By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Familiarity could breed contempt in Triple-A baseball this season. The Rochester Red Wings will only face the other five members of the renamed Triple A East Northeast Division in 2021, according to the schedule released on Wednesday. Rochester will play in-state rivals Buffalo and Syracuse 36 times apiece and meet Lehigh Valley, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and … [Read more...] about Red Wings slated to face familiar foes in 2021
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Five Washington Nationals’ prospects we could see in Rochester in 2021, ’22
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Now that the Washington Nationals have adopted the Rochester Red Wings as their Triple-A affiliate for the next 10 years, Rochester baseball fans can look forward to watching an entirely new roster of prospects when the pandemic gives way to minor league baseball's return. When the Twins shifted their Triple-A operations back home to St. Paul, they took MLB … [Read more...] about Five Washington Nationals’ prospects we could see in Rochester in 2021, ’22
World Series 2020: Former Red Wings taking part in instant classic
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO To amend a mid-2000s Rochester Community Baseball marketing slogan, "Spend Time With a Wing, Before They're Pitching in the World Series." Two former Rochester Red Wings were on the winning side of Saturday night's stunning World Series Game 4 in Arlington, including the victorious Tampa Bay Rays pitcher. Brett Phillips's single and Randy Arozarena's … [Read more...] about World Series 2020: Former Red Wings taking part in instant classic
This Day in Red Wings History: Roenicke and Stewart lead overdue Red Wings victory
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO The Rochester Red Wings' stagnant August needed a reprieve. Rochester had scored two runs in 23 innings leading up to its Aug. 22, 1978 contest in Syracuse. Three lineup regulars were striking out in 15 percent of their at bats, each hitting below .250. And the defense was alarmingly poor, committing 22 errors in a 12-game span. Syracuse represented a "get … [Read more...] about This Day in Red Wings History: Roenicke and Stewart lead overdue Red Wings victory
Rochester-born Jim Poole recorded first save on May 18, 1991
By BILLY HEYEN Note: Biographical information comes from the Society of American Baseball Research’s comprehensive biography of Rochester-born Jim Poole, and statistical information comes from Baseball Reference. Jim Poole relieved in all 431 of his major league appearances, but the Rochester-born left-hander recorded only four saves. The first of those came on May 18, … [Read more...] about Rochester-born Jim Poole recorded first save on May 18, 1991