{"id":144573,"date":"2025-08-14T08:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T08:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/144573\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T08:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T08:11:27","slug":"celebrate-the-jacksonville-jumbo-shrimp-with-news4jax-at-vystar-ballpark-on-thursday-aug-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/144573\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp with News4JAX at VyStar Ballpark on Thursday, Aug. 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <\/strong> \u2013 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/topic\/Jumbo_Shrimp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/topic\/Jumbo_Shrimp\/\">Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp<\/a> are having one of their best seasons in over a decade, and they\u2019re celebrating in style on Thursday with WJXT-4 News4JAX, the number one local news station in Jacksonville. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">As part of this year\u2019s winning collaboration with WJXT, the team will welcome News4JAX to VyStar Ballpark on Thursday, August 14, 2025, for a night of community pride, sports excitement, and a little extra shrimp spirit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The celebration kicks off with News4JAX meteorologist Richard Nunn taking the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp face off against the Norfolk Tides. The first pitch for the game is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Related: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/2025\/08\/12\/jumbo-shrimp-to-host-first-home-playoff-games-in-over-a-decade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/2025\/08\/12\/jumbo-shrimp-to-host-first-home-playoff-games-in-over-a-decade\/\"><b>Jumbo Shrimp to host first home playoff games in over a decade<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Other Thursday Night Highlights<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p><b>Military Appreciation Night: <\/b>In honor of our nation\u2019s heroes, the Jumbo Shrimp \u2014 along with Tulsa Welding School of Jax and OUTFRONT Media \u2014 will provide free tickets (while supplies last) to all active duty, retired, veteran, and former military members and their dependents. Tickets can be picked up at the Miller Electric Box Office in advance or on game day, subject to availability.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p><b>Coors Light Thirsty Thursday: <\/b>Thursday home games are a First Coast fan favorite, featuring $2 (16-oz.) and $3 (24-oz.) draft beers available at various ballpark locations, presented by Coors Light.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>A Season to Remember<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The 2025 season has been nothing short of historic for the Jumbo Shrimp, who are set to host their first home playoff games in more than a decade. Fans have packed the stands all summer long, creating an electric atmosphere that\u2019s pushing the team toward a deep postseason run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Tickets for Thursday\u2019s game against the Norfolk Tides are available now, and with so much to celebrate \u2014 from playoff dreams to community pride \u2014 it\u2019s a night First Coast fans won\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/jacksonville\/tickets\/promotions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/jacksonville\/tickets\/promotions\">Click here to purchase tickets<\/a> and for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Jumbo Shrimp International League Championship Series ticket package on sale now (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4Jax &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are having one of their best seasons in over a decade,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":144574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,591,8314,3188,723,7310,19281,78276,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-144573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-duval-county","11":"tag-fl","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-jacksonville","14":"tag-jacksonville-jumbo-shrimp","15":"tag-jumbo-shrimp","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115026112263728699","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}