{"id":19244,"date":"2025-09-25T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=19244"},"modified":"2025-09-25T09:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:18:08","slug":"former-mustang-baseball-players-invited-to-jh-baseball-banquet-with-speaker-scott-spezio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/baseball\/19244-former-mustang-baseball-players-invited-to-jh-baseball-banquet-with-speaker-scott-spezio\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Mustang Baseball Players Invited to JH Baseball Banquet with Speaker Scott Spezio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The Effingham Junior High School Baseball Banquet will be held Sunday, September 28th. Two time World Champion baseball player Scott Spezio, (2002 Anaheim Angels &amp; 2006 St. Louis Cardinals.) will be the guest speaker.<\/p>\n<p>The event will begin with a private dinner starting at 2:30 in the EJHS cafeteria for this year&#8217;s 6th, 7th, 8th grade players, coaches and wives. Kyle Stortzum will lead grace at 2:40 and Dinner will be served at 2:45.<\/p>\n<p>Starting at 3:30 EJHS softball players and coaches, and all of our baseball parents are welcome to hear Scott Spezio speak from 3:45-4:15 p.m. followed by an approximate 20 minute Q &amp; A with Scott.<\/p>\n<p>At 4:45 pm the 2025 baseball award winners will be announced.<\/p>\n<p>At 5:00 pm things will move to the Big Gym where Scott will do a meet and greet and is willing to sign and take pictures with any attendees, wrapping everything up by approximately 6pm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ANY &amp; ALL&#8221; former EJHS Mustangs baseball players, are invited to come join us at 5:00 in the Big Gym to meet Scott, take a picture or get an autograph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Effingham Junior High School Baseball Banquet will be held Sunday, September 28th. 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