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VETERANS

BY GLENN MILLERRoy Hobbs Baseball 

One team name might be a head scratcher this week at the Roy Hobbs World Series.

That name is T-Town Jack-Os.For starters, where is this T-Town?Tampa?Tacoma?Tulsa?Timbucktoo?None of the above. It’s Tallahassee.More perplexing might be the nickname - Jack-Os.Jack-O’s?It’s not a subtle and mis-spelled tribute to Hall of Fame

umpire Jocko Conlan, who umpired in the National League from 1941 to 1965.

Halloween-themed Jacko’s the ‘funnest!’

It’s a Halloween theme. That’s the explanation from Jack-O’s Manager Ryan Potter.

He said the idea came from player Jason Price’s wife Tonya, who thought because the team plays in the World Series in October it should have some sort of Halloween-themed name.

Jack-O’s is short, Potter explained, for jack-o-lantern.The colorful name is enhanced by colorful jerseys, one of

which resembles the old Houston Astros uniform with the bold colorful horizontal stripes.

The team even had a logo designed by player Jason Freeman.

“He created a mascot from scratch,” Potter said.It’s all part of how they do things in Tallahassee, and also

Fort Myers.“I know we stand out,” Potter said.

see JACKO’S on page 8

photo by Greg WagnerT-Town Jacko’s Joel Rivera and Kodak Reds Bob Ladimer share a light-hearted moment after a belly-slide at third base Sunday.

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High school students greet RH playersBy GLENN MILLERRoy Hobbs Baseball

One of the first points of contact with the Roy Hobbs World Series over the weekend for many players wasn’t with people their own age or older.

Not even close. They met people much younger.

As players trooped into the PDC and stepped through screen doors into a lanai they were met by and helped by teenagers. 

Handing players packets and help-ing them with forms were youngsters such as Estero High juniors Isabella DeMarco and Josh Beers and fresh-man Jose Martinez. Also on duty were students from Mariner High School such as Emma Olsen and Paige Ro-drigo.

The students were at the PDC over the weekend to collect service hours

and were also the beneficiaries of donations from Roy Hobbs Baseball for various programs at the two Lee County high schools.

The youngsters said they enjoyed meeting the players.

“They’re not too cranky,” Emma Olsen said.

A moment later, she added, “They’re very kind.”

The service hours program is co-ordinated by Karen S. Marcinkoski, the Roy Hobbs World Series office manager and registration supervisor.

She contacted local high schools early in the school year for clubs and organizations interested in sending students over to collect service hours.

“They benefit,” Marcinkoski said., “We benefit. It’s a win-win.”

The students enjoy the work. What will they tell classmates about their time at the Roy Hobbs World Series?

“They missed out,” Jose Martinez said.

photo by Meg GiffenMembers of the Estero High School AICE Student Union

assisted Roy Hobbs with player registration.

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Veterans Results Sunday Results Akron Cardinals 20, Can-Am Padres 0Americans Baseball Club 8, Chicago Knights 6Chicago Knights 3, RusStar Baseball Club 0Chicago Woodpeckers 4, Tallahassee Tomahawks 2Cincinnati Colt 45s 14, DRS Pirates 12Flint Tigers 11, Can-Am Padres 8Ft Myers Hooter’s Owls 13, Glass City Black Sox 4Ft Myers Hooter’s Owls 7, Kodak Reds 2Jet Box 10, Vukgripz A’s 0Liga del Oeste 12, Baltimore Chop 11MaxBat 14, Chi-Sox 0Miami Cubs 10, NEO Angels 7Miami Cubs 8, Tennessee White Lightnin’ 6Minnesota Web Gems 6, Baltimore Chops 3Minnesota Web Gems 6, Detroit Dodgers 5 NEO Angels 12, Panhandle Pirates 11New Jersey Mets 8, Minnesota Oilers 3Nova Scotia Alpines 4, Americans Baseball Club 2Pensacola Sharks 7, Germain Ohio Aces 2Stars Baseball Academy 3, Minnesota Bulldogs 2Tidewater Drillers 7, DRS Pirates 1Toledo Aces 3, South Bend Cardinals 2TTown Jack-Os 12, Kodak Reds 3Ukraine Kozaks 14, Akron Cardinals 13

