Coach New football coach Dino Babers and AD John Wildhack were special guests for last night’s Chiefs game. They both threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Wildhack threw a solid strike. Coach Babers, whose windup almost mimicked a young Vida Blue, went “wild thing” and threw it low and way outside. He was a good sport though and made sure to cover the plate after the passed ball. This was a great intro into the community.
Near Westside
Michael Taylor of the Chiefs (#2) walked in the bottom of the fourth inning of Thursday’s double-header against Lehigh Valley, then stole second. He went to third on an error and later scored a run. Infielder Jesmuel Valentin is shown here avoiding Taylor’s slide. The Chiefs still lost the game 3-2. The final game of the series will Sunday at NBT Bank Stadium.
During the bottom of the second inning Chiefs leftfielder Zach Collier hit a double off the wall and drove in two runs.
Collier turned around in the top of the third inning and climbed the left field wall to to retrieve a hit. The Chiefs defeated the Rochester Red Wings 6-4.
Buffalo pitcher Patrick Michael Venditte showed off his ambidexterity earlier this week as he pitched several shut out innings against the Chiefs. His slider had equal velocity and movement from each arm.
Water Street
Chiefs secondbaseman Steve Lombardozzi tries to throw out Buffalo’s Darrell Ceciliani in the first inning of today’s double header. Ceciliani beat the throw and later scored along with Chris Colabello. The Bison’s won 4-0. The Chiefs won the first game earlier in the evening 5-1.The two teams play again tomorrow evening.
Five Gold Gloves, Two World Series Titles, Four All-Star Appearances, and One Cy Young Award are all part of Ron Guidry’s resume. The retired Yankee (and son of Lafayette, LA like Buckwheat Zydeco) found his pro pedigree 40 years ago right here in Syracuse. For this Throwback Thursday take a listen as he talks about his time with the Chiefs.
Chiefs shortstop Adrian Sanchez
A few things we noticed during today’s Syracuse Chiefs matinee contest vs. The Gwinnett Braves: the crowd was great for a noon time start, Adrian Sanchez made a fashion statement with his compression undershirt, and lastly that there’s no way that the umpires should have missed the call during the six inning when they mis-ID’d Mel Rojas Jr’s foul ball as a home run (we had a vantage point near right field). Fans often give umps a hard time at NBT Bank Stadium, but this wasn’t even close. The Chiefs ended up losing the game 3-2.
Sanchez went 1-for-4 in today’s game, including a single during the 9th inning rally.
Jimmy Durkin at the Wall of Fame Ceremony on Sunday
Membership has it’s privileges. James “Jimmy” Durkin came NBT Bank Stadium to receive his Wall of Fame plaque on Sunday and actually took the day off (well, sort of).
