![Dave Koza ending baseball's longest game with a bases-loaded single in the 33rd inning of a game that began on April 18 and ended on June 23, 1981. [IMAGE: Pawtucket Red Sox]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/rochester-vs-pawtucket-longest-baseball-game-01.jpg)
Here’s a neat bit of Rochester sports history, even if we are forever on the losing end. 35 years ago this evening, the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings would begin the longest professional baseball game ever played to date; 33 innings spanning three calendar days…
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35 Years Ago Today, Rochester Plays Longest Pro Baseball Game Ever
Monday, April 18th, 2016Tags: baseball, Boston, Cal Ripkin Jr., Dave Koza, Dennis Cregg, longest baseball game, Marty Barrett, McCoy Stadium, Mike Tamburro, minor league baseball, Pawtucket Red Sox, Pawtucket RI, Rochester, Rochester NY, Rochester Red Wings, sports, sports records, Triple-A International League, Wade Boggs
Posted in Rochester History | 3 Comments »
Business Improvement District Could Bolster Downtown
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013![Ambassadors with the Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District provide a variety of services including street cleaning and beautification, providing information, and security. [PHOTO: MinneapolisDID.com]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/downtown-improvement-district-01.jpg)
If you live, work or own a business in downtown Rochester, yesterday you might have received a request to answer a few questions. Do NOT throw it away! Trust me. It’s important.
That Downtown Satisfaction Survey 
is intended to gather insights which will help in establishing a Business Improvement District. What’s that? I’m glad you asked…
Tags: Boston, business improvement district, downtown, downtown improvement district, downtown Rochester, Downtown Special Services, Heidi N. Zimmer-Meyer, Minneapolis, New York City, Red Shirts, Rochester, Rochester Downtown Development Corporation (RDDC), Rochester information booth, Rochester NY
Posted in Rochester News, Urban Development | 5 Comments »
Rust Belt Cities: Rather Than Patronizing Young People, Give Them What They Ask For
Monday, December 17th, 2012![Cyclist on the sidewalk across the street from the Midtown development, Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Rick U, RocPX.com]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/rochester-midtown-cyclist.jpg)
I want to share with you an opinion piece from RustWire.com last week. The article was reposted on BuffaloRising.com and it’s now made its way down I-90 to RochesterSubway.com. Angie Schmitt begins by blasting attempts to market cities to young people. Angie cites an example from Columbus, Ohio where leaders spent a $30,000 grant to hire a so-called “Gen Y” expert to tell them how they could retain and attract the widely-coveted demographic. “Why didn’t they just ask the young people that live there what they want, and maybe put the $30,000 toward that?” she asks…
Tags: Angie Schmitt, Boston, BuffaloRising.com, Cleveland, Columbus OH, Global Cleveland Initiative, livibility, New York City, RustWire.com, San Francisco, suburbanization, urban design, urban revitalization
Posted in Opinion, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development | 17 Comments »
Drunk Woman Nearly Flattened by Boston Subway Train
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009All I can say is… holy smokes! The woman in this surveillance video narrowly escaped death last Friday night when she fell in front of an oncoming subway train at Boston’s North Station. The driver of the train, who pulled the emergency brake stopping the train just inches away from the woman on the tracks, is now being called a hero by many.
Tags: accident, Boston, Boston Subway, boston subway map, Charice Lewis, drunk, Jacqeline Osorio, MA, Massachusettes, Massachusettes Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA, North Station, subway, subway video, train
Posted in Subways Around the Globe, Train/Railroad Stuff, Video | No Comments »
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