The Brevard County Manatees come up with some very amusing promotions.
With the Tampa Yankees coming to Space Coast Stadium for a four game set starting on Wednesday, Brevard will be kicking off the festivities with Damn Yankees Night.
Damn Yankees were an American hard rock supergroup. The band was formed in 1989, consisting of Tommy Shaw of Styx, Jack Blades of Night Ranger, Ted Nugent of Amboy Dukes and his own solo career, and Michael Cartellone. Presumably inspired by the musical of the same name, Nugent once also explained that he coined the name because whenever someone asked him how he and Tommy Shaw would sound playing together, he would always reply by saying they would sound like "a bunch of damn Yankees." With Shaw from Alabama, Blades from California, Cartellone from Nebraska, and Nugent from Michigan, it did seem as if the band represented all four corners of the nation.
1990's chart-topping rock ballad "High Enough" featured a passionate duet between Shaw and Blades, backed by a string section in the studio. Backed by a popular video, it rose to #3 on U.S. Top 40, and #1 on AOR charts. Ironically, "High Enough" happened to be the first #1 pop single in Ted Nugent's career, despite the fact his career had been built on his "Motor City Madman" image.
How does the promo work? Any male that comes to the ticket office with hair longer than their shoulders will receive $2 off their ticket to the game. Wigs are acceptable. Shades are optional, but recommended, as you probably wouldn't want to be recognized in that wig.
Meanwhile, Space Coast Stadium has added a new video board that can be used for commercials, statitics, information and entertainment.
Brevard is currently in Clearwater and is 1-2 against the Threshers. Clearwater lost ace Antonio Bastardo to Reading this last week.
Tampa is currently hosting the Jupiter Hammerheads, and has won the three games they've played so far in the 4-game series. While the Manatees promotional mailing invites fans out to Spacecoast on Saturday to "see the 'Tees finish off the sweep of the Yanks," that might be a tall order for the East Division team.
Jupiter will play host to Clearwater then they return. The Marlins farm is 16-15 on the season, 4 games back from the Division leading Palm Beach Cardinels, while Clearwater is 11-20, still down in the cellar, and 7 games back in the West Division.
The Red Birds are currently facing the Reds in Sarasota, where they have won 2 of the three games played so far in Sarasota. They will host the Blue Jays when they return home on Wednesday for a four game set.
Dunedin is currently hosting Vero Beach, and has lost 2 of 3 to the Rays affliate. The Rays will host the Lakeland Flying Tigers when they return home. After a poor start, the Flying Tigers have won their last five and are part of the pack in the West, tied with Dunedin and Sarasota for 2nd place, 2 games back from the division leading Fort Myers Miracle and Tampa Yankees.
Lakeland has befitted from having the hapless St. Lucy Mets in, having won their last three by wide margins. Fort Myers should benefit from their East Divison swing as they take on Port Saint Lucie starting on Thursday. They have not faired so well against the Daytona Cubs, who had lost six coming in Sunday's game, including Saturday night to the Miracle. Sunday however, they broke the Miracle's home win streak and went on to win 9-1 on Monday. Daytona will host the Reds on Wednesday for a four game series.
Transactions: Tampa has added Anthony Claggett to their roster from Trenton, and Stephen Artz from Staten Island. Palm Beach added Brandon Garner, received from extended spring training. Aside from losing Bastardo to a high league, Clearwater also lost Carlos Monasterios to injury as he went on the disabled list on Thursday, May 1.
Current Standings:
FSL East
Club W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak
Palm Beach 20 11 .645 - 13- 4 7- 7 5-5 W1
Brevard County 17 14 .548 3.0 9- 5 8- 9 5-5 L1
Daytona 16 15 .516 4.0 6- 8 10- 7 4-6 W2
Jupiter 16 15 .516 4.0 11- 3 5-12 4-6 L3
Vero Beach 15 16 .484 5.0 11- 6 4-10 5-5 L1
St. Lucie 7 24 .226 13.0 4-13 3-11 5-5 L3
FSL West
Club W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak
Fort Myers 18 13 .581 - 12- 5 6- 8 5-5 L2
Tampa 18 13 .581 - 11- 6 7- 7 7-3 W5
Dunedin 16 15 .516 2.0 7- 6 9- 9 4-6 W1
Lakeland 16 15 .516 2.0 8- 5 8-10 7-3 W5
Sarasota 16 15 .516 2.0 8- 6 8- 9 5-5 L1
Clearwater 11 20 .355 7.0 9-10 2-10 4-6 W1
League Leaders - Batting:
Name Team POS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG OPS
Chris Valaika SAR SS 31 130 19 49 9 0 7 31 79 7 25 1 0 .403 .608 .377 1.011
John Matulia VER OF 19 78 14 28 3 2 0 5 35 6 9 4 2 .412 .449 .359 .860
James Adduci DAY OF 31 117 20 41 7 2 0 14 52 21 23 2 2 .453 .444 .350 .898
Garrett Groce VER OF 22 83 17 29 7 1 1 12 41 4 15 3 3 .375 .494 .349 .869
Justin Turner SAR 2B 26 107 18 37 7 1 0 8 46 9 12 2 1 .407 .430 .346 .837
Logan Morrison JUP 1B 30 111 12 38 11 0 3 18 58 8 17 1 0 .382 .523 .342 .905
Rene Tosoni FTM OF 28 95 18 32 6 1 0 9 40 13 25 3 4 .439 .421 .337 .860
Daryl Jones PBC OF 22 79 8 26 3 2 1 7 36 9 24 4 1 .411 .456 .329 .867
Brian Dopirak DUN 1B 28 107 16 35 9 0 3 15 53 16 30 0 0 .415 .495 .327 .910
Cesar Suarez VER 3B 31 127 11 41 4 0 2 19 51 4 10 6 0 .346 .402 .323 .747
League Leaders - Pitching:
Name Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WHIP HLD GF
Eric Hacker TAM 2 1 0.86 7 7 0 0 0 42.0 22 6 4 0 1 5 28 0.64 0 0
Antonio Bastardo CLE 2 0 1.17 5 5 0 0 0 30.2 20 4 4 2 1 10 47 0.98 0 0
Jeremy Hellickson VER 3 0 1.29 6 6 0 0 0 35.0 28 6 5 1 3 2 46 0.86 0 0
Jordan Smith SAR 5 1 1.52 7 7 0 0 0 47.1 41 11 8 1 2 5 31 0.97 0 0
Luis Marte LAK 3 1 1.54 6 6 0 0 0 35.0 22 8 6 0 1 10 35 0.91 0 0
Jeff Allison JUP 0 4 1.60 7 7 0 0 0 33.2 23 13 6 1 3 15 24 1.13 0 0
Jesse, Todd PBC 3 0 1.65 7 4 0 0 1 27.1 18 7 5 0 1 7 35 0.91 1 1
Rick Porcello LAK 2 4 1.98 7 7 0 0 0 36.1 25 13 8 1 4 12 22 1.02 0 0
Travis Wood SAR 3 2 2.05 6 6 0 0 0 30.2 24 8 7 0 1 14 31 1.24 0 0
Kyle Winters JUP 3 0 2.14 6 6 0 0 0 33.2 26 8 8 0 1 10 17 1.07 0 0
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