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The remaining dates for this summer are: July 18, Aug. 1, Aug. 15 and Aug. 29.
Carolina Mudcats slugger Jeremie Tice and reliever Shawn Armstrong have been selected as members of the 2012 Carolina League All-Star team.
The Carolina League All-Stars will meet all-stars from the California League Tuesday night at BB&T Ballpark in Winston-Salem. The All-Stars were selected by a vote of Carolina League managers, general managers and media members.
The Carolina League announced today that the Carolina Mudcats Jeremie Tice was named the Player of the Week for the week of April 23-29.
Tice was stellar in a four game series against the Lynchburg Hillcats at Five County Stadium. The slugger from Dacula, Ga., was 9-for-14 with three home runs, three doubles, seven RBI and six runs scored. He finished the week with a .643 batting average.
The 25-year-old leads the Mudcats with four home runs and 18 driven in. Hes raised his batting average to .328.
The Carolina Mudcats Baseball Club will be hosting their annual National Anthem tryouts on Saturday at 9 a.m. at Five County Stadium. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. on the third base side of the stadium and will be first come first serve. Tryouts will end at noon. All singers, including solo and groups, wanting to sing "The Star Spangled Banner" must tryout on this date, including those who have sang in years past. All auditions must be sung a cappella. All performers will sing the National Anthem on the field as if it were a real game. Info: (919) 269-2287.
American Idol (8pm, Fox) - Finalists are revealed and judges add their wild-card choices to the final group.
Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards (9pm, ABC) - If you went to bed before midnight on Sunday and missed this, here's a second chance. Guests: 
Oprah, Billy Crystal, Coldplay, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, and others.
Up All Night (9:30pm, NBC) - A new boss takes the reins of Ava's show after it's acquired by Ava and Reagan's idol. Elsewhere, Chris and Reed try to restore an old motorcycle.
Awake (10pm, NBC) - A new drama about a detective who awakens after his family's car accident to discover he's alternately living in two parallel worlds. In one world, his wife survived the crash and his son died. In the other, his son is alive but his wife is dead. Which life is real? Or maybe it's neither? Who knows! This pilot is really good. Here's my "Awake" review.
Mudcats (10pm, History) - Sorry, no. This is not about the Zebulon baseball team. It's a reality show that chronicles catfish-catching crews battling for fishing territory against hundreds of amateur contestants on the lakes and rivers of Oklahoma.
Archer (10pm, FX) - Archer's sexcapades compromise his effectiveness as an agent (again) and this time, it's really serious.
FYI: ABC and CBS (except for "Rob") are all repeats tonight.
The Carolina Mudcats baseball team will be hosting their fourth annual job fair on Saturday, March 3 for game day employees. The job fair will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Cattails Restaurant at Five County Stadium. Cattails Restaurant is located on the 4th floor of the stadium.
Interviews will be conducted on site for various game day positions, including: food and beverage services, ushers, parking attendants, the picnic staff, stadium clean up, ticket sellers, bat boys and the Lady Mudcat mascot.
For more info, contact the Mudcats front office at (919) 269-2287 or carolinamudcats.com.
The Carolina Mudcats and Cleveland Indians will begin their relationship in opposite dugouts this April.
The Mudcats announced Wednesday that they will host the Indians on April 3 at Five County Stadium in what will be the Triangle area’s introduction to the team that will supply the Zebulon-based franchise with minor league talent.
Carolina Mudcats broadcaster Patrick Kinas has been named 2011 Radio Broadcaster of the Year for the Southern League, as selected by other league broadcasters and the Southern League's league’s general managers.
Carolina Mudcats outfielder Denis Phipps has been named to the Southern League post-season All-Star team, as announced by the league office on Wednesday.
Phipps, who was batting just .197 at the end of May, hit .421 from June 1 until earning a promotion to Triple-A Louisville on July 23rd. Phipps hit .328 in his 82 games with the Mudcats, adding seven home runs and 38 runs batted in. Since his promotion, Phipps has continued to swing a hot bat, posting a .366 average with the Bats in 36 games.
Cary High graduate Cory Harrilchak will be returning to Wake County this weekend as the Mississippi Braves visit the Carolina Mudcats.
