Geneva Red Wings

The Geneva Red Wings are a summer wood bat collegiate baseball team in Geneva, NY which plays in the New York Collegiate Baseball League. They currently play their home games in McDonough Park, which is where Hall of Famer Tony Perez and Pete Rose played their first professional games. McDonough Park, first named Shuron Field was originally built in 1958 and was dedicated to long time General Manager of Geneva Community Sports, Joseph McDonough in 1971. McDonough Park was home to several professional minor league teams throughout its existence. Originally built for the Reds, the Twins, Senators, and Pirates made stops in Geneva. The last professional team to play at McDonough were the Cubs which left the old ballpark in 1993. This move occurred at a time when many minor league towns lost their teams due to Major League Baseball's new minimum stadium requirements for minor league facilities. The old ballpark has since been rescued from the wrecking ball and has slowly become the jewel of the NYCBL. The Red Wings under their current ownership and management have been tenants of McDonough Park and members of the NYCBL since 2002.

The Red Wings are the newest tenant at McDonough Park. In their tenure at the old ballpark many improvements have been made. As of November of 2007 the Red Wings have completed the following renovations:

2005 The Pavilion was built down the first base line for party's and concessions, remodeled the concession area.

2006 Parts of the old bleachers were removed and work was started to remodel the seating area. Party decks were added to the areas where the old bleachers were removed. The decks are two tiered and are handicapped accessible on the third base line. The concourse was also re-paved.

2007 Infield was resurfaced with 150 Tons of conditioner, edged, and rolled for more consistent play.

Future wish lists include: a new grass infield, a new corporate sponsored scoreboard, and new outfield walls and warning tracks.

In 2007 the Geneva Red Wings played in the Western Division of the NYCBL against The Elmira Pioneers, Niagara Falls Power, Brockport Riverbats, Webster Yankees, Bolivar A's, Hornell Dodgers and the Allegany County Nitros.

2007 Season: The Red Wings posted a 26-16 record in 2007. That record tied the Wings with the Elmira Pioneers for first place in the division. Elmira was however, named Divisional Champions due to the Pioneers 4-2 record in head-to-head games with the Wings. The highlight of the season was a 10 game win streak at the end of the season which started when the team was had a 15-16 record and was in 5th place. The win streak made up 7 games in the standings improving their record to 26-16, and vaulting the Wings into first place.

2007 playoffs: The Wings beat the Allegany County Nitros in the best of three Divisional Championship series 2 games to 1. The Wings then fell to the eventual NYCBL Champion Elmira Pioneers 2 games to none in the best of three Western Division Championship.

Final 2007 Western Division Standings:

Elmira Pioneers 26-16 0.0 GB +&

Geneva Red Wings 26-16 0.0 GB +

Allegany County Nitros 25-17 1.0 GB +

Hornell Dodgers 23-19 3.0 GB +

Brockport Riverbats 23-19 3.0 GB $

Webster Yankees 18-24 8.0 GB

Niagara Power 17-25 9.0 GB

Bolivar A's 10-32 16.5 GB

& Won division based on 4-2 record in head-to-head games vs. Geneva

+ Clinched playoff berth

$ Lost one game play-in for final playoff spot vs. Hornell

Geneva Red Wings Front Office Staff

Owner/ President/ Manager: Dave Herbst (6th Season)

Director of Baseball Operations: Tom Dixon (5th Season)

Executive General Manager; John Oughterson (6th Season)

Assistant Coach: Landon Danielson (1st Season)

Pitching Coach: Donovan O'Dowd (1st Season)

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