New manager of the Tampa Tarpons Rachel Balkovec explains how honored she is to be promoted in the Yankees organization and what it means to be the first woman to manage a MiLB team. Balkovec touches on her career path, tells a story of when she wouldn’t get any calls for interviews because she was […]
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This famous home is located only 1 mile from The Toledo Walleye Home and 1.2 miles from The Toledo Mud Hens Home. Williams “Candy” Cummings called this home sweet home. He was given the nickname “Candy” as a complimentary nickname. As read on Baseballhall.org, this nickname meant best at his craft. I went on to […]
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After spoiling their first chance to advance in the Midwest League Playoffs, the Great Lakes Loons were not about to let another opportunity be missed as they played one of their best games of the season in a 5-0 victory over the Lake County Captains in Game 3 of the first round on Friday night. […]
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It was unclear at the time of first pitch on Wednesday night when looming storms would make their way to Bowling Green Ballpark. Before the start of the sixth inning, it had been made clear that those storms were not going to allow us to play a full nine innings. Instead, a 2-2 tied ballgame […]
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Adrian College Baseball alumni Tommy Parsons ’18 and Ryan Dorow ’17 are shining during their second and third seasons, respectively, of Minor League Baseball this summer. Parsons recently was promoted to the Class Double-A level, playing for the Springfield Cardinals (St. Louis) in the Texas League, while Dorow represented the Class A Advanced Down East Wood Ducks in […]
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David Short is a Toledo, Ohio native who went on to professional baseball and yet, returned to his hometown. David is a Rogers High School graduate and lettered athlete. He played ball at Owens Community College for one year before going to the Minor Leagues. He was with the Rome Braves, an affiliate of the […]
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After having their way with opponents over the last month, the Great Lakes Loons found a formidable opponent in the Fort Wayne TinCaps this Memorial Day Weekend in Midland. The visitors overcame dropping the first two games of the series to earn a split besting the Loons 8-3 on Sunday afternoon. It’s the first series […]
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The Great Lakes Loons have committed 12 errors in three games while playing in Lansing. They’ve allowed 15 stolen bases in three games. They’ve given up 21 runs and 27 hits in three games. But, they’re 3-0. The Loons defeated the Lansing Lugnuts on Wednesday night, 7-6. It was good for their seventh consecutive victory […]
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The Great Lakes Loons bounced back from a snapped franchise-best 10-game win streak. They defeated the Kane County Cougars, 10-6. The Loons used a five-run sixth inning to impose their will on the Cougars. The Loons (19-13) scored in each of the first four innings off Cougars (18-15) starter Ryan Weiss, who had a 1.93 […]
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The Great Lakes Loons suffered an 8-1 loss to the Kane County Cougars on Tuesday afternoon at Northwestern Medicine Field. The Cougars used dominant pitching and a five-run seventh inning to end the Loons franchise-best 10-game win streak. The Loons (18-13), no matter the results in the rest of the league on Tuesday, will at […]
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The Great Lakes Loons swept their second series a row and won their ninth consecutive game with a 4-1 victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. It is the longest win streak for the Loons (17-12) since their franchise-best 10-game run in June 2015. It’s also the second longest win streak in all of professional baseball behind […]
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Two innings of offense was all the Loons needed on Saturday afternoon to pull off the 8-3 win over Bowling Green at Dow Diamond. Great Lakes scored four runs in the second and four more in the seventh. They came up with the win in the series finale and avoided the sweep. Great Lakes only […]
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