RESULTS

photo by Greg WagnerFOUL BALL!!!!! … from an emphatic umpire Brian Troup

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Veterans Standings AAAA Team W L PCT RAJet Box 1 0 1.000 0Chicago Woodpeckers 1 0 1.000 2Stars Baseball Academy 1 0 1.000 2New Jersey Mets 1 0 1.000 3Minnesota Bulldogs 0 1 0.000 3Tallahassee Tomahawks 0 1 0.000 4Minnesota Oilers 0 1 0.000 8Vukgripz Akron A’s 0 1 0.000 10Team W L PCT RAMaxBat 1 0 1.000 0Tidewater Drillers 1 0 1.000 1Nova Scotia Alpines 1 0 1.000 2Pensacola Sharks 1 0 1.000 2Toledo Aces 1 0 1.000 2TTown Jack-Os 1 0 1.000 3Ft Myers Hooter’s Owls 2 0 1.000 6Minnesota Web Gems 2 0 1.000 8Flint Tigers 1 0 1.000 8Liga del Oeste 1 0 1.000 11Cincinnati Colt .45s 1 0 1.000 12Miami Cubs 2 0 1.000 13Ukraine Kozaks 1 0 1.000 13Chicago Knights 1 1 0.500 8Americans Baseball Club 1 1 0.500 10Akron Cardinals 1 1 0.500 14NEO Angels 1 1 0.500 21RusStar Baseball Club 0 1 0.000 3South Bend Cardinals 0 1 0.000 3Detroit Dodgers 0 1 0.000 6Germain Ohio Aces 0 1 0.000 7Tennessee White Lightnin’ 0 1 0.000 8Panhandle Pirates 0 1 0.000 12Glass City Black Sox 0 1 0.000 13

Chi-Sox 0 1 0.000 14Baltimore Chop 0 2 0.000 17Kodak Reds 0 2 0.000 19DRS Pirates 0 2 0.000 21Can-Am Padres 0 2 0.000 31

STANDINGS

photo by Greg WagnerKodak Reds catcher Richie Winstead trying to tag Fort Myers Hooters Owls

runner in Sunday action.

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SCHEDULEMonday9:30Nova Scotia Alpines @ Pensacola Sharks CP-SUkraine Kozaks @ Flint Tigers, PDC2Germain Ohio Aces @ Americans Baseball Club, PDC5

10:00NEO Angels @ Cincinnati Colt .45s, CL-SPanhandle Pirates @ Miami Cubs, JB-SJet Box @ Stars Baseball Academy, JB3Tennessee White Lightnin’ @ Chi-Sox, JB4MaxBat @ DRS Pirates JB5Vukgripz Akron A’s @ Minnesota Bulldogs JB6Chicago Woodpeckers @ New Jersey Mets, PDC1Minnesota Web Gems @ Glass City Black Sox, PDC3Tallahassee Tomahawks @ Minnesota Oilers, PDC4

1:00Flint Tigers @ Germain Ohio Aces, CP-S

2:00Akron Cardinals @ Chicago Knights, CL-SCan-Am Padres @ RusStar Baseball Club, PDC2Tidewater Drillers @ Panhandle Pirates, JB3Minnesota Drillers @ Jet Box, JB4Stars Baseball Academy @ Vukgripz Akron A’s JB5South Bend Cardinals @ Liga del Oeste, JB6TTown Jack-O’s @ Ft Myers Hooters Owls, PDC1Toledo Aces @ Baltimore Chop JB-SNew Jersey Mets @ Tallahassee Tomahawks, PDC3Minnesota Oilers @ Chicago Woodpeckers, PDC4Glass City Black Sox @ Detroit Dodgers, PDC5

6:00Liga del Oeste @ Kodak Reds CL-S

Tuesday9:30DRS Pirates @ Chi Sox, CP-SCincinnati Colt .45s @ Tennessee White Lightnin’, PDC2Glass City Black Sox @ TTown Jack-Os, PDC5

10:00MaxBat @ Tennessee Drillers CL-SRusStar Baseball Club @ Akron Cardinals, CL6Ukraine Kozaks @ Cam-An Padres, JB-SPensacola Sharks @ Flint Tigers, JB3Baltimore Chop @ South Bend Cardinals, JB6Ft Myers Hooter’s Owls @ Detroit Dodgers, PDC1Nova Scotia Alpines @ Germain Ohio Aces, PDC3Toledo Aces @ Minnesota Web Gems, PDC4Stars Baseball Academy @ New Jersey Mets, TP-SJet Box @ Chicago Woodpeckers, TP2Minnesota Oilers @ Vukgripz Akron A’s, TP3Tallahassee Tomahawks @ Minnesota Bulldogs, TP4

1:30Tennessee White Lightnin- @ TTown Jack-Os, CP-S

2:00Americans Baseball Club @ RusStar Baseball club, CL-STidewater Drillers @ Miami Cubs, CL4Kodak Reds @ South Bend Cardinals, JB-SPensacola Sharks @ Ukraine Kozaks, JB6Chi-Sox @ Cinncinnati Colt .45s, PDC2Chicago Knights @ Nova Scotia Alpines, PDC3Detroit Dodgers @Toledo Aces, PDC5Liga del Oeste @ NEO Angels, TP-S

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NOTEBOOK

Playoff pitching guidelinesRoy Hobbs requirement is that all pitchers who will be

starters or closers in save situations (3-run or less difference in the 8th and 9th innings) qualify for the playoffs by pitching at least 2 innings – 6 outs or 10 hitters – during pool play.

AAAA qualifier teams may not add pitchers to their lineup after Pool Play concludes; however, Open Division teams may have pitchers arrive Wednesday – those pitchers much throw 5 innings or 25 hitters to qualify for the playoffs.

