>> WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY, THE JUMBO SHRIMP GET A PROMOTION. JACKSONVILLE’S
BASEBALL TEAM, MOVING UP TO AAA
MEANING IT WILL HAVE A ROSTER
OF THE MIAMI MARLINS TOP
PROSPECTS. IT IS THE FIRST TIME
THE CITY HAS HAD A TRIPLE A
TEAM SINCE THE 1960’S.
SO JUMBO SHRIMP EXECUTIVE VICE
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
HAROLD CRAW JOINING US THIS
MORNING VIA ZOOM. IF
YOU LOOK BEHIND ME. THE CROWD
IS GOING WILD. THEY LIKE THIS
>> ABSOLUTELY BUT THANKS THANKS
FOR HAVING ME THIS MORNING.
YES, IT’S EXCITING IT’S
INVITING IN NOTHING LIKE SEEING
A FULL STADIUMS BEEN
A WHILE SINCE WE HAD THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FANS IN THE
STADIUM, BUT BASEBALL RIGHT AND
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A
MINUTE AS I KNOW YOU GET TO
PLAY LAST SEASON, BUT YOU KNOW
JACKSONVILLE WAS DEFINITELY
POSITION FOR THIS.
>> ATTENDANCE IS UP SINCE KEN
BABBY TOOK OVER 2015.
JACKSONVILLE’S POPULATION
GROWTH ALL PLAYS
A FACTOR. SO WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN FOR THE CITY AND THEN OF
COURSE THE HOME TEAM. WE START
OFF BY TIPPING
OUR CAP.
>> YOU KNOW JACKSONVILLE
BECAUSE WITH WITH OUR FANS
WITHOUT CRUSTACEAN NATION THIS
WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. LET ME
NOT BE REMISS OUR PARTNERS AS
WELL SO IT’S AND KIND
>> TAP ON THE BACK PAD ON THE
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO JUST ENJOY THE THE
INVITATION TO MOVE UP AND SO
IT’S IT’S A BIG IT’S A BIG DEAL
FOR THE CITY OBVIOUSLY A BIG
DEAL FOR THE CLUB.
SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE
CAN STICK OUT JUST A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: RIGHT AND THAT
LET LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP
AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
MARLINS. HOW DOES THIS REALLY
SUBMIT
THAT PARTNERSHIP.
>> SO WE’VE SINCE 2009 AND YOU
OBVIOUSLY WE’VE WE’VE BEEN
AFFILIATED WITH THE MARLINS.
BUT THIS JUST
MAKES IT FROM WE’VE ALWAYS HAD
A FROM A GREAT WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MARLINS.
BUT THIS IS TAKES IT A STEP
FURTHER, BUT IT REALLY SPEAKS
TO HOW MUCH THEY VALUE THAT
PARTNERSHIP AND HOW IMPORTANT
IT WAS TO THEM AND WHAT WE’VE
DONE OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS
TO SHOW THEIR PLAYERS. I’VE
BEEN
OVER SUCCESSFUL ON THE FIELD
NOT ONLY A JACKSONVILLE WITH A
COUPLE PLAYOFF RACE, BUT ALSO
IN THE MAJORS WITH MIAMI WITH
THE PLAYOFF RUN THAT HAPPENED
LAST YEAR
WAS IT.
>>LENA PRINGLE: YEAH, LET’S
TALK ABOUT IT THOUGH THAT YOU
GUYS WERE ABLE TO PLAY THIS
PAST SEASON AS YOU ALLUDED TO
YOU READY TO SEE SOME FANS BACK
IN
THE STANDS. OF COURSE BECAUSE
OF THE PANDEMIC BUT BACK IN
AUGUST, THE CITY DID AWARD THE
PARENT COMPANY OF THE JUMBO
SHRIMP 2.16 MILLION DOLLARS IN
COVID RELIEF. SO THAT WAS
CRUCIAL TO YOUR LIVELIHOOD.
>> YEAH IT WAS IT WAS A BIG
DEAL IT HELPED US KEEP
EVERYONE EMPLOYED. THROUGHOUT
THE SUMMER AS WE PROGRAM 47
EVENTS THAT WANT
FINANCIAL BALLPARK. IT ALLOWS
US TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD,
YOU KNOW AS WELL THAT WE HAD A
GREAT OBVIOUSLY
WORKING RELATIONSHIP. YOU KNOW
WITH THE CITY AND IN MAY ASSUME
I MEAN THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE
DID WE SEE YOU KNOW THE CARES
GRANT WAS WAS A BIG DEAL FOR
US. AS WELL IT DOES ALLOW US TO
CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND
THEY JUST EVEN HELPED
MORE ABOUT THIS INVITATION THAT
WE TO MOVE UP TO
TRIPLE A.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW TALK BAD
BECAUSE HE’S A FUN GUY NOW
THERE ARE 4 GET A FEW YEARS AGO
THAT COMMERCIAL YOU GUYS DID
REALLY TRYING TO BRING BASEBALL
TO EVERYBODY NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD DEALS AND A LOT OF FUN PROMOTION. SO WHAT’S 2021
LOOKING LIKE.
>> A LOT A LOT OF THE SAME
LISTERIA AFFORDABLE
FAMILY FUN. YOU KNOW IT IS
STILL JOBLESS RATE BASEBALL.
WE’RE STILL ZANY WE’RE STILL
WACKY WE’RE STILL OUTSIDE OF
THE BOX WITHOUT THE MOST OF THE
THINGS
LIKE THAT. BUT JUST AN
OPPORTUNITY THAT THING THAT
PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE WOULD SEE
MORRIS THE CHANGE OF THE
ATHLETES THAT ARE ON
THE FIELD BEING THAT HAPPENED
THIS YEAR IS JUST A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE WERE IN 2019 A MARLISE AFFILIATE AND SO IRONICALLY A LOT OF THE GUYS
THAT PLAYED ON THE FIELD IN 19
THAT FOLKS ALL
WOOD YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY WITH
THE INVITATION BE COMING BACK
POTENTIALLY A GAME FOR
AAA HERE AS ONE LITTLE
DIFFERENCE IS MOST OF THE GUYS
THAT ARE ON A TRIPLE A ROSTER
IN SOME FASHION ARE ALSO ON
THE EXTENDED BIG LEAGUE ROSTER
AND SO THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE
VIABLE TO SEE GUYS THAT ONE
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER ANYTIME
HONESTLY DURING THE SEASON.
WE CAN SEE PLAY IN
MARLINS PARK.
>>LAUREN VERNO: THAT’S EXCITING
THAT THOSE ELITE PLAYERS OUT
THERE ON THE FIELD SO
CONGRATULATIONS. OUR CITY IS
CHEERING YOU ON AND WE CANNOT
WAIT TO SEE BASEBALL BACK HERE