THISORNINGAS COLD. THIS >>VIC MICOLUCCI: A STORIED LOCAL MATCH OF RAINES AND
RIBAULT HIGH SCHOOLS, A
BASEBALL TEAMS ARE ONCE AGAIN
HITTING THE FIELD THAT ONE TO
ONE FINANCIAL BALLPARK WHERE
THE JACKSONVILLE JUMBO SHRIMP
PLAY. THE SHRIMP ARE HOSTING
THE HIGH SCHOOL HERITAGE
CLASSIC FOR THE
SECOND YEAR. FIRST PITCH IS SET
FOR 06:35PM ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY
12TH RIGHT AROUND
THE CORNER. AND THE GAME IS
MORE THAN YOUR AVERAGE RIVALRY.
IT IS ALSO A BLACK
HISTORY LESSON.
>> WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO EDUCATE
THE FANS AND YOUNG FAMILIES
ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE NEW
GIRL LEAVES ESPECIALLY HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOUNG CHILDREN WHO MAY NOT HAVE
THAT OPPORTUNITY UP YOU KNOW IN
ANOTHER CAPACITY JUST MEANS THE
WORLD TO NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO
ALLOW THEM TO PLAY ON THE
FIELD.
>> BUT TO REALLY DO THE
EDUCATION PIECE BEHIND IT.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: IT’S GOING TO
BE A SPECIAL ONE PLAYERS WILL
GET TO WHERE THOSE THROWBACK
UNIFORMS AND THE ICONIC RED
CAPS LIKE THOSE WORN BY THE
JACKSONVILLE
RED CAPS. THEY WERE AN ALL
BLACK TEAM THAT PLAYED IN THE
CITY FROM 1938 TO 1942 AT TIMES
OF SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION THERE’S ALSO GOING TO BE A
SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE LATE
GREAT HANK AARON WHO ONCE
PLAYED FOR THE JACKSONVILLE
BRAVES RIGHT HERE IN THE
RIVER CITY. NOW JOINING US THIS
MORNING TO TALK MORE ABOUT ALL
OF THIS AND HOW YOU CAN GET
INVOLVED WITH
YOUR FAMILY. OUR FRIEND SCOTT
CORN BURGER WITH THE
JACKSONVILLE JUMBO SHRIMP GOOD
MORNING TO YOU SCOTT.
>> AND GOOD MORNING GUYS MAKE
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HERE A
COUPLE DAYS AGO YEAH, I GOT TO
GO THERE SEE THOSE JERSEYS IN
PERSON AND REALLY JUST TALK
WITH YOUR TEAM
ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE DOING FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THIS SO VERY
IMPORTANT TO SEE BLACK
HISTORY HIGHLIGHTED FIRST OF
ALL ON A NATIONAL SCALE BUT BUT
SECONDLY WE HAVE SO MUCH
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY RIGHT
HERE IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA.
>> WELL A NEW TOUCHDOWN IN A LITTLE BIT JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO WITH HANK AARON PLAYING
FOR THE 1953 JACKSONVILLE
BRAVES AND HE WAS ACTUALLY ONE
OF 3 PLAYERS ON THAT
TEAM WHO. INTEGRATED THE SOUTH
ATLANTIC LEAGUE WHICH WAS A
CLASS A LEAGUE AT THE
TIME SO I MEAN AN HAPPEN IN THE
MINOR LEAGUES THAT THE NEW
ORLEANS TEAMS AND PLAYED HERE
IN JACKSONVILLE AS THE RAIN
CANCELS YOU SEE FROM THE
JERSEYS THEY WILL
BE WEARING. THEY PLAYED FROM
1938 TO
1942. IT’S AMAZING WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT THESE TIME PERIODS
THIS
IS BEFORE. ROSA PARKS’S BEFORE
BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF
EDUCATION, IT’S BEFORE MARTIN
LUTHER KING IS BEFORE THE CIVIL
RIGHTS ACT OF 1968. SO THIS WAS
REALLY A CRITICAL TIME IN
RAISING AWARENESS AND MAKE
GETTING THAT BARREL
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY IN
THIS AREA OF THE
AND IT’S.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: SO GOOD TO SEE
HOW FAR WE HAVE COME TO
SEE PLAYERS FROM ALL DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS THEY’RE TOGETHER
AND NOT JUST
THE PLAYERS. BUT ALSO YOU KNOW
THE STAFF AT THE JACKSONVILLE
JUMBO SHRIMP I MEAN A VERY
DIVERSE CREW MAKING SURE THAT
THIS IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
>> YEAH AND YOU KNOW I THINK
OUR OWNERSHIP IS MADE THAT
PRETTY CLEAR WHEN KEN BABBY
BOOK A TEAM THAT HE WON IN OUR
STAFF TO
LOOK LIKE THE CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE’S WE WERE REALLY
FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN AMAZING
GENERAL MANAGER AND HE’LL CROSS
WAS THE ONLY BLACK
GENERAL MANAGER IN ALL OF MINOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL, SO I KNOW THAT
HIS MISSION IS TO NOT BE THAT
ONLY PERSON AND YOU GUYS TALK
WITH ANDREA WAS JUST
SO AMAZING. MONDAY AND SHE IS A
HUGE PART OF OUR STAFF, BUT
THIS IS OUR WAY OF REALLY OUR
FIRST FORAY IN 2021 OF BEING
ABLE TO KIND OF
RAISE ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT’S
REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO US
AND THAT’S THE NEW ORLEANS AND
THAT’S CIVIL RIGHTS AND
EQUALITY AND WE REALLY WANT TO
GET BACK NOT JUST TO OUR STAFF
BUT TO THE CITY AND SO FOR
THESE KIDS, IT’S AN AMAZING
OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY HERE IN
MINOR LEAGUE PROFESSIONAL, TOM
GRAY BALLPARK.
