Benny Bueno Picks up $10K Batch of Pelota’s & Makes Cancha Visit Dana’s Jai-alai director of operations made a two-day visit to the Tampa Bay area yesterday that included a St. Pete cancha visit and a baseball game. Benny Bueno made the trip to pick up a big box of pelota’s which are made in […]
Carballo, Lopez, Olharan out at Magic City, RonRon Returns As reported by Say HiLi a few days ago, there has been a few major changes at the Magic City Fronton for the season that starts Friday, September 6th . Carballo, one of the original Magic City players who learned jai-alai from “scratch” in 2018 […]
Jai-alai Beer Getting a New Look Tampa Brewed Jai-alai Beer is getting a new makeover. The Monster Beverage Corporation announced that Cigar City Brewing’s Jai-alai Beer is getting a major facelift. As you can see, the word “Jai alai” is much brighter and larger than before and will be used on all their 12, 16, […]
After checking the monthly stats of the south Florida casino that Tiger posts monthly, one couldn’t help but notice that Dania’s casino numbers are growing at a phenomenal rate. When I mean casino numbers, I’m talking about their slot machine net revenue and cardroom gross receipt numbers, which likely is well over 90% of their […]
Rastock Win Streak Halted at 87, Then Injuries Arm Talk about streaks. Then talk about bad luck. Joe DiMaggio’s famous number was 56. Rastock’s number is 87. Both records will never be broken. We all know that “Joltin” Joe DiMaggio, the famous New York Yankee baseball star, once married to Maryln Monroe, hit in 56 […]
Florida Sports Betting Lawsuit by Magic City Jai-alai Turned Down by U.S. Supreme Court If you’re a sports fan that enjoys making sports bets legally in the state of Florida, you can relax – for now. This is the highest court in America, and West Flagler Associates just took a punch to the gut. The […]
By Marty Fleischman When I first started playing amateur Jai-Alai on the Tampa court, I heard Alex Borges, one of the Cuban amateurs, call me a “pakete” every time I missed an easy shot. And that happened often. It became very apparent to me that this was definitely not a compliment. Not knowing much Spanish, […]
ampa Jai-alai 25th Commemorative Anniversary Gift I just got a very nice donation from Gary Morton – aka “Bennett” on Tigers site. As you can see, it is the Tampa Jai-alai Silver Anniversary Commemorative Coin Collection that was given out to fans in 1978 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tampa Jai-alai. The set […]
By Marty Fleischman By the summer of ’71, I had already trained somewhat as Public Relations Director, announced some Jai-Alai games, and made my first trip to Europe with the U.S. Amateur Jai-Alai Association contingent for the world tournament. Now, I was doing what I really loved, playing the sport (to which I was clearly […]
By Marty Fleischman Joey Cornblit’s parents immigrated from Israel to Montreal. They soon moved to the warmth of Miami, shortly after Joey was born. Charlie Hernandez’s parents immigrated from Cuba to Miami to search for the American dream. They were now living it. The Hernandez’s had traveled to France to watch their son play in […]
