2007 Preseason Writeup
Tri-State Season Sneaks Up on the Scene Just four short years ago, the Tri-State baseball league appeared to be heading in the direction of the dodo bird, the leisure suit and the $2 gallon of gasoline. Down to six teams …
Maki's Pitch Lands UNH Job
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. …
Gadomski Lifting, Rapping a Sign of Spring
© 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 …
Bethlehem Has Something to Bragg About
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 …
Simon Hunt in "The Bronx is Burning"
© Republican-American – October 17, 2006 Does this man look like Don Gullet to you? Use your imagination. Trim back the hair, stick a baseball cap on his head with the interlaced N and Y, and put him in pinstripes. …
Cuban Junior National Team 5, Tri-State All-Stars 4
In 1994, The Cuban Junior National Team traveled to the United States and made a stop during their World Tour at Fuessenich Park in Torrington to play the Tri-State All-Stars. Scott Arigoni and Chris Caron carried the workload on the …
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2006 Preseason Writeup
Tri-State League 14 Strong The Tri-State Baseball League, entering its 38th year after starting out as the Inter-State Baseball League back in 1934, is inflating by leaps and bounds as two more teams (Mazda Dodge of Thomaston and Naugatuck Dogs) …
Tom Downey Honored
© Ron Lyon Tom Downey was an All-Duchess County selection at Webutuck Central in 1967, after posting a .478 batting average. He played his entire semi-pro career with the Amenia Monarchs in the Tri-State Baseball League from 1967 to 1995, …
ERA in Baseball Ends with Twi-Met Demise; Now Just a Memory
© 2006 Republican-American (Joe Palladino) It was 83 years ago today that the City Amateur League played its first game in Waterbury. So that makes this as good a day as any to note that the Dave Wallace League, formerly …
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Get with the old times
When fans attend a professional baseball game, one familiar sound all will hear is the crack of the wooden bat. Often, when you hear older fans telling stories of their first experiences with the game, you hear them talk about the …