Note to Readers: Some might have noticed; it’s been a while since my last posting. I just returned from a 6-week road trip to the Northeast, Nova Scotia and Quebec. Feeling rested (after over 6,000 miles of driving) I will write the final chapters in my 41-year saga of my life with Jai-Alai. Thanks for […]
The marketing crew at Dania are getting creative as the launch a return to jai-alai this year. Without further ado, check out this new YouTube video on the format coming up for the upcoming season.
Dania Jai-alai has finally revealed their roster for the upcoming two-month season that opens December 1st. The delayed announcement might have been the result of delays on producing this new slick promo video they made – introducing the 22-man roster in grand style. Yep, fake news. The highly anticipated news has jai-alai fans optimistic of […]
Part two of the Tampa Bay vs. N. Miami Amateur Tournament was held at Luis’s cancha this past weekend. Special thanks to our South Florida correspondent, Jesus Olivera, for supplying the details and photos. Several Tampa Bay players were unable to attend due to the hurricane that was heading that way earlier and players needed […]
The best players in the world are coming to Magic City for an event October 6th starting at 12 noon. Go to the Magic City site or check out Say Hi Li for information.
Danai Jai-alai will reopen December 1st with a roster of 22 players. The announcement of the players will be released by the Dania marketing team this Monday with additional details coming later in the week. We can tell you a few things without disrupting their announcements next week: There will be a couple surprises, but […]
A lot of Pelota Press readers have been asking “Where’s Marty?”, “We miss his stories!”. Marty Fleishman spent 40 glorious years in jai-alai and now the past 26 months supplying great stories on his career here at the Pelota Press and they will resume in another month. On September 13th, he drove to upstate New […]
For the second time in 5 years and the third time in in the past 18 years, a devastating hurricane destined for the Tampa Bay area changed course at the last minute and did significant damage elsewhere. This one walloped the Sanibel-Ft. Myers Beach area directly with 150 mile plus winds and a massive tidal […]
Berlin Connecticut will be the “jai-alai capital of the world” once again as Matt DiDomizio is staging another tournament open to all players. A pick your player tournament will be staged on the weekend of November 5-6th. On Friday night of that weekend, the popular Spectacular 9 event will take place, where various players are […]
There’s not a dry eye in Berlin Connecticut today. The beloved “Jai-alai Cat” at Matt’s Court, who has “more court time than anybody”, has passed away. A fixture of Matt’s amateur jai-alai court, the cat had about 15-20 names over the years. “Our place will never be the same without him”, Matt’s cousin Carlo remarked. […]
