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Daily NewslettersPitcher John Stankiewicz made his Cedar Rapids Kernels debut Thursday night, and it was a good one. He doesn’t have elite velocity, getting outs regularly by literally pitching.
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Pitcher John Stankiewicz made his Cedar Rapids Kernels debut Thursday night, and it was a good one. He doesn’t have elite velocity, getting outs regularly by literally pitching.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels had the best record in the minor leagues last week but have dropped four in a row and stand “only” 15-7.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders selected 25 players Monday and Tuesday in the two phases of the United States Hockey League Draft, including a goalie with Phase II’s first pick.
Here’s a look at local, area and former University of Iowa players and how they are doing in affiliated minor league and major league baseball.
Cedar Rapids Kernels pitcher Bobby Milacki has a long story: Son of a former big leaguer, cut by his college team, released by the Nationals, discovered while playing for a temporary independent team called the Tully Monsters, offseason elbow surgery.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders had their return USHL season end Tuesday night with a 6-1 loss to Muskegon in Game 2 of their playoff series.
The Muskegon Lumberjacks handed the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders a convincing 6-0 defeat in Game 1 of their USHL playoff series Monday night in Michigan.
Photos from the Cedar Rapids Kernels’ 6-4 win over the Peoria Chiefs.
The new pitch clock being used in minor league baseball this year is challenging relief pitchers to execute important late-game pitches and to do it quickly.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders didn’t have a team last USHL season, had to draft last this year, yet they’ve made the league playoffs after an overtime win over Dubuque.
Anthony Prato has been a great leadoff hitter thus far for the Cedar Rapids Kernels, hitting, drawing walks, scoring runs and driving them in.
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders trainer and equipment manager Chris Ipson got his first job in hockey in 1981. Over 2,000 games later, he’s still going.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels swept a doubleheader from Peoria on Thursday night, winning games in identical fashion: giving up a run in the top half of the eighth inning and countering with two in the bottom half.
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