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According to Rochester sports historian Douglas Brei, only six franchises in the history of North American professional sports have been playing in the same city and same league continuously and uninterrupted since the 19th century: the Rochester Red Wings, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis ...
The Rochester Red Wings of the International League moved from the Bay Street Ball Grounds to Red Wing Stadium following the 1928 season. Red Wing Stadium opened May 2, 1929, with a regular season game between the Red Wings and the Reading Keystones. Rochester lost, 3–0. [6] The Wings continued to play at the facility until the 1996 season.
Rochester won 3–2 in front of an A-League record 14,717 fans. [9] The first baseball game at the stadium was the 1997 Rochester Red Wings home opener against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons on April 11, 1997. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre won 8–5. [7] Frontier Field hosted the Triple-A All-Star Game on July 12, 2000.
The name was changed in 1968 to honor Morrie Silver, who led a 1950s stock drive that kept the team in Rochester. The Red Wings won nine of their 10 Governor's Cups during their years at Silver ...
The elder Antonelli rented out Red Wing Stadium, home of the triple-A Rochester Red Wings, and organized an exhibition game featuring Rochester-area semi-pros, and invited bird dogs from all the ...
Tex Carleton, who pitched a no-hit game for the Rochester Red Wings on September 14, 1929, pitched a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940. [1] Since the inception of the Rochester Red Wings Minor League Baseball team, based in Rochester, New York, in 1899, its pitchers have pitched twenty no-hitters, which include two perfect games, a
Happy birthday to one of the most popular players in Rochester Red Wings’ history! Luke Easter would have turned 109 years old on Aug. 4. He was a star in both the Negro Leagues and with the ...
Local businesses such as Bausch & Lomb, Haloid, and Rochester Gas & Electric set up pledge booths in their offices as part of the drive. [2] Silver served as the team president and general manager, having purchased a $25,000 share of stock. His daughter Naomi Silver is the president, chief executive officer and chief operating officer.