Welland Pirates (37)
- Rocky Bridges knew baseball, one-liners as player, coach
- Anthony Brown joined Pirates as Pa. native, saw 3 seasons
- Mike Brown played 9 seasons, including 2 as pitcher, made AA
- Scott Bullett had big 1996 night for Cubs, saw 4 ML seasons
- Bob Burgess worked as minors assistant GM, minors GM
- Genaro Campusano played 5 pro seasons, son later followed
- Lynn Carlson played two seasons, coached at alma mater
- Steve Cooke lived on plate edge, saw 6 bigs seasons
- John Curtis played college football, 2 pro baseball seasons
- Tim Edge knew he had to wait his turn; Played at AAA over five seasons, his majors turn never came, 2/22/20
- Juneiro Feliz played four seasons, then later killed his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, another man and killed himself, 2/23/20
- Fuss and Fuss Lincoln Mercury sponsored the 1990 Welland Pirates card set; Neither remains in Welland, 2/9/20
- Mark Futrell believed pros would be opportunity of lifetime; Saw six pro seasons, four in independent ball, 2/15/20
- - Tom Green wanted a chance to contribute; Did so over four seasons, made AAA, not bigs, 2/25/20
- - Wes Grisham helped his LSU Tigers to the College World Series; Played one season as a pro, 3/23/20
- - Marcus Hanel missed the bigs in 11 seasons; Been there in two decades since as bullpen catcher, 3/22/20
- - Ben Johnson scored winning run in high school playoff game; Played single season as pro, 3/10/20
- - Jeff Lyle held his high school strikeout record; Played three pro seasons, 3/24/20
- - Jim Mallon worked as a college coach to improve his players on and off the field; Briefly managed in minors, 3/17/20
- - Jon Martin played three pro seasons, then had to give up on his dream, 2/16/20
- - Kurt Miller started with pressure of first-round pick; Saw time in five ML seasons, Japan, 3/20/20
- - Troy Mooney threw a seven-inning no-hitter at single-A; Played six seasons, made high-A, 3/19/20
- - Jerry Nyman wasn't a big talker; Played in three ML seasons, coached in minors for longer, 2/10/20
- - Alex Pacheco started slowly in first pro season; Season also proved his last, 3/21/20
- - Rob Peterson played two pro seasons, then returned home to coach basketball and teach, 2/15/20
- - Steve Polewski's father served as a coach on his high school team; Played two pro seasons, 3/16/20
- - Andre Redmond played five pro seasons in the field and on the mound; He then returned home, 3/21/20
- - Rich Robertson moved his fastball over six major league seasons, 2/19/20
- - Steve Roeder got enough details right to play five pro seasons, but not above short-season, 3/13/20
- - Joe Ronca hit a game-tying grand slam in 11th season in pros; Made AA, not bigs, 3/2/20
- - John Schulte worked hard enough to turn pro out of high school; Played three pro seasons, 3/13/20
- - Brian Shouse saw 13 major league outings over his first 12 seasons, then his career took off, 2/18/20
- - Doug Simpson played three sports in high school, a season in pro baseball, became fireman, 2/21/20
- - David Tellers turned his height into finesse pitching; Played seven pro seasons, made AA, 2/28/20
- Welland Stadium served six seasons as NY-Penn League stadium, 3/14/20
- - Kevin Young played baseball for that winning feeling; Played in bigs over 12 seasons, 3/14/20
- - Mike Zimmerman played a decade, never made bigs; Later became scout and agent, 3/25/20
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