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The last NBA regular season game in Roch...

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Peter Fornieri weaves his award winning ...

Celebrating and social distancing in Bri...

Remembering Richard Anthony Allen (March...

Alas, no Turkey Bowl this year at Reifst...

Remembering the Dodger’s quintesse...

Mt. Morris’s Roscoe Barnes was the...

Four days of wild card binging, a presid...

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Bill Pruitt offers “Pennant Race i...

Looking through the glass half full, the...

Cobb’s Hill is open for business

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RCAC baseball is just around the corner

Why I don’t care that much about t...

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Waiting for the XFL to be the Ex-XFL

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What’s a little snow at the Cobb...

A Shawn Dunwoody mural and the floor hoc...

Watching the Bills fall short and recall...

The night in 1988 when a Hall of Fame fl...

The Hat Gate game is reason enough to ro...

First snap of the season and three years...

The first black player, the first shot c...

The RCAC is back at Cobb’s Hill (w...

I TOLD YOU SO: “AAF suspending ope...

My first live pitch of the season

The wait is over. Adding ’69 to th...

Third time is the charm; Pruitt tells us...

Baseball at the Vietnam Veterans Memoria...

Dustin Pedroia, a 1999 lawn chair and a ...

Frank Robinson (1935 – 2019) and a glove...

Returning to the fold: better to have lo...

If the Patriots win the Super Bowl, cred...

The University of Rochester’s John...

Remembering when the Bowls ruled and Dye...

Remembering one of two NBA firsts in Roc...

The Grey Cup is a tough sell

Cold and snowy Turkey Bowls at Reifsteck...

What are the rules of air hockey and wha...

At Yankee Stadium, Notre Dame avenges 19...

Despite the lifting of the curse, Peterm...

The 1981 baseball strike comes to Roches...

18 innings, 3:29 EST. That’s nothi...

Now gone from living memory, the last ti...

Brighton High School loses one of its tw...

The Big Stick is back. And a mystery

Eliminate the Wild Card Game, please

On the boards and in the field, Wildcats...

You never forget your first

Major League Baseball in San Juan as a 2...

Adding the very first shot at the Tony B...

Keeping score at Cobb’s Hill

Brighton Town Councilmember Robin Wilt p...

Adding a SOTA baseball game and the Air ...

Very first pitch on Opening Day. And Kno...

The AAF is an AAwFul idea

Rooting for the Rams and remembering St....

Street and Smith’s is back and so ...

Rochester’s Liechtenstein skiing f...

If I were King of the N.F.L.

Lily Pond, Highland Park’s hidden ...

The Jills ball as talisman thwarted; the...

Bills make the playoffs without the Jill...

Adding Yeshiva football to the Cobb̵...

Opening Day, 1971, at Boldo’s Armo...

Who’s on first at the Game at the ...

East falls just short. And views from th...

The umpires are back. No complaining!

No longer undefeated, East bounces back ...

48 years ago when Rochester saw its firs...

Eagles (8-0) win East Tournament; pizza ...

East beats Lyons to stay unbeaten; Crand...

Bundled up loyalists at Cobb’s Hil...

Excitement grows on Culver Road as East ...

Pruitt breaks new ground with “The...

Following a historic season, East baseba...

Baseball was better 45 years ago

Make Predictions. Win cash.

Loving Team Israel and the World Basebal...

Having defeated Trump in 1961, Rochestar...

Gates-Chili’s Ernest Jackson one o...

Congratulations Barons on a magical seas...

Grading Kramer & Kramer’s 201...

2016 Rochester Open a smash hit at the R...

30 years ago when Billy Buck broke Rhode...

Barons prevail in first televised footba...

Happy Homecoming by Jason Muhammad

Working on the Chain Gang at Reifsteck F...

Pygmies of ’69 remain BrightonR...

Encore for the Roc City Steelers at Buck...

Non Violent Hooligans outside Stout

No Jills; no playoffs for the Bills

New Team in Town: Roc City Steelers debu...

Farewell Boys and Girls of Summer! Under...

45 years ago when the Pittsburgh Pirates...

42 years and counting for the Kick Ass K...

“Crooked Arm” Brancato bring...

Badminton shines in Brazil. And “t...

Varsity football returning to Monroe aft...

Just like the NBA at Somerton Park

For Golisano Children’s Hospital w...

The difference between softball and kick...

First Girls of Summer at the Game at the...

As the University of Rochester’s F...

The difference between guys and girls in...

Celebrating the Fourth of July at the Ga...

Who’s counting at the Game at the ...

Umpire added to Game at the Corners. Pla...

Casper scores the winning run at The Cor...

SOTA’s Kenny Cruz awaits call from...

70 years ago today when Jackie Robinson ...

Ball in creek disrupts Game at the Corne...

Congratulations East on a magical season...

A coach who cares. And wondering if East...

The Boys of Summer are back at The Corne...

East’s sun still shining

The Roberto Clemente Men’s Hispani...

250 years of calling you out

Iconic America at the Brighton Little Le...

East baseball takes the show on the road...

“Don’t go soft, play hardbal...

Wildcats strike out our undermanned Baro...

When the P.A. announcer told us Nixon ha...

Rochester especially should support an E...

