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2008 Most Excellent Awards

Yes fans, it is that time of year again. Time to get your nominations in for the Seventh Annual MOST EXCELLENT AWARDS!

Click on the trophy to the left to go to the nominations page to nominate the most deserving player in each category. Nominations will be taken until the 10th of August, and then I'll narrow each category down to the top nominees for a final round of voting.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to have your voice heard, and to show your favorite players that you support them. Nominate someone today!

Manatees Top Threshers 5-4

Threshers Face Hammerheads on Sunday

The Clearwater Threshers lost a close one tonight as the Manatees closed out the series with a 5-4 win in the game. Darren Byrd got the start for the Threshers and threw six solid innings of baseball. The Threshers took an early 1-0 lead picking up a run in the second inning on a sacrifice fly from Fidel Hernandez after Gus Milner had led the inning of with a double followed by a single from Tuffy Gosewisch and a walk from designated hitter Allan Robbins loaded the bases. Unfortunately that was all the Threshers could get in the inning.

In the third inning the Manatees tied the game on a pair of singles and a double, and then in the fourth inning they took the lead picking up an unearned run thanks in part to a throwing error by the Threshers short stop and a wild pitch.

The Manatees tacked on a third run in the sixth inning to make the game 3-1, but in the top of the seventh inning the Threshers offense caught fire picking up three runs to battle back into the lead to go up 4-3 in the game.

Unfortunately the lead would prove short lived as Matt Smith came on in relief of Darren Byrd and gave up a single and a home run to put the Manatees back on top 5-4. That score would hold up until the end of the game with the Manatees taking three out of four in this series with the Threshers.