Tommy Joseph

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• July 09, 2020

The 2020 version of the Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team was undoubtedly known for their ‘Cardiac Kids’ moniker, rarely failing to keep fans on the edge of their seats until the final out of the 9th inning…. Or beyond.  Our #7 moment on our countdown of the Top 10 FSW Athletics moments of 2019-20 shows just that, as the Bucs rallied from three down in the 9th to force extra innings and eventually walk off national power San Jacinto with a victory.

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• June 04, 2020

Today, we begin the first of a four part series, looking at the Teams of the Decade for the four Florida SouthWestern State programs respawned in 2016.  Our first subject, the Buccaneers Baseball team. While the decade of the 2010s only included four seasons for the FSW Baseball team, there were plenty of highlights for the Bucs, including  Suncoast Conference Championship and their first trip to the FCSAA State Tournament to close it out.

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• May 13, 2020

After a short stay in Fort Myers, Florida SouthWestern's Cameran Brantley is headed back to the NCAA Division I level, signing with North Carolina A&T on Tuesday to play his final three seasons in Greensboro with the Aggies.  

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• April 10, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team was one day away from reaching the midpoint of their 2020 season when it was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite the shortened campaign, the Bucs put together plenty of highlight worthy moments, ultimately finishing the year at 16-11.

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• March 16, 2020

In the midst of a big sophomore season, Florida SouthWestern State slugger Tommy Joseph has signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his playing and academic career at Jacksonville University next season.

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• March 09, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers' defense let them down Monday night at City of Palms Park, committing a season high five errors in an 8-4 loss to visiting Hillsborough to even up their three game Suncoast Conference season at a game apiece.  

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• March 07, 2020

One season ago, the Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team stole a school record 13 bases in a game against the Hillsborough Hawks. Saturday, they were at it again against their Suncoast Conference rivals, swiping 12 bags and exploding for 13 runs in the final four innings to hammer the Hawks 15-5 in the first of a three game series between the two.

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• March 06, 2020

Needing a win to clinch a series victory in their first Suncoast Conference series of the year, the Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team turned to Enrique Cotto Friday afternoon at City of Palms Park as they took on Polk State.  Cotto came through, and then some, throwing a complete game while striking out a career high 12 in a 2-1 FSW victory to give the Bucs a 2-1 series win over the Eagles.  

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• March 04, 2020

A four run 4th inning was too much for the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers Baseball team to overcome on the road at Polk State on Wednesday as the Eagles won a 4-3 decision to even their early season Suncoast Conference series at one game a piece with the rubber match coming Friday at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers. 

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• March 02, 2020

The defending Suncoast Conference Champion Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers Baseball team got their title defense off to a good start Monday night at City of Palms Park in Downtown Fort Myers, beating the visiting Polk State 9-5 to kick off a three game series with the Eagles.

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• February 29, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team is going to hope that there were a few more February 29ths than there actually are, as the Bucs snapped out of a mini slump Saturday afternoon on Leap Day with a dominating 12-1 run rule victory over the #18 Miami Dade Sharks to send themselves into Suncoast Conference action on Monday on a high note.

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• February 27, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers got out to a good start Thursday night at City of Palms Park, but had a meltdown in the middle innings, allowing seven runs in the 5th and 6th frames to fall 9-5 in the first of a three game series with the #18 Miami Dade Sharks. 

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• February 24, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team put together a wild turnaround Monday night at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, going from 6-2 down to winning 16-6 two innings later, improving to 12-6 on the year with the run rule victory in eight innings against ASA Miami. 

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• February 19, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team broke out the bats on Wendesday night at City of Palms Park, ripping 15 hits in a 13-5 win over ASA-Miami. 

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• February 15, 2020

The comeback kids did it again on Saturday, as the Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team came from three runs down in the final two innings to defeat St. Johns River 8-6 to improve to 9-5 on the year.  

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• February 14, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers Baseball team wrapped up day one at the Capital City Bank Classic 1-1 on Friday, falling to #7 Northwest Florida State 3-0 in their opener before defeating Gulf Coast State 12-5 in the night cap of their split doubleheader.  

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• February 12, 2020

One week ago, the Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team needed extra innings to knock off the Broward Seahawks at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers.  Wednesday, that would not be the same story as five Buccaneer pitchers held the Seahawks to just three hits and the FSW offense put up 10 runs over the final four innings of the contest as the Bucs hammered Broward on their home field 11-1. 

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• February 09, 2020

One thing the 2020 version of the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers Baseball team has taught us early in the season is, you better not leave the ballpark early, no matter what the score is.  For the third time in two days, the Bucs mounted a furious late game comeback Saturday night, erasing a 6-3 ninth inning deficit against national power San Jacinto, to tie it in their final at bats and then win it 7-6 in extra innings on a walk off single from Tommy Joseph at 1:05 Sunday morning. 

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• February 08, 2020

For the second time in as many days, the #20 Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team stunned the #3 Walters State Senators, Saturday putting up a six run sixth inning for an 8-4 come from behind win against the 2018 National Runners-Up. 

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• February 05, 2020

It wasn't the prettiest, but the end result was the day's goal Wednesday night as the #20 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers Baseball team took on the Broward Seahawks at City of Palms Park in Downtown Fort Myers.  After jumping out to a 3-1 lead after an inning of play, the Bucs led for eight innings before watching their lead evaporate in the ninth to send the game to extra innings. That's when Noah Heisler came up with the biggest swing of his young FSW career, lacing a single through the hole on the left side for a walk off RBI single to give the Bucs a 6-5 win to even their record at 3-3 on the year.  

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• February 02, 2020

Florida SouthWestern State righthander Mason Adams was super on Super Bowl Sunday at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, throwing six scoreless innings to pave the way for a 4-1 FSW win over Gulf Coast State to close out the 2020 Marissa Gusto Memorial Tournament.

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• February 01, 2020

The #20 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers will look back on missed chances as the cause for their 7-1 loss to #5 Chipola Saturday night at City of Palms Park in Downtown Fort Myers.  The Bucs left nine runners on, failing to take advantage of eight free passes by Indian pitching to fall to 1-2 on the year. 

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• January 31, 2020

A season ago, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers had to get creative in scoring their runs.  The Bucs led the state in walks, hit batters, and stolen bases in 2019, but early on in 2020, it doesn't look like runs will come at such a premium for them.  Friday night #20 FSW pounded out 13 hits and got four solid innings of work out of their bullpen to push past ASA-Miami 7-3 in their opening game of the Marissa Gusto Memorial Tournament to even up their early season record at 1-1. 

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• January 28, 2020

The #20 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers couldn't manage to string enough hits together for a comeback Tuesday night on the road at CoolToday Park in North Port, eventually falling 6-2 to Suncoast Conference rival State College of Florida in what was a non-conference matchup to open the 2020 season for the two teams.