Ricky Stone
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"Ricky L. Stone" is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.

He attended Hamilton High School (Hamilton, Ohio)/Hamilton High School and was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 1994 amateur draft.

On December 13, 2007, Stone was included in the detailed Mitchell Report (baseball)/Mitchell Report by Senator George J. Mitchell/George Mitchell in which he was alleged to have used steroids throughout his career.

In , Stone pitched for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

Stone was at a Cincinnati Reds/Reds-Houston Astros/Astros game in August and later suffered a grand mal seizure at his home. His wife's CPR may have saved his life. On August 8, 2008, Stone was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He had surgery to remove the tumor and to perform a biopsy on the mass. It was confirmed that the tumor was indeed malignant.

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Gulfport and Harrison Central is a big rivalry game, no doubt about it. They have a good team and are playing well. We'll have to play well to win. It's tough to beat Gulfport at their place.

This is a young team. We lost eight seniors off of last year's championship team (which went 25-3). We have a lot of young girls playing. At this point, the main thing is to make it to the state tournament.

I'm disappointed in our overall team effort. Hopefully, we'll be better next time.

We get to face Biloxi for the fourth time, which is not an easy task. They're bigger than us. The key will be rebounding and limiting them from getting second shots.

Meridian is very talented. They have most of their team back from last year. We'll have to play well. Our challenge is playing teams with size.

I'm proud of what this team has accomplished, especially under the circumstances of dealing with Hurricane Katrina. We've fought through two elimination games. We're playing well.