Category: Sports

Local Baseball Legend, Jack Damaska, Appears on Saturday Morning Sports Slam

(Beaver Falls, PA)  The talk was all about baseball on Saturday Morning as Beaver Falls Native and former pro baseball player Jack Damaska joined Frank Sparks and Greg Benedetti.  Listeners were treated to stories about Jack’s career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Beaver Falls Legion and high school baseball, along with memories and stories about College hill and West Mayfield youth teams.

Damaska was signed by the Cardinals in 1957 and had over 1800 hits in his minor league career and briefly made an appearance in the major leagues with St. louis in 1963.  More information about Jack can be viewed here.

Also Joining Jack, Greg and Frank in the studio was Eric Mckenna.

 

Shazier Practices

The Steelers open their home season  Sunday afternoon against the Cincinnati Bengals. For the most part the Steelers are healthy. LB Ryan Shazier left Monday nights game against Washington. He hurt his right knee  in the fourth quarter.  He did not practice Wednesday.  He did practice yesterday.  He told reporters  yesterday he expects to play Sunday.   Steelers-Bengals Sunday with pregame at 11am on WBVP-WMBA.   Kickoff is at one.

Pirates vs Reds

After splitting a series with the Phillies, the Pirates are in Cincinnati tonight to begin a four game series in three days  against the Reds. Tonight’s starters are   Ryan Vogelsong for the Pirates and Robert Stephenson for the Reds.  Because of high school football, the next broadcast will be Saturday.  The second game of the day and night double header starts at 6:10pm.

College Schedule

There is full schedule of College Football on Saturday.  Pitt travels to Stillwater Oklahoma to play Oklahoma State.  Kickoff is 3:30. Penn State hosts Temple  at Beaver Stadium  at noon.  Dayton visits  Rooney Field to play Duquesne with a noon kickoff.  Robert Morris visits Youngstown State for a 4-pm kickoff. Geneva will be on the road Saturday.  They will play at St Vincent College. WBVP-WMBA airtime is 12:30. Kickoff is at one.

Pirates 2017

The 2016 season is not over but,  the Pirates already no where and when  they will play in 2017.  They open the season on April 3rd at Fenway Park against the Red Soxs. The home opener will be April 7th against the Atlanta Braves. Their inter league  teams will be the American League East plus four games against the Detroit Tigers.  The New York Yankees will make their second trip to Pittsburgh since the inception of inter league play in 1997. They will be at PNC April 21-23.

Pirates Injuries

The 2016 season for the Pirates has been full of injuries. Out since September 5th with back spasms, Starling Marte could return to the line-up on Friday against the  Reds.  RH pitcher A.J. Schugel, right shoulder soreness, is close to returning to action. RH Nefalti Feliz, right arm soreness, is also close to returning to the team.  On Tuesday, the Pirates placed pitcher Gerrit Cole and catcher Chris Stewart on the 60-day disabled list.  The Pirates try to earn a split with the Philadelphia Phillies tonight. The Pirates will start rookie Chad Kuhl (3-3).  The Phillies counter with their rookie Jared Eickhoff (10-13). Airtime on WBVP-WMBA is 6:40