A LITTLE AFTER 1030 THIS MORNING NEWS 4 JAX WILL BE MONITORING
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MONITORING ♪ THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. ASHLEY
HARDING CHANNEL 4 THE LOCAL
STATION.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE AUGUST OF 2019 THE
JUMBO SHRIMP TAKE THE
FIELD TONIGHT. IT’S A TOTAL OF
612 DAYS WITHOUT BASEBALL IN
JACKSON, IT’S A LONG TIME LOT
HAS CHANGED IN THE NEARLY 2
YEARS SINCE PLAYERS.
>> LAST HIT THE DIAMOND BUT ONE
THING THAT HASN’T CHANGED THE
ATMOSPHERE AT ONE TO ONE
FINANCIAL BALLPARK. NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER LENA PRINGLE IS LIVE
AT THE STANELY TO THE SHRIMP
ARE CELEBRATING THEIR RETURN
WITH SOME NEW GEAR AND I SPEAK
FOR DEC NOW TO SOME OF THE YEAR
LOOKING GOOD.
>> I LOOK IN SHRIMP BE YOU KNOW
A GOOD MORNING. BRUCE
AND JEN YOU KNOW YOU CAN HAVE
GARLIC SHRIMP SHRIMP SCAMPI OF
FRIED SHRIMP BUT TODAY WE’RE
ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE JUMBO
SHRIMP BECAUSE IT IS OFFICIALLY
OPENING DAY AT THEIR 20 LONG
MONTHS ONE TO ONE FINANCIAL
BALLPARK WILL BE FULL OF FANS
AND HEY YOU CAN’T HAVE A BALL
GAME WITHOUT THE GEAR SO WE’RE
INSIDE THE STORE THE SOUVENIR
STORE GOING TO WALK AROUND SOME
OF THE COOL THINGS YOU CAN GET
YOUR HANDS ON BEFORE THIS
SEASON, SO YOU’RE LOOKING AT
SOME JERSEYS THEY HAVE SUCH A
VARIETY OF COLLECTION WE HAVE
LET’S SEE WE’VE GOT THE BLUE
AND THE RED ONE’S THE CAMEL
ONCE AND HEY MARK LET’S SWING
OVER HERE BECAUSE LATER ON IN
THE SEASON, SPEAKING OF JERSEYS
THE TEAM WILL HAVE A NEGRO
LEAGUE NIGHT AND THIS IS THE
JAX RATE CAPS JERSEY THAT THEY
WILL BE PREMIERING AND SELLING
SO DEFINITELY I LOVED THE
PINSTRIPES, AND HEY SPEAKING OF
PINSTRIPES, THIS HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH THAT BUT LOOK
AT THIS. SO THE JUMBO
SHRIMP ARE ONE OF THE ONLY
TEAMS IN THE MINOR LEAGUE TO BE
ABLE TO DO CUSTOMIZABLE
LICENSE PLATES AND ALL THE
PROCEEDS GO TO THE SAINT JOHNS
RIVER KEEPERS A LOOK AT YOU YOU
CAN HAVE A SHRIMP LICENSE PLATE
WHILE ALSO HELPING TO KEEP OUR
RIVERS GOOD IN CLEAN HERE
THROUGHOUT THE RIVER CITY AND
SPEAKING OF THAT YOU KNOW WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT ALL DIFFERENT
TYPES OF THINGS THEY HAVE IN
HERE FROM SHIRTS TO HEADS TO
SOCKS. SO WHAT’S
THE BENEFITS FOAM PADS, THERE’S
SO MANY COOL THINGS YOU CAN
COME AND GET IN THE SOUVENIR
STORE AND THE GOOD NEWS IS
ANYTIME YOU COME OUT OF THE
BALLPARK FOR A GAME THE
SOUVENIR STORE WILL BE OPEN AND
HEY IT’S ALSO OPEN MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAYS 9 TO 5 EVEN ON
THE TEAM IS NOT PLAYING SO
LISTEN YOU CAN DEFINITELY COME
OUT HERE AND GET OFF ALL THE
JUMBO SHRIMP GEAR YOU NEED
MY PERSONAL FAVORITES ARE THIS
FOAM HAT AS WELL AS THIS RED
JERSEY, BUT HEY NOW SPEAKING OF
THE JERSEYS WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE
WANT TO COME OUT HERE
SUPPORT THE LOCAL TEAM AND THE
PLAYERS I SPOKE WITH OUT THE
WHO
IS THE LOCAL MANAGER FOR THE
TEAM AND HE SAYS THAT THIS YEAR
THE TEAM IS YOUNG AND HEALTHY
AND HE SAYS THAT FANS
DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT TO LOOK
FORWARD TO WHEN THEY COME OUT
TO THE BALLPARK.
>> WE’VE GOT GOOD FOR
RIGHT NOW, LIKE GARRETT, THE
LEFT AND THE BIG TO HOPEFULLY
WILL BE IN THE ROTATION AND
THOUGH THE KID
BUT T EVEN THOUGH HE WAS WITH A
ROB LAST YEAR QUITE A BIT.
IT’S TOO SURE WHO’S GOING TO BE
FUN
TO WATCH WAS THE SUPERS WE’VE
GOT SEVERAL GUYS THAT WITHOUT A
TOLERANT AND I’M SURE THE
FOUR-DAY STAY HEALTHY AND THEY
PERFORM AS WELL, THEY WILL GIVE
THE GOALS SOONER OR LATER FROM
THE MIAMI MARLINS.
>>LENA PRINGLE: I DEFINITELY FORGOT TO MENTION THEY ALSO SELL KOOZIES WHICH ARE PERFECT
FOR THURSDAY, THURSDAY’S WHICH
ARE COMING UP IN JUST 2 DAYS SO
A LOT OF EXCITEMENT HERE AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER THE GATES
WILL OPEN UP AT 6 O’CLOCK
TONIGHT AND THE FIRST PITCH IS
SET FOR 7 ’05 COMING UP IN THE
8 O’CLOCK HOUR WE’LL TAKE YOU
BACK DOWN TO THE FIELD AND
WE’LL BE TALKING WITH THE OWNER
ABOUT THE SEASON OUTLOOK, WHAT
IT MEANS TO BE A TRIPLE A
AFFILIATE TEAM AGAIN, AND HEY
JUST WHAT OTHER EXCITEMENT YOU
CAN EXPECT WHEN YOU COME OUT TO
THE BALLPARK TO CELEBRATE
OPENING DAY IF YOU CAN’T SELL I
AM SO EXCITED UNFORTUNATELY,
EVERYBODY THOSE TICKETS ARE
SOLD OUT, BUT YOU DO HAVE A
CHANCE TO GET TICKETS FOR THE
OTHER GAMES THROUGHOUT THE
HOMESTAND SO DEFINITELY MAKE
SURE YOU COME OUT AND SUPPORT
YOUR LOCAL TEAM BECAUSE HEY
BASEBALL IS BACK IN THE RIVER
CITY BABY OUT TO TOSS IT BACK
TO YOU FIRST ENGINE AND PEOPLE
ARE EXCITED. I DON’T KNOW IF
YOU KNEW THIS, BUT.
>> SHRIMP MERCHANDISE. >> IT IS SOME OF THE HOTTEST IN MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ACROSS
THE NATION WHICH IS FANTASTIC
NEWS FOR THE TEAM.