BY DAN GLICKMAN Toronto Blue Jays second baseman and Brighton High School graduate Ernie Clement became the first Rochester-born Major League Baseball All-Star since the 1950s on Thursday, clinching a spot in the July 14th game in Philadelphia by receiving more votes than any other American League player. The 30-year-old Clement had 3,232,932 votes in Phase 1 of All-Star … [Read more...] about Ernie Clement becomes first Rochester-born MLB All-Star since 1959
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Brighton’s Ernie Clement leads American League players in latest All-Star Game ballot update
BY DAN GLICKMAN Brighton graduate Ernie Clement, second baseman and utilityman of the Toronto Blue Jays, now leads American League players in MLB All-Star Game voting. The announcement on Monday has Clement with 2,054,130 votes, behind only Shohei Ohtani (2,310,735) in all of baseball. Clement's placement is an improvement from the last voting update on June 15 – in the … [Read more...] about Brighton’s Ernie Clement leads American League players in latest All-Star Game ballot update
Brighton’s Ernie Clement leads AL second basemen in first All-Star ballot update; former Wing C.J. Abrams leads NL shortstops
BY DAN GLICKMAN Brighton graduate and Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement leads the first All-Star Game ballot release for the American League, it was revealed on Monday. The 30-year-old utilityman is well ahead of his competition in the first release of voting so far, with 904,702 votes. In second is the Texas Rangers' Ezequiel Duran, with 287,996. VIEW … [Read more...] about Brighton’s Ernie Clement leads AL second basemen in first All-Star ballot update; former Wing C.J. Abrams leads NL shortstops
Dylan Crews returns to Rochester, but aims to regain mega-prospect form
BY DAN GLICKMAN Not many people expected Dylan Crews to be back in a Rochester Red Wings uniform on an August day in 2024 when he got his first call-up to the Washington Nationals. And if they did, they likely thought it'd be on a rehab assignment. After all, the outfielder felt like a surefire star right out of the gate: a second-overall pick, a College World Series … [Read more...] about Dylan Crews returns to Rochester, but aims to regain mega-prospect form
PREVIEW: Rochester-Area Athletes at the Milano Cortina Olympics
BY DAN GLICKMAN In 1956, Rochester resident Art Tyler made local history when he became the first Rochester-area resident to win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games. Although born in Utica, he moved to Rochester to work as an engineer at Eastman Kodak between bobsled competitions -- including the four-man bobsled event he won a bronze medal at in the 1956 Winter Olympics in … [Read more...] about PREVIEW: Rochester-Area Athletes at the Milano Cortina Olympics