Baker Awaits NFL Call As Camp Closes

Monday, May 21st, 2012

By
Dean Pantazi


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MadFriars’ Farm Report: May 19

Monday, May 21st, 2012

T-Padres 6 -Nashville Sounds 2

Key Statistics: SS Weems 2-4, RBI; C Grandal 1-3, 2B, RBI, BB; 1B Clark 1-3, HR(6), RBI, BB; LF Roof 2-3, BB; RHP Reyes(W) 7.0 IP 8 H 2 R 2 ER BB 4 Ks.

TUCSON, AZ: The Tucson Padres fell behind early but scored six unanswered runs Saturday and beat the Nashville Sounds, 6-2. Jorge Reyes pitched seven innings for the third straight appearance and picked up his

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Whitmore Delivers Walk-Off Win

Monday, May 21st, 2012

CLICK ON VIDEO TAB TO SEE WANE’S COVERAGE AND INTERVIEWS WITH TRAVIS WHITMORE (CLIP 2), LEE ORR (CLIP 3), COLIN REA (CLIP 4) AND JOSE VALENTIN (CLIP 5).

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – A two-out single off the bat of Travis Whitmore in the bottom of the ninth inning led the Fort Wayne TinCaps to a 2-1 walk-off victory over the Bowling Green Hot Rods on Sunday at Parkview Field. Lee Orr’s one-out

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Hot Rods win 9-3

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

The Bowling Green Hot Rods opened a 10-game road trip with a 9-3 win at Fort Wayne (Ind.) on Saturday.

Left-hander Felipe Rivero threw five innings of relief, while Joel Caminero hit his first home run of the season to help Bowling Green improve to 24-19 on the season.

Both teams scored one run in the first. In the third inning, Rivero relieved starter Parker Markel, who was making his first appearance in nearly a month, and

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Dwenger’s depth too much for SAC

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

– Want an indication of how dominating Bishop Dwenger was at the SAC golf tournament Saturday at Brookwood?

The 6-over 78 that Saints sophomore Jake Leonard shot was the day’s eighth-best round. Only seven competitors finished ahead of him and 31 were at his back across the 6,362-yard course. But because team scores are determined by tallying the lowest four individual scores from the five available and tossing out the highest, Leonard’s 78

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Wheelbarrows for good cause

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

When it comes to public art contests, Fort Wayne has had giant decorated sneakers and smaller-than-life-size decorated mastodons.

“Now it’s time for wheelbarrows,” says Hollie Chaille.

This summer, Chaille is spearheading the World on Wheels (W.O.W.) Garden Project. The project is enlisting artists, gardeners, businesses, churches and community groups to raise money to continue gardening and urban farming initiatives for local refugees.

The idea, she says, is for groups or individuals to plant an appropriately decorated 6-cubic-foot

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Volunteers ‘Cleanup’ city

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

– Fort Wayne is a cleaner city today.

Nearly 5,000 volunteers from 220 different groups joined forces Saturday during Fort Wayne’s annual Great American Cleanup, the country’s largest community improvement project.

Mayor Tom Henry was especially pleased with the turnout.

Henry addressed and thanked the crowd at a post-cleanup picnic at Headwaters Park West.

“This is really great,” Henry said, “just great.”

About 4,800 volunteers collected 50 to 70 tons of refuse during the four-hour

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Concussions, and their impact, have been dominating NFL-related headlines lately.

Punter Jason Baker, a Fort Wayne native, recognizes the importance of the issue. And he has for years, having played in the NFL since 2001 and been heavily involved with the players’ association.

As part of his seventh Pro Football Mini-Camp, which concludes today, there is instruction about preventing, recognizing and dealing with injuries.

The two biggest health topics: Concussions and heat illness.

And it’s not just for

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Fort Wayne driver faces drug charges

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

A Fort Wayne man was arrested Saturday afternoon, accused of being in possession of more than a pound and a half of marijuana after he was allegedly stopped for driving 90 mph, according to the Indiana State Police.

At around 9:30 a.m., Master Trooper Brad Shultz reported seeing a black Acura TL traveling westbound on U.S. 30 near Webster Road that a radar registered at 90 mph in the posted 60 mph zone, according to a

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Democratic contenders, Joe Donnelly for U.S. Senate and John Gregg for Governor, were in Fort Wayne to kick off their Workhorse Tour. Their message Saturday was saving the middle class, jobs and education.

Gregg and Donnelly kicked off their Workhorse Tour in Indianapolis Saturday morning and made their way to the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 166 in Fort Wayne.

Rumors have circulated that Gregg will choose Mayor Tom Henry as his running

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