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Local group seeking return of minor league baseball to New Orleans

• By: Lenny Vangilder

Hometown Heroes: Southeast Louisiana products in MLB, MiLB (June 1, 2022)

• June 1, 2022
• By Richard Cuicchi

Here’s the monthly report of pitching and hitting stats for many of the 2022 major-league and minor-league players who prepped or played collegiately in the New Orleans area and Southeast Louisiana.

Pining for baseball’s return to Shrine on Airline

• February 28, 2021
• By Ed Daniels

Call me old fashioned but I still envision Zephyr Field as a baseball yard.

Former Zephyrs General Manager Jay Miller to speak Wednesday for Life Resources 9/30 Bottom Line Zoom meeting

• September 29, 2020
• By Ken Trahan

Jay Miller, a three-time Minor League Executive of the Year, is the President of Wichita’s (KS) incoming Triple-A baseball franchise which begins play in 2021.

Flashback: Jesuit prep star Tookie Gilbert used father’s lottery to determine pro signing in 1946

• September 24, 2020
• By Richard Cuicchi

Most amateur prospects would typically attract interest of only one major-league team. One of the exceptions was Harold “Tookie” Gilbert of New Orleans.

Former Zephyrs General Manager Jay Miller to speak Wednesday for Life Resources Bottom Line Zoom meeting

• September 15, 2020
• By Ken Trahan

Jay Miller, a three-time Minor League Executive of the Year, is the President of Wichita’s incoming Triple-A baseball franchise which begins play in 2021.

John Byington to share at Wednesday’s Life Resources Bottom Line Virtual Luncheon

• August 25, 2020
• By Ken Trahan

John Byington played seven seasons in the minor leagues, including part of three seasons with the New Orleans Zephyrs

Crescent City Sports honored in annual LSWA contest

• August 17, 2020
• By CCS Staff

Crescent City Sports was well represented in the annual Louisiana Sports Writers Association contest, which announced its awards Sunday.

Ex-New Orleans Pelicans pitcher Lenny Yochim had life-long baseball journey

• August 8, 2020
• By Richard Cuicchi

From his teenage days in the 1940s until his retirement in 2002, Yochim spent practically every summer participating in some aspect of the sport to which he was devoted.

Former New Orleans minor league baseball majority owner Lou Schwechheimer dead at 62 from COVID-19 complications

• July 29, 2020
• By Ken Trahan

Schwechheimer purchased the Zephyrs from Donald Beaver in 2016.

Interview: Chris Bando continues baseball ministry, savors his New Orleans Zephyrs memories

• July 16, 2020
• By Ken Trahan

Bando talked baseball, faith and more on 106.1 FM.