By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Ask anyone who has played Texas Hold 'Em: they've all had a hand that couldn't lose — and they lost. Bad beats, they're called. You're dealt pocket kings, two queens show up on the flop and a king comes out on the river. The full house has serious power. Until the player sitting across the table flips the other two queens. Sometimes the odds are … [Read more...] about Granite’s 10th inning gamble was one bad beat
Felix Jorge
And the wild-card plot thickens for Wings
By Kevin Oklobzija If there's a hard way to do things, well, then that's the route the Rochester Red Wings will choose. Or so it seems. "We don't have a whole lot of what I call cigar games where we sit back and bury people," manager Mike Quade said. And so it was on Saturday night, when the Wings lost 5-3 to the Pawtucket Red Sox. Rochester opened a 3-0 lead in the … [Read more...] about And the wild-card plot thickens for Wings
Homers lead RailRiders past Wings
Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com Scranton/Wilkes-Barre hit three home runs off Felix Jorge, including a long, two-run blast in the fourth inning from Rochester native Cito Culver, and the RailRiders clinched the International League North with a 5-3 win over the Red Wings Monday night at PNC Field. The RailRiders (84-50) scored a run in each of the first three … [Read more...] about Homers lead RailRiders past Wings