{"id":260951,"date":"2026-05-06T18:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260951\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T18:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:42:21","slug":"who-is-the-best-tallahassee-area-baseball-player-of-all-time-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260951\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the best Tallahassee-area baseball player of all time? Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tallahassee<\/a><\/p>\n

Liam Rooney, Tallahassee Democrat<\/p>\n

Wed, May 6, 2026 at 10:05 AM UTC<\/p>\n

From the thousands of Little League fields to the well-kept fields in the collegiate and professional levels, baseball is one of the most popular sports in Florida.<\/p>\n

The Sunshine State is home to two professional teams in the Miami Marlins<\/a> and Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>, dozens of minor league teams, spring training, and some of the most competitive college <\/a>and high school programs in the country. Some of that talent resides in Florida’s Big Bend<\/a>, including Florida State <\/a>and a number of local high school programs that have produced jaw-dropping talent.<\/p>\n

So, which player is the best Tallahassee area high school baseball player?<\/p>\n

It’s a question we at USA TODAY Sports <\/a>have attempted to answer.<\/p>\n

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, USA TODAY Sports will celebrate the\u00a0250 greatest American sports figures of all time. Alongside that national recognition, the USA TODAY Network will spotlight the roots of the country\u2019s sports culture:\u00a0the high school athletes and sports figures who shaped communities and defined their states.<\/p>\n

Here are 10 names that are among the best Tallahassee area baseball players.<\/p>\n

Meet the picks<\/p>\n

David Ross – Florida High<\/p>\n

Reggie Jefferson – Lincoln<\/p>\n

Dean Palmer – Florida High<\/p>\n

Bobby Thigpen – Aucilla Christian\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cole Sands – North Florida Christian<\/p>\n

John Nogowski – North Florida Christian<\/p>\n

Who is the greatest Tallahassee-area high school baseball player ever?<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Vote for the Tallahassee area best baseball player of all time<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Rooney, Tallahassee Democrat Wed, May 6, 2026 at 10:05 AM UTC From the thousands of Little League…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3816,28,1320,3822,112783,112786,112784,112785,232,234,233,3815],"class_list":["post-260951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-baseball","tag-florida","tag-florida-state","tag-miami-marlins","tag-minor-league-teams","tag-professional-levels","tag-professional-teams","tag-sports-figures","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-tampa-bay-rays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}