Blue Sox in the Bigs: Cedric Mullins

By Tim Best Arguably the most prominent and successful big leaguer to ever play summer ball here in Utica, or even in the history of the PGCBL, Cedric Mullins played for the then-Utica Brewers in 2014. That summer, Mullins was the team’s everyday center fielder and started 37 of 45 games there. He hit […]
Blue Sox in the Bigs: Gus Varland
By Tim Best The story of the 2016 Blue Sox season couldn’t be told without Gus Varland. “The Gus Bus” arrived in Utica in early July along with Kevin Woebke, his teammate at Concordia University in St. Paul, to help bolster the Blue Sox pitching staff for the home stretch of the regular season […]
Ryan Cox Alumni Spotlight

By Tim Best Our alumni spotlight for this year’s program goes to Ryan Cox, a shortstop and DH for the 2015 Utica Brewers who now plays for the world-famous Savannah Bananas. Cox was an integral part of a team that reached the PGCBL playoffs just a year removed from a 9-36 record, which was […]
Recap of the East-West Classic Game and Opening of the Souls of the Game Exhibit

By Troy Juhn On a beautiful day in Cooperstown New York, a large crowd was forming around two coach buses outside of Doubleday Field. A roar from the crowd emerges as former Major League baseball players and Hall of Famers walk out of the buses, including most notably Ken Griffey Jr, Prince Fielder, Curtis […]
Utica Blue Sox broadcaster Troy Juhn sat down with Saint Rose OF and Utica native Mike Benedetto about his excitement to finally play for a team he grew up watching.

By Troy Juhn Mike Benedetto is very familiar with the Utica Blue Sox, despite this summer being his first with the team. Growing up Mike went to a ton of Blue Sox games, and is now very humbled to be a part of the team for this summer. I spoke to him about what […]
Louie Varland Remembers His Blue Sox Roots
By: Landon Stilz Every five days, Louie Varland steps onto the dirt mound and prepares to toe the rubber in front of thousands of fans. The Minnesota Twins’ starting pitcher is living out the dreams so many young boys and girls have of playing in the MLB. But just seven years ago, playing in […]
Todd Abraham Interview

By Troy Juhn The chance to play for your hometown team doesn’t come very often. For two straight years however, that’s exactly what Todd Abraham has gotten to do. A graduate of Utica’s Thomas Proctor High School, Abraham is now a utility player for the Binghamton Bearcats in the American East Conference. I talked […]
Introducing Yomar Carreras

By Landon Stilz, Blue Sox broadcaster With the start of the Blue Sox season just around the corner, the players are ready to take the field and the fans are ready to take their seats. But there are many unknowns about who and what fans can expect from the roster this season. Your shortstop […]
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Former Blue Sox pitcher, Louie Varland talks about striking out Ohtani and Trout.