The Snow Cats finished the 2020 Interstate Collegiate Baseball League campaign with the best regular season record. The Orioles reigned in the playoffs. Phil Ferranti, AJ Gartland, Tyler Holmes, Mark Trotta and Pat Bigham earned end-of-the-season honors. Here is rundown of some of the season's top performers. John Gassler: 6-foot-1, 190-pound LHP (New York University) Gassler … [Read more...] about Scouting Report: ICBL 2020
This Day In Red Wings History: Mussina makes Triple-A debut
By IAIN HIGGINS Mike “Moose” Mussina never won a World Series. He never won a Cy Young Award, though he was a top-five finalist six times. He pitched five near-perfect games, at the Major-League level, yet he could never find perfection. The 11th-round pick in the 1987 MLB draft did, though, cap his career with a spot in Cooperstown. On August 28, 1990, the future MLB … [Read more...] about This Day In Red Wings History: Mussina makes Triple-A debut
This Day in Red Wings History: Bell, Padget expel summer woes in win over Toledo
By JOHN LIKANJE Eric Bell and Chris Padget had been mired in rough patches since June. Bell, a 6-foot southpaw in his fourth season with the Rochester Red Wings, had gone 11 consecutive starts without a victory. During the stretch, he shouldered an 0-2 record with a 6.67 earned run average and nine no-decisions. Padget, who spent three weeks on the disabled list with a back … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Bell, Padget expel summer woes in win over Toledo
Ferranti named ICBL Player of the Year; Gartland earns top pitcher while Bigham, Holmes and Trotta garner honors
By JOHN LIKANJE Phil Ferranti (Mercyhurst University) was part of an Orioles squad which rebounded from a 1-9 start to win the 2020 Interstate Collegiate Baseball League (ICBL) championship. Patrick Bigham (SUNY Fredonia) paced the Blue Jays offense. A.J Gartland (Alfred State College) ended the season on an extensive scoreless innings streak. Tyler Holmes (University of … [Read more...] about Ferranti named ICBL Player of the Year; Gartland earns top pitcher while Bigham, Holmes and Trotta garner honors
This Day In Red Wings History: Andrews proves himself with late triple
By IAIN HIGGINS Red Wings third baseman Shane Andrews drilled a game-deciding two-run triple in the eighth inning and a sacrifice fly in the sixth in a 6-4 win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons in front of 7,234 fans at Frontier Field on this day in 2003. Both at-bats came after Red Barons manager Marc Bombard instructed pitcher Brian Powell to walk Todd Sears in … [Read more...] about This Day In Red Wings History: Andrews proves himself with late triple