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LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 15, 2021) The University of Kentucky’s Department of Integrated Strategic Communication event planning students, within the College of Communication and Information, in partnership with the Lexington Legends professional baseball organization, are planning an in-person vendor fair, while respecting CDC pandemic measurements, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Saturday, April 24, at Whitaker Bank Ballpark, the Legends home field.
The event, to be held rain or shine, is expected to attract people from across Lexington, Fayette and surrounding counties while giving nearly 25 local businesses an excellent opportunity to showcase their products and/or services. The Lexington Legends want to provide small businesses in the area a chance to reach the local community through an in-person event (while observing CDC protocols) following a most trying several months.
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The Lexington Legends have agreed to terms with two former University of Kentucky Wildcats: Dustin Beggs and Tim Peterson.
Tim Peterson returns to Lexington after eight seasons in the New York Mets organization. He made his MLB debut with the Mets on May 30
th, 2018. After boasting a 2.45 ERA for the University of Kentucky, Peterson was drafted in the 20
th round of the 2012 MLB Draft by the Mets and went on to pitch in 28 games for the Mets during the 2018 and 2019 seasons. Peterson spent the 2019 season splitting time between the major league club in Queens and the Triple-A Syracuse Mets. Prior to making his Major League debut in 2018, Tim pitched in the prestigious Arizona Fall League impressing scouts and fans with a 0.87 ERA. During his eight professional seasons, Tim excelled with a 19-14 record and a 3.20 ERA. He tossed 357 innings striking out 414 batters while only walking 91.
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What a restructured Minor League system could mean for teams lost in the shuffle
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Feb. 27, 2021
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The minor league baseball system has changed this season.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton.
About 18 months and a pandemic ago, the rumblings started spreading through Minor League Baseball front offices. Words like contraction and restructuring were pinging about in text messages and harried calls. Change was coming to the minors and no one knew what that might mean.
Curtis Haug, general manager of the Kane County Cougars in the Chicago suburbs, was worried. But he was soon confronted with a more pressing problem. A global pandemic threatened, then canceled, an entire season. In the minors, where ticket revenue is everything, the loss was catastrophic.
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