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Maple Hill graduate and Tampa Bay Rays farmhand Jaime Schultz worked 4.2 innings on Opening Night for the AA Montgomery Biscuits on Thursday. He struck out nine and allowed just two earned runs in what turned out to be a 4-3 win for the Biscuits over the Chattanooga Lookouts...

Shaker High School graduate Jeff Hoffman was a first round pick of the Blue Jays in 2014, despite needing Tommy John Surgery right before the draft. He's been rehabbing for the last 10 months and is back on the mound at the Blue Jays facilities...

I know nothing about the "Sons of Anarchy." I've never seen an episode, and I don't really desire to. It's not really my thing. What I do know? That these SOA-themed jerseys that the Tri-City ValleyCats will wear on Sept. 15 are sweet. The jerseys will be worn as part of "Sons of SouthPaw Bike Night...

Last week we chronicled Section II products in professional baseball, and we continue to do so again this week. Joining us today? Shenendehowa graduate Branden Cogswell. "Cogs" helped lead the University of Virginia to the College World Series championship series before being selected in the 7th round of the 2014 draft by the Oakland A's...

It's been a great week at 1045theteam.com as we've tracked the Section II alumni who are on their way to Spring Training. We've talked with Matt Gage (Broadalbin-Perth/Siena), JP Sportman (La Salle), and Brian O'Keefe (Colonie) thus far, and today, we talked with Maple Hill product Jaime Schultz...

All week at 1045theteam.com we are helping to welcome back baseball season! We are talking with our Capital Region products who are at -- or about to report to -- spring training. Today we talked with La Salle graduate and Central Connecticut product, J...

The Tri-City ValleyCats advanced to their third consecutive New York-Penn League championship series on Thursday night after knockingg off the Connecticut Tigers, 6-5. The win gives the 'Cats the sweep in the best-of-three series. They will play the winner of the Hudson Valley Renegades and the State College Spikes, who are tied at a game each...

The Tri-City ValleyCats open up defense of their 2013 New York-Penn League championship tonight when they travel to Connecticut to face the Connecticut Tigers. The ValleyCats, who finished the year at 48-28, earned the league’s top overall seed...

After having the best record in the New York-Penn League heading into the all-star break, the Tri-City ValleyCats have dropped their first two games out of the break, losing to Vermont on Thursday by a score of 4-2. That loss comes on the heels of a 3-1 loss on Wednesday...

The Tri-City ValleyCats own the best record in the New York-Penn League as the teams break for the league all-star game, to be played Tuesday in Brooklyn. The Cats (42-21) will send four players (OF Derek Fisher, IF Nick Tanielu, C Jamie Ritchie and P Ryan Thompson) to the all-star game...

The Tri-City ValleyCats got one of their best pitching performances of the season on Thursday night in a win over the Hudson Valley Renegades. Turns out they didn’t need it in the end, as the ‘Cats exploded for six runs in the seventh and eighth innings to turn a 0-0 nail biter into an easy 6-0 win...

Sitting at 38-19 and seven games up in the Stedler Division of the New York-Penn League, the Tri-City ValleyCats are gearing up for a run at a second straight league title. And the great season for the group in Troy continued this weekend as four ValleyCats were named to the NYPL All-Star Game, set to take place on Aug...