A Fearless Competitor
Frankie remain apart of
baseball after many walk
away, in 1994 when the
Nassau Baseball Assciation
was form to fill the void that
was left the Bahamas
Baseball Association from
1987.
Sweeting was the Manager of
the Bottons Formal Wear
Team which won the leagues
first three Pennants &
Championships. in 1994,1995
& 1996, after the team split he
would become a coach of the
Dudley’s Panthers a team
sponsored by his son Teddy
Sweeting. where he went on
to lead that team to a triple
crown win that year of 2003.
Frankie was a team leader
and manage his teams well
though he is not actively
coaching now mainly because
the senior league has been
stop because there is no
facilities to play senior league
baseball, but he remians a big
supporter of the Bahamas
Baseball Federation and all
the leagues that comes under
the Bahamas Baseball
Federation.
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Winner of Three Games in a N.B.C Tournament
FRANKIE SWEETING SR.
In 1969 the Bahamas had their best-ever showing on foreign soil
winning three games and placing seventh among the power-house
of Amateur United States Teams, Frankie “Cinderella” Sweeting
was the hero of the series winning three games and placing
himself forever in National Baseball Congress record books.
He was name pitcher of the year in 1963 with a 6-2 win/lost
recordwith I-Need-A-Laundry Baseball Team and again in 1977
with a 12-4 win/lost record with Paradise Island Baseball Team.
He Lead the Local League with wins three years in a row all with
Paradise Island Baseball Team 1975 19-6 win/lost,tied with Kirk
Smith, 1976 12-6 win/lost and in 1977 12-4 win/lost record.
Sweeting also had the most win in 1963 with a 6-2 win/lost record
that year he the lead league in strike outs with 73 strike outs.
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Frankie Sweeting Sr
A Bahamian Baseball Player
Born in August 19th 1942
Frankie Sweeting love the game
of Baseball and it showed
during his local baseball days
and it is still showing to this day
not only that his sons play local
and college baseball, Teddy &
Felilpe Sweeting, Frankie Jr
also played locally too.
But Mr. Sweeting grand sons
are the cream of the crop in
their age group and growing.
Edwin “EJ” McPhee just finish
his college baseball days in
2009 with Southeastern
University Fires with a good
baseball showing. and then
their is Trea Sweeting Teddy Jr
now playing high school
baseball in North Carolina for
christ school hitting .609 in
2010 earing him the Bahamas
Baseball Federation High
School Player of the year and
trea was also named 2009
Andre Rodgers Bahamas
National Baseball
Champoinships M.V.P, and this
year the youngest of his grand
sons playing was name the 2010
Babe Ruth/Cal Ripkin World
Series 60 12& under M.V.P a
first for the Bahamas.
Frankie Sweeting Sr. Baseball
Legacy still lives on.
CINDERELLA
SPOTLIGHTING