By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, NY -- Mike Quade has been around professional baseball for more than three decades, but the first-year Rochester Red Wings manager anticipates adjustments in the upcoming season. "It’s not like riding the bike necessarily," Quade said Tuesday at Frontier Field when acknowledging his time away from managing. "I went out to coach third for the … [Read more...] about Red Wings open the Quade era
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Tribune bats wear out Finger Lakes
By PAUL GOTHAM ROCHESTER, NY -- For the first three innings of Tuesday's doubleheader, the Monroe Community College Tribunes managed just one hit and failed to score a run. The Tribunes exploded for runs in six of their next seven at bats. Jimmy Latona paced a relentless offense that pounded out 24 hits as Monroe swept the Finger Lakes Community College Lakers 7-1/17-0 … [Read more...] about Tribune bats wear out Finger Lakes
Once upon a time in Jamestown
Jamestown had no shortage of Johnsons in 1985. When Randall Johnson reported to the Jamestown Expos in June, there were six pages of them in the phone book of this Scandinavian settlement. Two of them were named Randall. And when the 6-foot-10 kid from Southern California packed his duffel in late August, never to return, the other two Randall Johnsons were still better … [Read more...] about Once upon a time in Jamestown
Steve Springer and an Opening Day state of mind
By Paul Gotham EAST ROCHESTER, NY -- Steve Springer likes the idea of opening day. The Toronto Blue Jays scout and performance coach is not necessarily enamored with parades, ceremonial first pitches and decorative bunting, but he likes the renewed spirit offered by the first game of the season. If he had his way, hitters would enjoy a season full of opening … [Read more...] about Steve Springer and an Opening Day state of mind
Hunter Pence, J.D. Martinez, Tyler Brunneman and the NYCBL rundown
Keeping up with the NYCBL alum. Hunter Pence (Schenectady '02) and heckling in the internet age Hunter Pence, the lanky, affable outfielder for the San Francisco Giants, is widely admired for his abilities on the field and for his quirkiness off of it. He was selected, for the second straight year, as the Giants’ winner of the Heart & Hustle award, given by the … [Read more...] about Hunter Pence, J.D. Martinez, Tyler Brunneman and the NYCBL rundown