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Tuffy behind the plate By Russ Tarby
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is first name is James, but everyone calls him Tuffy. Tuffy Gosewisch, a journeyman catcher, joined the Syracuse Chiefs in midApril after he was signed as a free agent by the Washington Nationals. Tuffy functions as backstop backup after call-ups of Pedro Severino and Spencer Keiboom and an injury sustained by longtime Chief catcher Jhonatan Solano. Tuffy Gosewisch [pronounced GO-Sa-witch] hails from Freeport, Illinois, but he attended high school and college in the baseball-friendly climate of Arizona. The tough-as-nails catcher has played nearly a decade in the minor leagues as well as 137 major-league games with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Seattle Mariners. But he didn’t get his nickname for his tough play around the plate. No, he has been Tuffy ever since he was six months old. “As a baby I had a tendency to break things,” he explained. “I would break my crib, throw everything I could, just be a pain in the neck. So that’s where it came from, my dada gave it to me. I heard I was
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a terrible child.” Now 34, Tuffy has played in 42 games for the Chiefs so far this season, and he’s hitting a decent .240, with 12 doubles and two home runs. Behind the plate he prides himself on how he handles the pitchers, and how he can keep runners from advancing on the basepaths. During the month of June, Tuffy has been especially hot with a bat in his hands. He has knocked seven doubles and posted a .296 batting average this month.
Games WednesdaySunday
The Syracuse Chiefs host the Rochester Red Wings at NBT Bank Stadium at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, June 27-28 and take on the Buffalo Bisons at 7:05 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 29-30 and 1:05 p.m. Sunday July 1. The Red Wings are the top farmhands of the Minnesota Twins, and the Bisons are affiliated with the Toronto Blue Jays. The Lehigh Valley Ironpigs, Triple-A club of the Philiadelphis Phillies, stop in Syracuse for a twogame series, July 4-5. The hometown Chiefs, the top farm team of the Washington Nationals, have won 29 games and
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James “Tuffy” Gosewisch is catching this year for the Syracuse Chiefs. The 34-year-old major-league veteran will alternate behind the plate with 27-year-old catcher Jake Lowery as the Chiefs host the Rochester Red Wings June 27-28, and the Buffalo Bisons June 29-July 1, at NBT Bank Stadium. lost 40 as of June 20, leaving them in the cellar of the International League North. NBT Bank Stadium is located on the city’s North Side, next to the Regional Market, at 1 Tex Simone Drive. Advance-sale ticket prices range from $8 to $13
and there are $2 discounts for children 12 years old and younger as well as for seniors and military personnel. Day-of-game ticket prices range from $10 to $15. Parking costs $5, cash only; syracusechiefs. com; 315-474-7833.
Fireworks and food
Every Thursday home
game is Dollar Thursday when fans can enjoy $1 Hofmann hot dogs, $1 Coca-Cola products and $2 Coors, LaBatt, Saranac and 1911 products. Fireworks will follow the games on Friday and Saturday. And kids eat free Sunday at ballpark concession stands, and kids of
all ages are invited to run the bases after the game that day.
Radio coverage
All Chiefs games will be broadcast by WSKOAM The Score 1260, with announcers Eric Gallanty and Mike Tricarico. The Score 1260 is a part of the Cumulus Radio Group.
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