Royals 4 – Mets 3. An opening day ...

City baseball opens. Defending champion ...

Ultimate spring fever at Cobb’s Hi...

“An early-spring renewal of the sp...

East High’s oldest athlete, Morris...

One final shot at the greatest March Mad...

Street & Smith’s now defunct....

Remembering how gory were the glory days

“Bring back the Jills:” Chee...

Love has found a way! Buffalo Jills comi...

Our new Pacific Northwest sports comment...

Five years ago when Michael Raff found h...

Jamming and Slamming at East

ESPN’s “Four Falls of Buffal...

In grand fashion, Brighton celebrates it...

SOTA’s Kenny “Cruz Control:&...

Cobb’s Hill welcomes the Ninth Cob...

Diehards and the Cobb’s Hill Tenni...

65 years ago today at Edgerton Park Aren...

30 years ago when George Brett won the W...

Art and a fumbled football merge at Roch...

RCSD and city soccer on the upswing with...

On Yogi Berra and Dale Berra and the 197...

The 8th Annual Festival of Softball: Aft...

“Team Eagle” set to open a new field of ...

East’s groundskeeper/umpire Sam Kimble h...

Back to normalcy at Cobb’s Hill basketba...

From the Rucker League to Edison Tech. W...

Join me at Twilight

That Championship Season thirty five yea...

Rochester’s own street ball Rucker Leagu...

Vivid memories of the four year Super Bo...

Promoting Wellness through softball at t...

On Monroe football, East baseball and th...

Back from Nebraska and Virginia and on h...

Brighton fans celebrate hometown hero Er...

Pick up softball games still exist

East baseball triumphs again; SOTA’s Ken...

The Kenny Cruz watch: highest ranked out...

Displaying East’s glorious past

City baseball opens; East set to defend ...

When NBA history was made at Edgerton Pa...

No off season for SOTA’s rising baseball...

Football returning to Monroe after 30 ye...

“Rochester Promise” kept: Wilson’s Owen ...

East’s Coach Brigandi proved the value o...

Wilson Wildcats open title defense with ...

Wilson’s Owen Gabbey; two time baseball ...

East baseball takes the show on the road...
If it’s baseball, it’s Bill Pruitt: “PENNANT RACE 2021: THE BEST TEAM IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST TEAM”
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[1965 Topps Baseball 138 World Series #7 Bob Gibson Wins Finale (ebay)] Since 2017, every spring...
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Read MoreHenry Aaron’s connections to Rochester: 1974, 1977, 1982 and 1986
by [email protected] | Jan 25, 2021 | Sports | 0 |
[“Hank Aaron, who passed away at age 86 on Friday, was a guest in 1974 at the annual Albion...
Read MorePeter Fornieri weaves his award winning tailgate magic on Bonnie Brae in Brighton
by [email protected] | Jan 19, 2021 | Sports | 0 |
1/16/20 Peter Fornieri, with jersey he won for the “Bison Best tailgate” at Ralph Wilson Stadium...
Read MoreCelebrating and social distancing in Brighton
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Read MoreRemembering Richard Anthony Allen (March 8, 1942 – December 7, 2020), Feared Slugger Who Stood Up to Bigotry
by [email protected] | Dec 10, 2020 | Sports | 0 |
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by [email protected] | Nov 25, 2020 | Sports | 0 |
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Read MoreRemembering the Dodger’s quintessential quintet in the World Series, 1974 – 1981
by [email protected] | Oct 20, 2020 | Sports | 0 |
Los Angeles Dodger cap and February 1975 Baseball Digest featuring Steve Garvey [David...
Read MoreMt. Morris’s Roscoe Barnes was the Joe Morgan of his era
by [email protected] | Oct 15, 2020 | Sports | 1 |
Memorial in Roscoe Barnes’ honor at pocket park on the corner of Main and East State...
Read MoreFour days of wild card binging, a presidential debate and infection
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9/29/2020. David Kramer (left) New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians; (right) Donald Trump vs....
Read MoreMLB’s expanded playoffs and three game series are a travesty. Or maybe not.
by [email protected] | Sep 24, 2020 | Sports | 0 |
The New York Evening World, 18 Oct 1889. The cartoon marks the Giants victory in the first ever...
Read MorePENNANT RACE 20 CODICIL: A SEASON OF BASEBALL WITH A PLANE TO CATCH
by [email protected] | Jul 21, 2020 | Sports | 0 |
Back in about 2007, my friend d.t. took a few pictures of David pretending to play baseball at the...
Read MoreWaiting for baseball? Read the 2020 Rochester Red Wings Digital Yearbook “sneak peek” including Talker’s “Hat Gate”
by [email protected] | May 11, 2020 | Sports | 0 |
1975 Official International League Program Rochester Red Wings. May 16th 1975; Rochester Red Wings...
Read MoreItching for baseball and the 12th inning home run that Carlton Fisk hit and I missed
by [email protected] | May 9, 2020 | Sports | 0 |
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Read MoreThe curse laid hath done its handiwork, yet again
by [email protected] | Apr 10, 2020 | Sports | 0 |
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Read MoreWho needs live sports when you have “This Date in Sports”
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ABOVE Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House, April 9th, 1865, The Soldier’s and...
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