Jon Conlon called to active duty; headed to Iraq in October copyright Republican-American Joe Pallodino 1/10/2008 Thomaston’s Jon Conlon has himself a couple of dreams. The first was to join the Marine Corps. He did that. The 20 year old …
© Republican-American, 9/25/2007 NAUGATUCK — Most people knew Ray Legenza only as a tough coach who demanded discipline and excellence from his players.But those who knew him well saw a softer side of the legendary Naugatuck High School football and …
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© Peter Wallace – Register-Citizen, 8/31/2007 WINSTED – Former Gilbert High School star pitcher, Adam Piechowski is living what he hopes will be the first part of a great dream. He is playing for the New Haven County Cutters, a …
© Peter Wallace – Register Citizen, 8/28/2007 Chris Clark, player/coach of the Tri-State League’s Torrington Rebels is giving up the coaching part of his title this year after seven seasons at the helm. His tenure features three championships in the …
© Peter Wallace – Register-Citizen, 8/24/07 Inaugural Hall Class Completed When you reach age 75, the world owes you some nostalgia time. The Tri-State Baseball League, which hit that venerable age this season, took advantage of the local baseball world’s …
copyright 8/15/2007 Peter Wallace Register-Citizen The Torrington Board of Approved Baseball Umpires lost its president and one of its best umpires all in one annual banquet last week. Don Schaeffer, a Board member for 17 years and vice president or …
© Peter Wallace – Register Citizen – 7/19/07 Russian National Team 7, Tri-State All-Stars 3 How does Torrington ‘s Fuessenich Park compare with baseball fields in Russia? “There are no bad baseball fields,” smiled Russian National Team Head Coach Dmitry …
Copyright (MARK JAFFEE) Republican-American, April 13, 2007 Peter Maki’s resume includes an internship with the New Haven County Cutters independent baseball team and long-term aspirations of landing a front-office position with a major league organization. But unfortunately that was short-lived. …
© Rick Wilson – Thomaston Express, April 2007 They are the surest sign that spring is not just within sniffing distance, it is here. The winter meetings have begun. Actually they started several weeks ago and have picked up in …
Darrin Bragg played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, and New York Yankees during his 11 year major league career and once hit a home run off Randy Johnson at Yankee Stadium and was the starting left fielder …
