INDEX OF HISTORY
SECTION FEATURES:
RedWingsBaseball.com
frequently uses these two books as an important source of reference
and franchise history:
Silver
Seasons The Story of the Rochester Red Wings
by Jim Mandelaro and Scott Pitoniak
313 pages
Syracuse University Press, 1996
More than
a century of Rochester baseball memories, with classic photos, team
and player records and more. The authors are sportswriters for the Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle. Foreword by Joe
Altobelli. This book
is currently available in the Team
Store at Frontier Field.
On
A Silver Diamond The Story of Rochester Community Baseball from 1956-1996
by Brian A. Bennett
358 pages
Triphammer Publishing (P.O.
Box 45, Scottsville, NY 14546-0045) 1997
A year-by
year account of the Wings - from Gene Green's homer in Toronto clinching
the '56 Governors' Cup for Rochester, to Morrie Silver and the "72-day
miracle" that resulted in the creation of Rochester Community Baseball,
Inc., to the team's final season at Silver Stadium.
.