“We like being outdoors and to spend some down time with the family.” Aces starter Taylor Widener struck out six little dogs in five innings. “My son plays baseball and it’s fun for him to see the big guys play, and the girls like the food,” said mom Sarah Gasporra. The Gasporra family from Minden gets into the action on a Monday afternoon. Reno Aces right fielder Travis Snider makes a running catch in the fourth inning to rob El Paso’s Matthew Batten of a hit. Earlier in the game, the same player tossed a ball to Williams’ younger sister. Kayden Williams, 10, of Redding, catches a ball thrown to him by a Chihuahua player in the dugout. Tim Parsons / Tahoe Onstage After plating Domingo Leyba (26) and Abraham Almonte (7), Cron gets forearm bash from Cody Decker. Tim Parsons Kevin Cron hits this pitch over the left-field wall to tie the game 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth. The Aces will play three games in Albuquerque and four in El Paso before returning to Reno to start a nine-game homestand on Wednesday, April 24. But Kevin Cron hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to even the score.ĭespite a quirky new rule that has a runner start the curfew inning at second base, neither team scored in the 10 th inning.
The Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, El Paso appeared to be on its way to a four-game sweep in the Biggest Little City. But for now, it feels like a moral victory for Reno, which is off to a rough start this season, winning just three of 11 games. Monday’s contest won’t be decided until July 15 when it will be resumed the next time El Paso is in town. The Aces needed to get on a plane to play in Albuquerque on Tuesday, and the Chihuahuas have a game slated back home in Texas.
The reason being it was a Getaway Day, which in the Pacific Coast League comes with a curfew. The Reno Aces-El Paso Chihuahuas’ game Monday at Greater Nevada Field was suspended after 10 innings with the score tied at 5. Nowadays, there are pitch clocks, mound-visit ledgers, and for an intentional walk, there’s no longer a need to lob four tosses to the catcher – just point to first base and encourage the batter to hustle it up on the way there.īut some things remain sacred, such as, there’s no tying in baseball. The American Pastime is doing its best to keep up with a short-attention society. After a scoreless 10th inning, the game was suspended. Laura Bullion was released from prison in 1905 and lived the remainder of her life as a seamstress, dying in Memphis, Tennessee in 1961, the last of the Wild Bunch.Kevin Cron skips to the plate after hitting a 3-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to tie the Reno Aces game with El Paso on Monday 5-5. When Laura was arrested after a train robbery n 1901, the Chief of Detectives Desmond noted of her 'I would'nt think helping to hold up a train was too much for her. The group admired her skill at stealing stolen goods and assisting their train robberies - and she was nicknamed the 'Rose of the Wild Bunch' by them. It was here that Laura began a relationship with outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, William 'News' Carver.Īlthough Carver initially denied Laura's pleas to join the gang at first, he eventually relented. She was murdered in 1867īorn in Knickerbocker, Texas, Laura Bullion worked as a prostitute in Fannie Porter's famed brothel in nearby San Antonio. Julia Bulette was known as the original 'hooker with a heart of gold' and was the only single woman when she arrived in Virginia City, Nevada in 1859 aged 27 and was in much demand by the miners, soon becoming a prostitute. Until the early twentieth century, madams predominately ran the brothels, after which male pimps took over and the treatment of the women generally declined. This caused her previous madam to punch Bessie's new madam, which was retaliated with a gunshot wound to the groin.
Madams also had to deal with internal disputes, such as when Bessie Colvin, a prostitute from El Paso, Texas, caused a stir when in 1886 left one house of prostitution for another. They did so by contributing money to charitable organizations, schools, and churches. Prostitute Laura Bullion even became a member of the Wild Bunch gang - supporting them by stealing stolen goods during their train robberies.īeing a Madam required a great deal of skill because as well as monitoring the cleanliness of the brothel and providing training, cosmetics and clothes, they has to keep their business transactions discreet and stay on the good side of the law. Maps and population data from the time showed there were up to 20 per cent more men than women in many fringe areas of the west where brothels flourished
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