Dave Weinberg from The Press of Atlantic City recently tweeted "What are the Seattle Mariners waiting for? Get Darren Ford to the show!" No truer words could be said for this South Jersey guy who has been hitting at a career high rate in the minors.
July 12, 2012 Video courtesy of NBC Philadelphia
This South Jersey native made national news, just not the kind of publicity he planned for.
We are about 3 weeks away from the beginning of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London (games of the 30th Olympiad), and for two former South Jersey high school basketball standouts their dream lives for the host country.
Yesterday's news on South Jersey's high rising baseball star Mike Trout was front page news today for The Press of Atlantic City, and The Daily Journal out of Vineland - he is now an American League All-Star!
June 28, 2012 South Jersey's Mike Trout has been getting a lot of attention lately, this time, the Angels center fielder made the catch of the year against the Orioles.
South Jersey has been swept up in Mike Trout fever, and deservedly so, but the future of Major League Baseball will have more that one representative from down this way. Matt Szczur continues to make his case for 2013 with the Chicago Cubs.
June 25, 2012 Dancers from the Absecon Academy of Performing Arts will travel to London to take part in the 2012 Summer Olympics. A dozen dancers will cross the Atlantic ocean to give the performance they've been dreaming of for years.
It must have seemed like forever for South Jersey's own Darren Ford to get back to playing baseball, but the Vineland product is finally on the field and might get to the major leagues soon if he can keep the pace he's starting out at in the minors
June 14, 2012 Philly's favorite mascot had a major Phoul-up when he allegedly threw a woman and her poolside chair into a hotel pool resulting in a lawsuit filed on Monday.
June 8, 2012 The racehorse 'I'll Have Another' won't have another run this weekend. The chestnut colt who took top prize at this year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness will not be a Triple Crown winner as it has been pulled from tomorrow's Belmont Stakes.
The Philadelphia Phillies did lose this Thursday afternoon to the L.A. Dodgers, and the team has struggled to win this season with various injuries to some of their biggest players, but a fun moment came from Citizens Bank Park when the Phillie Phanatic got to shake it with a former reality show judge.