Finally, in the playoffs, those “non-qualified” middle-inning pitchers will come to the mound from their normal defensive positions where they started the game.  That is as important as the “spirit of the rule” that these non-qualified pitchers who are used as “inning-eaters” are players who ordinarily are playing other positions.

And, please remember that any players leaving the RHWS today (Monday) to return on Thursday MUST turn in their player ID Card and re-check in upon their return. They must return before the quarterfinals of the playoffs, regardless of division.

Managers should email a list of their qualified pitchers to rg@royhobbs.com by 7 p.m. the night before their playoffs begin.

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Picking up T-Shirts The tournament T-shirt is available through Friday only for all registered players outside the Roy Hobbs Store in the screened in patio at the Player Development Complex. No Shirts will be given out on Thursday or Saturday.

Hours to pick up the Tournament T-shirt are from Noon to 6 p.m. With the shirt, each player will also get a tournament patch.

Players will need their RHWS ID card to get their shirts in

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50/50 raffle50/50 raffle tickets, to benefit the Roy Hobbs Foundation,

are available each day at the Player Development Complex. Tickets are $1 a piece or 6 for $5. The drawing will be held in the patio area at the Player Development Complex around 5 PM Friday.

The Roy Hobbs Foundation was established to raise monies for research on finding a cure for Leukemia and to assist our Challenged Athlete friends.

Revenues from the 2018 RHWS 50/50 led to nearly $5,000 in contributions to MD Anderson Cancer Center, St. Jude Hospital in Memphis and to Southern Florida Challenger Athletes.

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Results correctionsPlease check the posted results and standings each day.Managers should contact Rob at the Tournament

Headquarters (rg@royhobbs.com) with corrections to scores.That’s the best way to make sure that playoff seedings and

pairings are as accurate as we can make them.v v v

Please help with dugoutsRoy Hobbs Baseball and the grounds crews need your help

see NOTEBOOK on page 7

photo by Greg WagnerTennessee Lightnin’ first baseman Matt Wilson focuses on throw against

Miami Cubs.

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in the dugouts.When your games are over and you are leaving the dugout,

please police it for trash and cups, etc. Your assistance in cleaning up the dugouts each day will be greatly appreciated.

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First AidTwo key First Aid items: Drink plenty of fluids while playing

and before you get to the field; don’t just wait until the game is over. Water will be available at the fields.

Second, be sure to stretch and loosen up before playing, or even re-entering a game.

In case of an emergency, contact the field manager at your site, or the concessions person if closer. We do have the First Aid supplies and will contact 911 services as needed.

Ice is available for injuries … check with the field manager on duty or go to the nearest concession stand to have the appropriate personnel paged. Roy Hobbs requests that managers plan for pitchers needing ice for their arms and to supply it.

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Playing site securityThe active steps taken several years ago to deal with parking

lot security will continue as parking lot theft issues have – knock on wood – not been an issue the last 7 years.

NOTEBOOK

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see NOTEBOOK on page 8

photo by Greg Wagner

Tennessee Lightnin’ catcher Chad Caudy concentrates on warming up his pitcher.

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A lot of time and thought went into the team’s look. The TJ on their caps is similar, Potter said, to the insignia on the caps of Toro de Tijuana, a Mexican professional team.

“We wanted to have a fun theme,” Potter said.The Jack-O’s got the World Series off to a fun start Sunday morning

at the PDC with a 12-4 victory over the Kodak Reds.The Jack-O’s went 1-6 last year and are now 1-0.Do they have the best name this year?“I don’t know if it’s the best,” Potter said.But he believes it may be the “funnest.”The Jack-O’s may enhance their fun and the Halloween theme as

the week progresses. As Potter chatted on the lanai at the PDC Sunday somebody suggested bringing actual jack-o-lanterns into the team’s dugout.

“That is a great idea,” Potter said.Look for the Jack-O’s to have jack-o-lanterns at some point this week.

JACKO’Scontinued from page 1

photo by Greg Wagner

Are we out of the woods? No, it is a daily procedure and effort to make sure parking lots are safe.

Once again, Roy Hobbs will have personnel posted at the player/spectators’ entrances to Terry Park, PDC, JetBlue Complex and at the entrance to the Quad fields at Lee County.

These individuals will have a view of the parking lot, and they will be available in emergencies, be enforcing cooler guidelines and handling admissions.

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Customer Service Roy Hobbs Baseball is proud of its record on

customer service.Staff members are required to wear identifying

staff shirts during the working hours of the tournament and should be easily identifiable. At least two are assigned to each of the satellite complexes daily.

In the case of emergency, please go to the nearest concession stand at the satellite complexes, where someone will be available to summon help.

Roy Hobbs field managers and key personnel are Red Cross First Aid certified, and Roy Hobbs Baseball has guidelines in place on the handling of injuries. Additionally, AED devices are available at each of the facilities, and Roy Hobbs personnel have been trained on those devices.

NOTEBOOKcontinued from page 7

Jacko’s meeting on the mound with catcher Jason Freeman, pitcher Travis Elliott (28) & Joel Rivera.