Wings can’t overcome controversial call in 9th
When you make one of the more rare calls in baseball and deny the home team the tying run and possible\(probable?) walk-off victory, the home crowd tends to react with anger…
Sabres obviously grew tired of waiting for Nylander to shine
Alexander Nylander arrived with high expectations and a high opinion of what he could do, which is just fine. There’s nothing wrong with confidence. Unless you don’t back it up…
Rooker pursues the impossible dream
Brent Rooker is three months into his first season of Triple-A baseball, three months into being just one step from the majors. A desire to take that one more step is why the Rochester Red Wings rookie outfielder is at the ballpark every day, hours before first pitch…
Guilmet a happy camper as Wings rally to win
Chase De Jong pitched a decent 5 2/3 innings as the starter and Preston Guilmet took over with one out in the sixth. He allowed just one hit, a two-out single to Rene Rivera in the eighth, while striking out five of the eight batters he faced…
Hilton’s Schwind will be Josh Bell’s HR Derby pitcher
Jon Schwind, a former three-sport athlete at Hilton High School, was Bell’s teammate and roommate for two years in the Pirates system. Bell will be making his first All-Star appearance and was selected to participate in the home run contest. The switch-hitting Bell leads the Pirates with 22 homers…
Sometimes the Triple-A team must bite the bullet
A win on Friday night would have put them at .500 for the first time since Game 2 of the season. They lost 7-5. They rebounded with a 9-6 victory on Saturday night but on Sunday afternoon were thumped 10-5 in the series finale at Frontier Field…
It was Major League revisited — which wasn’t good for Wings
So instead of reaching .500 for the first time since the second game of the season, the Wings dropped to 38-40. But the fact that they have gained respectability is truly remarkable. They’ve gone from 13 games under .500 to just two in a month, thanks to a 20-9 stretch…
Trash plates: the dinner of champions?
The garbage/trash/rubbish/insert-your-0wn-name plate can be considered a strange concoction to begin with; now imagine what it’s doing inside the stomach during strenuous running…
A special home game for Danny Mendick
Very special, indeed. Frontier Field is hosting a Mendick family and friends reunion. His father has eight seats in a season-ticket package. His grandfather, Bill, has four seats, and has had season tickets for 70 years. They still needed a couple dozen or more tickets to accommodate everyone…
Who needs launch angle? Rooker, Wings didn’t on Friday
The victory was the 10th in the past 11 games for the Wings (30-34), who overcame deficits of 1-0 and 5-4. Perhaps more impressive was their immediate response after the Knights (36-30) tied the score in the top of the eighth…