Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:17:55 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=35016 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 school’s baseball team—the Falcons. 
“I grew up in that dugout next to my father,” said Paul, who would return to that same field 16 years… Read the rest at our website.

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

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