Fireworks over BayCare Balpark in Clearwater, Florida. Credit: Photo via Threshers/X
Tropicana Field might be out of commission, but there’s still a lot of baseball to be seen in Pinellas County.

The Clearwater Threshers—which recently saw catcher Kodey Shojinaga hit one heck of a walk off against the Dunedin Blue Jays—are a big reason for that, and the Phillies Single-A affiliate is getting their Independence Day celebration kicked off early for two home games against the Tampa Tarpons.

The postgame fireworks happening next month at BayCare Ballpark are the largest the club does all season.

Tickets to see postgame fireworks after the Tampa Tarpons take on the Clearwater Threshers on Wednesday-Thursday, July 2-3 at BayCare Ballpark are still available and start at $11.

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This article appears in Jun 19-25, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...