By Paul Casey Gotham (Webster, N.Y.) On a night where a stiff breeze from the north brought a chill to Webster, a Canadian-born catcher delivered his own gust and cooled off the first place team in the New York Collegiate Baseball League's Western Division. Ollie Bertrand (Flagler) slapped a two-out frozen rope single into right field plating Wes Winkle (Ball State) with … [Read more...] about Webster Salvages A Split
Archives for June 2010
Who Am I? | June 30, 2010
By Paul Casey Gotham ****Remember, try this without research. Make like Wally, and release your inner James Joyce. Show us your stream of consciousness as you try to decipher the answer. It might be difficult to imagine this, but after my life on the diamond, I got into the doll business. People struggle to understand that. After all, I manned the hot corner for most of … [Read more...] about Who Am I? | June 30, 2010
Minor Tour With The Webster Yankee Alums
By Paul Casey Gotham Major League Baseball's 2010 amateur draft included the names of 36 players with ties to the New York Collegiate Baseball League. In the last three drafts 112 former NYCBLers have heard their names called. While modest in comparison to the totals of the Cape Cod League, the NYCBL, in its 32nd year of existence, continues to build an impressive resume. … [Read more...] about Minor Tour With The Webster Yankee Alums
Guilmette Hurls A Gem
By Paul Casey Gotham (Webster, N.Y.) It's only June, but Sunday afternoon's New York Collegiate Baseball League game at Basket Road Field carried playoff implications. Dave Brust's Webster Yankees and Dave Herbst's Geneva Red Wings both entered play with seven wins as teams approach the mid-season mark. The winner of the NYCBL Western Division game could gain an early … [Read more...] about Guilmette Hurls A Gem
Memories from a Major Weekend
By Aaron M Smith For those who haven't seen a local Rochester newscast, read the Democrat and Chronicle or watch the Golf Channel in the past week - Rochester was in the spotlight of the LPGA this past week. For the past 33 years, Rochester has been a traditional stop on the LPGA tour - 2010 upped the ante as the Wegman's Classic became the LPGA Championship. Rochester was … [Read more...] about Memories from a Major Weekend