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Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins

2008 Season Attendance: 490,806
The third highest attendance total in franchise history
Please enjoy our 2008 Fan Appreciation Video right now in our Multimedia section

Garrett Jones

RED WINGS FLY HIGH IN FINAL GAME What a way to end the season! Garrett Jones' 23rd home run of the season may have been his biggest as he hit a walk-off three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to lead the Rochester Red Wings past the Buffalo Bisons, 9-6, Monday afternoon at Frontier Field. The Wings finished their season 74-70. Click here for the game story and box score, plus the Pics of the Day and Clubhouse Clips featuring post-game interviews with Riccardo Ingram, Garrett Jones, Howie Clark and Jason Pridie..RHP Brian Bass was traded to Baltimore Friday for a player to be determined.

LISTEN TO STAN Available now!!! The first five parts of an exclusive RedWingsBaseball.com audio interview with manager Stan Cliburn, recorded Tuesday afternoon in Stan's office. Listen and contemplate the 2008 season with Stan....it's as if you were sitting right there in his office with him...in our Multimedia section...

43 MILLION FANS SET NEW MILB RECORD Red Wings fans were part of history Monday, as Minor League Baseball set a new attendance record for the fifth straight year thanks to the 316,765 fans who visited Minor League ballparks Monday on the last day of the regular season for most of the domestic full-season leagues.  The Labor Day crowds allowed Minor League Baseball to surpass the 43-million fan mark in a regular season for the first time in its 107-year history.  THANKS, FANS!

THE TWINS ARE IN.....THE PENNANT RACE! The Minnesota Twins head down the stretch fighting for both the AL Central Division title and the Wild Card spot, with 13 members of the 2008 Red Wings on Minnesota's current active roster...and Minnesota's Class A Fort Myers Miracle club advanced to the championship series this weekend against the Daytona Cubs. Miracle manager Jeff Smith said ace Matt Fox (7-7, 3.37 ERA in the regular season) will pitch Saturday night; Garrett Olson (0-0, 9.00) and Cole Devries (10-9, 2.93) will pitch in Games 2 and 3, respectively. Alex Burnett (8-6, 3.76) will pitch in Game 4, if necessary. Fort Myers' Game 5 pitcher hasn't been announced. Check out our expanded coverage of the Twins and Miracle right now, as we help make Rochester part of Twins Territory!

 

On Friday night Justin Morneau hit his fourth career grand slam and his second of the season, (last April 25 at Texas), in the fifth inning…Morneau is batting .397 (25-for-63) with three homers and 14 rbi vs. Detroit this season and has hit 14 homers and 53 rbi in his career vs. the Tigers...Francisco Liriano is now 5-0, 1.44 (43.2 ip, 7 er) with 38 strikeouts in six starts since being called up…he improved to 10-2, 1.74 (98.1 ip, 19 er) in 21 career games at the Dome and the Twins are 16-5 in his home starts....Twins closer prospect Rob Delaney was a second team selection on Baseball America's 2008 Minor League All-Star Team. Delaney was a combined 3-3 with a 1.23 ERA and 18 saves between Class A Ft. Myers and Double-A New Britain, and is in the mix for the Red Wings' bullpen in 2009.

 

 

Next Game: at Syracuse - Thursday, April 9, 2009 Next Home Game: Saturday, April 11 vs. Syracuse

SWINGS WITH THE WINGS On Aug. 23, 2008 a group of Healthy Blue members and guests, 95.1 The Fox and Sportsradio 1280 WHTK listeners, and Red Wings players and staff gathered at Frontier Field for a first time ever experience: "Swings With The Wings" (that's Sportsradio 1280 WHTK host John DiTullio pictured here). Check out the pics from "Swings" right now in our Special Events section.

 

 

DUENSING PITCHES FOR USA BASEBALL OLYMPIC TEAM Red Wings pitcher Brian Duensing played for Team USA in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Check out Brian's RedWingsBaseball.com Team USA page, with more pics, two video clips, plus links to Brian's MLBlog from Beijing and an exclusive feature on Brian from the 2008 Red Wings Yearbook.