By Al Quirin Jai alai has survived through June 2020 primarily because of amateurs in the US who have played this sport for 60 years. I have witnessed most of this but have only played as an amateur for 35 years starting around 1985 at age 37. I started watching jai alai around 1975 when […]
By Andrew Blechman Let’s take you back to January of 2020. This was the first time the idea of a fantasy jai-alai league was floated around The Jai Alai Channel office. At the time, however, we unanimously agreed that it might be a year away. This was all BEFORE the launch of The Jai Alai […]
By Steve “Straymar” Martin Back in the fall of 2018 I presented my programmer with several challenges, one of which was creating an automated database for Dania Jai-alai results in Excel. I knew he was an Excel whiz but never dreamed I would end up with such a powerful tool with amazing capabilities! I had […]
By Jeff “Laca” Conway Welcome to our new website! After 13 years, it was time for a new look and concept. Our new domain new is pelotapress.com – a name being pulled out of the past. The original name, “Pelota Press” was used by Mark “Joey” Fox in the late 1980s when […]
Why Amateur Jai-Alai Is Vital to the Sports Survival
AL Q BlogsBy Al Quirin Jai alai has survived through June 2020 primarily because of amateurs in the US who have played this sport for 60 years. I have witnessed most of this but have only played as an amateur for 35 years starting around 1985 at age 37. I started watching jai alai around 1975 when […]
Magic City Jai-Alai Fantasy League: The Quest for 200
Andrew Blechman BlogsBy Andrew Blechman Let’s take you back to January of 2020. This was the first time the idea of a fantasy jai-alai league was floated around The Jai Alai Channel office. At the time, however, we unanimously agreed that it might be a year away. This was all BEFORE the launch of The Jai Alai […]
Jai-alai: It’s All in the Stats
Straymar BlogsBy Steve “Straymar” Martin Back in the fall of 2018 I presented my programmer with several challenges, one of which was creating an automated database for Dania Jai-alai results in Excel. I knew he was an Excel whiz but never dreamed I would end up with such a powerful tool with amazing capabilities! I had […]
Welcome to the new website!
Jeff ‘Laca’ Conway BlogsBy Jeff “Laca” Conway Welcome to our new website! After 13 years, it was time for a new look and concept. Our new domain new is pelotapress.com – a name being pulled out of the past. The original name, “Pelota Press” was used by Mark “Joey” Fox in the late 1980s when […]