The UCF Knights baseball team caught a bit of 80s nostalgia this week as they released a season ticket promo video modeled after a scene from the 1989 classic sports comedy Major League.

This year’s Florida Collegiate Summer League Celebrity Golf Tournament is taking place on Nov. 15 at Interlachen Country Club. Among the participants will be Ozzie Smith, Davey Johnson, Vince Coleman and Gary Carter.

Last week Bishop Moore honored seven individuals by placing them into the school’s athletic hall of fame. Leading the group of alumni were Minnesota Twins catcher Drew Butera and ESPN reporter Jenn Brown.

Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders come to mind as athletes who had the athletic ability to excel in two sports at the highest levels. But before “Bo Knows” and “Prime Time,” who both played football and baseball, there was Jim Brown.

In the Florida Collegiate Summer League title game last week at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs wrapped up an impressive season with a 1-0 win over the Leesburg Lightning in front of 639 fans. Pitcher Nick Goody was named most valuable player.

Two teams are leaving the FCSL pack behind with less than a month left to be played. The Sanford River Rats (21-8) currently hold a half-game lead on the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs (20-8). Wednesday’s all-star game starts at 7 p.m. in Sanford.

When the College World Series ended late Tuesday night at Rosenblatt Stadium, Apopka High School alum Robert Beary bottled up handfuls of infield dirt from the historic site after his first season at South Carolina was capped off with a national championship win.

Good news has a funny way of finding you. Even more unpredictable is what comes of it once it’s had the chance to settle in. Plenty has changed for Justin Nicolino since being drafted in the second round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

Later this week the College World Series begins, on Saturday, June 19. And while area teams such as UCF and Stetson will not be taking part, it doesn’t mean Central Florida players have been left out. Florida and Florida State have a combined eight locals on baseball rosters.

For the young ballplayers who recently accepted their high school diplomas, the decision is now whether to start collegiate playing careers or join minor league baseball teams. For current underclassmen hailing from nearby, the decision is a similar one to make.