HONORING SOME OF THE PAST AND
WITHOUT THESE PLAYERS. AND
THERE’S NO THERE’S NO
WAY THAT BASEBALL HAS WOULD BE
THE SAME EITHER MINOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL WERE MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL AND NO WAY THAT PEOPLE
LIKE CAROLYN ANDREW WOULD HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCEL LIKE
THEY DO. ON OUR STAFF ARE SUCH
A HUGE PART OF THESE ARE THE
PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE BRIDGE.
TURNOUT OF PEOPLE 2021 TO BE
ABLE TO WALK ACROSS AND SCOTT
THAT’S THE MESSAGE HERE FOR
THESE KIDS AT RAINES AND
RIBAULT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A
RIVALRY OBVIOUSLY THEY BOTH
WANT TO BEAT
EACH OTHER.
>> THESE ARE 2 SCHOOLS THAT ARE
VERY CLOSE GEOGRAPHICALLY
THEY’VE HISTORICALLY. YOU
BATTLED IT OUT IN FOOTBALL
BASKETBALL BASEBALL. AND THIS
IS AN OPPORTUNITY THOUGH FRONT
FOR THOSE
THOSE STUDENTS AND THEIR
FAMILIES TO SAY HEY LOOK YOU
CAN DO WHATEVER WHATEVER YOU
PUT YOUR MIND TO.
>> YEAH
ABSOLUTELY AND I KNOW REPULSE
GOT MOTIVATION FACTOR HAVING
LOST LAST YEAR’S AND ARE GOING
TO GET
TO 4. YEAH, I MEAN THIS IT’S
THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
RIGHT LIKE
IT’S AMAZING. HOW MUCH HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS FOR KIDS TO
KNOW LIKE HEY YOU CAN DO
ANYTHING YOU WANT YOU COULD BE
PRESIDENT YOU COULD BE A MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER YOU CAN
BE GENERAL MANAGER FOR. TRIPLE
A BASEBALL
TEAM, SO THAT IS AN UNDERLYING
THEME WITH THIS GAME IS AND WE
THANK THE
COMMUNITY WILL HOW ABOUT WE
START WITH THAT THE KIDS AND
THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL PROGRAMS
WE HAVE WITH STUDENTS IN THE
AREA. WAY THAT OUR BANNER
PROGRAM IS OUR JACKSON 5
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN WHICH WE
HAVE SEVERAL ANDREW JACKSON
HIGH SCHOOL. ACTUALLY COMPLETE
INTERNSHIPS IN HIGH SCHOOL TO
KIND OF GET THAT LEG WORK AND
GET A HAND
WHILE THEY’RE IN HIGH SCHOOL
VERSUS DOING THAT IN
COLLEGE BUT YOU KNOW THAT
THERE’S NO WAY NO BETTER WAY TO
CREATE CHANGE THEM STARTING
WITH THEIR YOUNG OF AMERICA AND
HOPEFULLY THIS IS A REALLY
REALLY SMALL PART
OF THAT.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ALL RIGHT
IMPORTANT STUFF FOR OUR
COMMUNITY SCOTT GOLDBERG FROM
THE JACKSONVILLE JUMBO SHRIMP.
TICKETS ARE STILL ON SALE.
JACK’S SHRIMP DOT COM.
$5 THAT’S ALL THEY START AT
THERE’S
A LIMITED NUMBER AVAILABLE
BECAUSE OF COVID-19 SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND OF COURSE YOU’RE
GOING TO NEED TO BRING YOUR