Tag Archive: grand prairie airhogs

Jan 25

Former Grand Prairie AirHog has a great chance to make it to the Show

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Former Grand Prairie AirHog James Paxton has been invited to Seattle Mariners spring training with a good chance at making the big league club.  James is currently ranked as the Mariners #4 prospect and many scouts believe that James will be wearing a Mariners jersey sometime this season. Mariners invite 18 to spring training, including Zunino, …

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Sep 06

Grand Prairie AirHog player plays all nine positions in one game.

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This past week the Grand Prairie AirHogs lost any playoff hopes and their season ended the next day (Labor Day), with nothing to play for but to just finish the season against the Amarillo Sox at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie. Enter Kenny Held. Kenny thought it would be fun on the last day of the …

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Aug 06

There can be disappointment in the game of baseball

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Someone once said baseball is a game. I disagree. Baseball is one gut-wrenching, palm sweating, biting your fingernails, never satisfied addictive experience. Baseball. People will come Ray. It happens to all teams eventually. Just like all hitters go through batting slumps, all teams go through losing streaks. It’s bound to happen, no escaping it. The …

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Aug 05

Another Fun Saturday Night at QuikTrip Park

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Baseball. You gotta love it right? It’s easy for me to see why baseball is such Americana. It’s a place to scoop up the family and go have fun watching the great game. Hotdogs, peanuts, beer, and ice cream. Sit back and relax. No high dollar pressure from commercials, none of this we gotta go …

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Jul 01

AirHogs win another bullpen battle

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From Airhogsbaseball.com Saturday, June 30, 2012 Two in seventh the difference for Grand Prairie GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – A long day of baseball at QuikTrip Park that started Saturday morning with YMCA T-Ball games and ended with a Fireworks Saturday Night spectacular saw the home team win as well, as the Grand Prairie AirHogs took their …

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Jan 12

There is something eerie about the new Laredo Lemurs already

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When it’s cold outside like it is today, I always revert to thinking about warm weather and warm weather activities like baseball. As you may or may not know, I’m a big fan of the local team, the Independent league Champion Grand Prairie AirHogs. There is a new team in the league named the Laredo …

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Dec 18

A few minutes with Jeff Carman

Jeff Carman is a good friend who works as the man in charge of Tickets at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie, home of the World Champion Grand Prairie AirHogs.  Hear what he has to say about the upcoming baseball season.    

Nov 06

A round-up of some of my best YouTube videos

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So it’s Sunday morning, the time has changed back to standard time, I’m sitting here in front of my computer and I just realized, I have never written or done an overview of my YouTube channel and I think that needs to be done. Not to brag you understand, but I’ve had the opportunity to …

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Nov 04

A High School Soccer Team’s Season Almost Ended Because They Did A Funny Dance

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From Sports Grid In 1993′s seminal Weekend at Bernie’s II, the titular character of Bernie (who is, of course, dead) does a funny dance – a dance that looks so funny because he’s, you know, dead. The dance looks so funny, in fact, that more recently it turned into a bit of a phenomenon. The …

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Jul 31

The dog days of summer are here. Go AirHogs!

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You know it’s the dog days of summer when you are in the middle of the 2nd hottest summer on record. That’s what we have here in north Texas, but the Grand Prairie AirHogs continue to play baseball, continue to win, and continue to lead their division going in to August. Let me just say that …

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