Nick Fitzenreider spent 32 years as Triple-A team’s head of security and once apprehended Morganna “The Kissing Bandit.”
Aviators
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.
Reno outslugs Aviator 21-16 to tie Las Vegas Ballpark record for most runs scored in a game.
Las Vegas first baseman Frank Schwindel is on a home run tear and has improved his batting average to .322.
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.
A’s president Dave Kaval sat down for an exclusive interview with the Review-Journal during which many topics regarding Las Vegas becoming the potential new home for the A’s were discussed.
The Aviators were held to one hit and lost 5-0 last Sunday — the first time in 79 games at Las Vegas Ballpark they were shut out. Two days later, Las Vegas was blanked again, 12-0.
Good faith or only posturing? A’s president Dave Kaval says the American League club is sincere about pursuing a potential new home in Southern Nevada.
Former big league catcher Francisco Pena becomes first to drive in seven for Las Vegas since Pete Alonso at Cashman Field.
Aviators president says A’s six games that counted in 1996 standings showed Southern Nevada could support major league baseball over the long term.
Should talks between the A’s and Las Vegas advance, Aviators’ ballpark may prove to be an asset more valuable than a starting pitcher capable of throwing seven innings.
Oakland Athletics officials will visit Southern Nevada next week to explore the possibility of Las Vegas becoming a relocation site for the Major League Baseball club.
Former Silverado High star Drew Robinson’s courageous comeback from a suicide attempt continued with a home run against the Aviators.