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Saturday, June 28th, 2008Fort Wayne native and current Oakland A’s catcher Rob Bowen, posted a double to deep center field and guided Canadian-born Rich Harden through a dominant start in his 10th start of the season. With fewer days off in the second half, Bowen looks to get more playing time according to Oakland manager Bob Geren.
Bowen […]
Congrats to State High School Champion Bishop Luers
Sunday, June 15th, 2008Congratulations are in order to the Bishop Luers baseball team. They also become the first school in Indiana high school sports history to win the football, boys basketball, and baseball titles in the same school year. Reade more at Wane.com and Fox 28 South Bend.
Update - 06/15/08 (1:10PM): The achievements of the Luers team has […]
Fort Fragments (Local Ties): June 13, 2008
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Bluffton Native, Mark Grove in 24th Year as Busco head baseball coach (June 3) - I’m a bit late getting to this one, but it’s a great read from the Bluffton News-Banner. It details the longevity of 1973 Bluffton High School graduate, Mark Grove as he approaches the quarter century mark as baseball coach at […]
Ben Norton Joins IPFW Coaching Staff
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Fort Wayne native, Ben Norton will coach IPFW pitchers in 2009. Norton, who competed intercollegiately at Wabash Valley Junior College and at Evansville University, was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 24th round in 2007 and is now recovering from a season ending surgery.
As a sophomore at Wabash Valley, Norton finished the year […]
Kyle Day and Matt Bischoff Drafted on Day Two
Friday, June 6th, 2008Yesterday, Justin Parker was the lone Northeast Indiana representative in the draft. Today, two more were added.
Kyle Day, was selected in the 12th round (359th overall) by the Cincinnati Reds. Last year, he was drafted in the 9th round by the Chicago Cubs, but chose to return to Michigan State instead, where he was their […]
Diamondbacks Select Parker . . . Justin Parker that is
Thursday, June 5th, 2008Last year, the Arizona Diamondbacks selected Norwell’s Jarrod Parker with their first round selection. This year, they selected another Indiana Parker when they chose shortstop Justin Parker with the 198th pick during the 7th round of the 2008 MLB Draft.
Parker is a former Wayne High School standout and a junior at Wright State University. He […]
Parker an All-Star Too
Thursday, June 5th, 2008In addition to the three Fort Wayne Wizards representing Fort Wayne in the Midwest League All-Star Game, former Norwell standout and 2007 first round pick, Jarrod Parker, has been selected.
Jarrod Parker represents the highest of seven players drafted in 2007 that will play in the 2008 Midwest League All-Star game. Parker has been everything […]
Bischoff Earns Big Ten First Team Honors
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Matt Bischoff, former New Haven High School standout from Decatur and current starting pitcher for Purdue University, has been named to the 2008 Big Ten first team. Bischoff finished the year at 6-3 as the team’s number 1 starter and helped lead the Boilermakers to second place finishes in both the Big Ten regular season […]
Justin Parker, Colin Ziegel Earn Honors
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Wright State junior, Justin Parker was named First Team All-Horizon League. Butler University junior, Colin Ziegel was named to the 2008 All-Horizon League Second Team. Both players are Fort Wayne natives.
[Source: CSTV]
Fort Fragments (5/28/08):
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Several mini-news items that I have not been able to keep up on as of late. Here’s a quick recap with links:
Back to traditional rotation (LaMond Pope: May 23) - The Wizards officially pulled the plug on the 8-man (piggy-back) rotation and went back to the traditional 5-man rotation. The setup had its critics and […]
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