Rochester Red Wings

Rochester Red Wings game at Frontier Field. Photo by _yoshi_

Location

1 Morrie Silver Way, Rochester NY 14608

Website

http://www.redwingsbaseball.com/

The Rochester Red Wings are Rochester's very own minor-league baseball team. They play their home games at Frontier Field.

The Red Wings play in the International League's North Division, and are the AAA affiliate of the Minnesota Twins.

They just ended the 2008 season. The season attendance for 2008 was 490,806, which is the third highest in Red Wings history.

Ticket pricing may change next season, but this past season's prices for single home games were as follows:

• Premium: $10
  

• Upper Box: $8.50
  

• Reserved: $6

Frontier Field serves a wide variety of refreshments. Many local food items and drinks are available, including Garbage Plates, Genny Lite, Zweigles Hots, and Rohrbach's beer.

Fireworks are set off after Friday night games!

If you go to a game, be sure to wave to the spectators on the roof of Buckingham Commons!

The 2008 home opener is Friday, April 11th against the Syracuse Chiefs

Professional baseball in Rochester can be traced to 1877. The Red Wings moniker dates to 1928, when the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League purchased the franchise and constructed Red Wing Stadium (later renamed to Silver Stadium) on Norton Street.

The franchise averted disaster in 1956 when Morrie Silver led a community stock drive to purchase the club from the Cardinals, who intended to drop the franchise from their player development system. The affiliation between the clubs actually lasted until the start of the 1961 season when the Wings hooked up with the Baltimore Orioles, a relationship that lasted a remarkable 42 seasons until Rochester signed a player development agreement with the Minnesota Twins

A number of noteworthy players and managers — including Stan Musial, Bob Gibson, Don Baylor, Boog Powell, Earl Weaver, Jim Palmer, Cal Ripken Jr. and Eddie Murray — came through Rochester en route to distinguished major-league careers.

For a full list of Red Wings Alumni check out the Alumni page.

The Red Wings enjoyed substantial national attention in 1981 for playing a 33-inning game against the Pawtucket Red Sox in Rhode Island.

The Red Wings moved from Silver Stadium to Frontier Field in 1997.

The Red Wings were voted "Favorite Local Sports Team" in the Democrat & Chronicle's Rochester's Choice Awards for six years straight, from 2002 to 2007.

The Red Wings were also voted "Best Local Sports Team" in City Newspaper's 'Best Of' Awards in 2008 and 2009.¹²

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2007-01-29 14:12:38   I'm starting to have dreams about Rohrbachs Scotch Ale and Red Osier beef on weck. Looks like it's going to be a great season! —EastSideStephen