By Marty Fleischman Jai-Alai is one of two sports in the entire world where it is against the rules to play professionally left-handed. The other is……polo. The sport of Pelota Vasca (Jai-Alai) was designed for right handed players because of the long side wall on the left and no wall on the right. When right […]
The latest scoop on Dania Casino and Jai-alai America’s only remaining goatskin pelota and granite front wall fronton, with a 3-month “tournament like” season, has been pleased with the results from the past two seasons. The 22-man roster, mainly composed of young players from the Basque region, has fielded the roster for the past two […]
Another Saturday at the Park Another Saturday at the Park. Chicago wasn’t playing on the radio much to Paul Berglund’s wishes, but there were plenty of players out there at America’s public court this past Saturday morning/afternoon. Nearly 20 players showed up at Puryear Park, including the Rastock “clan” that included Ty “Cobb” Wilson and […]
How to Save Jai-alai Immediately I know of a way to instantly save the sport of jai alai. During its heydays of the 1970 and 1980s, fans packed the frontons in Florida, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. It was one of the few places to place a bet of any sort outside of Nevada and Atlantic […]
Marty, Solaun Greeted with Rain, Wet Grounds & Ducks at Puryear Park Debut It had been on their calendar for a while. Marty Fleischman and Ricky Solaun were to make their Puryear Park debut this morning at 10am. They had another commitment in St. Pete later today and thought it was time to visit […]
Two jai-alai “legends” will be making their debut appearance at America’s first and only public jai-alai court this Wednesday at 10m. Marty Fleischman, senior blogger at this site and longtime jai-alai executive, and Ricky Solaun will be at Puryear Park in St. Petersburg – rain or shine to check out the court. They are hoping […]
Magic City Jai-alai Averaging 100,000 TikTok Viewers a Performance There’s a great article on Jai-alai that just came out in the online newspaper called “Thrillist”. It’s called “Can Miami Save this 150 – Year Old Sport from Near Extinction?”. There are quotes from Scott Savin, Benny and even “Baby” Benny, Chris Bueno that talk about […]
Here are the results and several photos taken. Special thanks to Alex for supplying the information.
The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby is here. It is the fastest, most exciting two minutes in sports. I know. I was there. Sixty freaking years ago. I was almost 9 years old, but I remember everything about it like it was yesterday. Why I was taken out of school in the 3rd […]
Entries from this weekends “Matt” tournament are available. The handwritten one is for Friday nights Spec 9 performance with 13 games scheduled to 9 points. On Saturday, just 6 games are scheduled – but they are apparently 20-point games, a first that I can recall. The event will be live on Matt’s Facebook page […]
