Futures League Team To Call Wahconah Park HomeBy Andy McKeever,
09:17PM / Tuesday, November 22, 2011 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — There will be baseball at Wahconah Park next year.
The Park Commission approved Tuesday night the Goldklang Group's pitch to form a new team in the newly created Futures Collegiate League, a wooden bat league. The group will now negotiate a lease agreement with the city for the park's usage.
"We believe Pittsfield has a fantastic baseball market," Jeff Goldklang, managing director, said and added that the team has positioned itself to hire a staff in the next few weeks. "We're going to start tomorrow."
The park's future team came down to 15 Comments
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UNICO Inducts Five Into County Baseball, Softball HallBy Andy McKeever,
01:30PM / Saturday, November 19, 2011 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — UNICO inducted five athletic stars into its Berkshire County Baseball and Softball Hall of Fame on Friday night.
Tom Bowler, Tim Kearns, Mike Quadrozzi, Lynn Stockley and Johnny Walker make up the 2011 induction class.
Quadrozzi was the ace pitcher for Taconic High School in his senior year in 1975, when he led the team to a 19-3 record. During his playing days, he led his team to two consecutive Division 1 tournaments. He played American Legion Baseball and in 1976 pitched a no-hitter against Lenoxdale.
From there, Quadrozzi went on to North Adams State College, 0 Comments
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Man Who Surfed Biggest Wave Has Pittsfield ConnectionBy Andy McKeever,
02:15PM / Friday, November 11, 2011 | |
Off the coast of Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal, recently, professional surfer Garrett McNamara set a world record by surfing the largest wave ever.
Can you guess where McNamara was born? Right here in Pittsfield, Mass.
He only spent his first 18 months here and the city is about 120 miles from an ocean, so it is safe to say that he didn't get his surfing talent from us. But, hey, we can try to take credit for it.
His website does credit Pittsfield as being the home for his earliest "daredevil feats" when he "launched himself of out his booster seat" at 11 months old.
And now he's off setting world records and riding 90-feet-tall waves. They grow 0 Comments
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