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In his first two starts for the Burlington Bees of the Class Midwest League Jeremy Beasley took a loss and a no decision and both times he pitched three innings. In his third start, at Cedar Rapids, Beasley threw four innings of one-hit shutout ball and still was not credited with the victory in the Bees 7-2 win. Jeremy threw 44 pitches, 29 for strikes and allowed only a lead…

For the past 14 years the Toombs County High School baseball program has been led by head coach Brian Fitzgerald. His Bulldogs have won 237 games, qualified for the GHSA State Playoffs eight times and have beaten their arch rival Vidalia 19 times. But numbers don’t tell the whole story. Coach Fitzgerald brought excitement to the Bulldog baseball program. Sure there were a few up and down seasons. However, the…

One trait of a Brian Fitzgerald coached team over his 14 years as the head man of the program is they play their best ball at the end of the season. Last years team reeled off 12 straight wins in the regular season and the playoffs. The 2018 Bulldogs also finished strong winning four in a row and five out of their last six including Fitzgerald’s final game as the…

Senior Willie Campbell came off the bench in the bottom of the eighth inning, with two outs, and lined a 3-2 pitch into center field scoring senior Noah Anderson in Toombs County’s 6-5 win over rival Vidalia in a two-hour and 40 minute game played at Jacky Jones Field in Lyons. The Dawgs have defeated the Indians six straight times over the past three seasons. Anderson led off the eighth…

Jeremy Beasley opened his second season of professional baseball making his first minor league start for a new team in a new league. Beasley started the second game of a doubleheader for the Class A Midwest League Burlington Bees. Jeremy threw three innings and allowed four hits and two earned runs with two strike outs and no walks. Beloit scored single runs in the first and second off Jeremy and…