The 29-year-old Silverado High School graduate was attempting to make it back to the Major Leagues 15 months after a suicide attempt cost him his right eye.
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Minor League Baseball increased the number of games to 130 per Triple-A team. Champions will be determined after the regular season and postseason
Nick Fitzenreider spent 32 years as Triple-A team’s head of security and once apprehended Morganna “The Kissing Bandit.”
If the Oakland Athletics aren’t able to strike a deal to land a new ballpark in Northern California and find their way to Las Vegas they could play in Southern Nevada even before a new stadium is built in the area.
World Series-winning manager Bruce Bochy hit the first home run in Las Vegas pro baseball history on April 10, 1983.
The Aviators belted two more home runs in a 10-9 loss at Salt Lake Friday night, making it 19 consecutive games in which they’ve hit a homer and tying a franchise record.
During the six-game stretch, Frank Schwindel batted .429, drove in 10 runs and a hit home run in five straight games (six total). He only struck out twice.
Reno outslugs Aviator 21-16 to tie Las Vegas Ballpark record for most runs scored in a game.
Through his first four starts, Daulton Jefferies pitched total of 19⅔ innings, giving up three runs while posting a 1.37 ERA. However, he gave up seven runs in four innings Monday night.
Las Vegas first baseman Frank Schwindel is on a home run tear and has improved his batting average to .322.
The Las Vegas Ballpark will operate at 100 percent capacity for the first time all season tonight for the Aviators’ matchup against the Reno Aces.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is looking toward possible arbitration to settle a dispute over its naming rights deal with the Las Vegas Ballpark.
Nate Mondou doubled home a pair of runs to highlight a four-run sixth inning as the Aviators rallied to the victory.
Las Vegas Ballpark receives 62 percent of the fan vote to defeat Huntington Park, home of the Triple-A Columbus Clippers, in the Ballpark Digest final.
When a Las Vegas resident wrote to then MLB commissioner Bud Selig asking why more wasn’t being done to create awareness in ALS, he was surprised by the reaction.
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