BY CHUCKIE MAGGIO ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The catcher position is the most complex job in professional baseball. The knights in shining (or dark) armor have to worry about the cat-and-mouse game of calling a game, working with ten or more pitchers in a given week and earning those 27 outs, however they can get them. The best catchers of the past decade or so (Brian McCann, the … [Read more...] about Murphy shines behind the dish, awaits next jump to the majors
Any way you score it: Rochester flirts with no-no, sweeps Buffalo
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Two Minnesota Twins regulars pitched rehab assignments for the Rochester Red Wings in Wednesday afternoon's series finale with the Buffalo Bisons, so naturally the main topic of conversation in the aftermath of the Wings' 3-1 victory was... the official scorer? An otherwise relaxed Frontier Field crowd of 5,090 fans enjoyed the first … [Read more...] about Any way you score it: Rochester flirts with no-no, sweeps Buffalo
Stout bullpen holds down fort; Red Wings best Bisons again
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Jake Reed may have been making his Rochester Red Wings season debut on Tuesday night, but it was no low-key icebreaker. After starting pitcher Aaron Slegers allowed a two-out, RBI single by Shane Opitz that cut the Rochester lead to 4-3, the Buffalo Bisons had momentum, and Reed was called from the bullpen. With men on first and … [Read more...] about Stout bullpen holds down fort; Red Wings best Bisons again
Hit parade: Wings rout, shut out Buffalo
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Monday's 7-0 Rochester Red Wings win over the Buffalo Bisons could be represented by the cartoon clip of a Looney Tunes baseball game, where one team was getting so many hits that the players did a conga line around the bases. The Red Wings didn't score 42 runs in four innings like the Gas-House Gorillas did to the Tea Totallers. But … [Read more...] about Hit parade: Wings rout, shut out Buffalo
Red Wings miss opportunities in loss to last-place Chiefs
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The sounds of the postgame clubhouses told you all you needed to know about Thursday's Red Wings-Chiefs game at Frontier Field. On one end of the hallway, Syracuse's de facto DJ was playing the song "Congratulations" by Post Malone, followed by "Black Beatles" by Rae Sremmurd. You could hear the music from almost anywhere on the … [Read more...] about Red Wings miss opportunities in loss to last-place Chiefs