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The New York Boulders start a three-game homestand tonight against the Sussex County Miners. You can hear all the action right here on AM 1700 WRCR and WRCR.com at 7pm.

One of the newest Miners is former Met and Yankee Todd Frazier. He’s a two-time MLB All-Star and an MLB Home Run Derby champ. The third baseman is expected to be with the Sussex County Miners and playing against the Boulders Wednesday night. After being released last month from the Pittsburgh Pirates, Frazier hooked up with Team USA and Boulders VP Seth Cantor says he’s using his stay with the Miners to tune up for the Olympics next month in Japan…

Also known as “The Toddfather,” the Toms River, New Jersey, native also had stints with the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, and Texas Rangers.

The New York Boulders lost three out of four games this weekend with the New Jersey Jackals. They split Friday’s doubleheader, the Boulders lost 12-1 in game one but won the night-cap, 8-1. New Jersey would win in ten innings on Saturday, 3-2, and again Sunday, 7-4. The Boulders are off today but they start a three-game series Tuesday against the Sussex County Miners.

The former coach of the Rockland Rowing Association is heading to Japan to compete in the Olympics. The RRA says Nyack High School graduate Charlotte Buck earned a spot on the Women’s National Team, which has dominated international rowing for the past fifteen years, taking Olympic gold in 2008, 2012, 2016.

12:22pm: Correction – an earlier version of this story indicated the Boulders won. They did not. They lost.

The New York Boulders lost to the TriCity ValleyCats 2-1 at Joe Bruno Stadium in Troy last night. The Boulders return home this afternoon to start a four-game series with the New Jersey Jackals, the first end of a doubleheader starts at 4:30pm. The second game can be heard at 7pm right here on AM 1700 WRCR and WRCR.com at 7pm, right after The DooWop Dream Machine.

If you were hoping to see Boulders shortstop Austin Dennis play, guess again, he’s been picked up by the Kansas City Royals. In just nine Frontier League games this season, the 24 year-old is hitting .375 with two doubles, a home run and three RBIs. Dennis has been assigned to the Royals’ training facility in Surprise, AZ.

The New York Boulders took on the TriCity ValleyCats at Joe Bruno Stadium in Troy last night. The Boulders were comfortably up 7-1 in the 9th inning when TriCity got a rally going with two outs and a runner on second…

And that was Joe Mixie with the call courtesy of the TriCity ValleyCats radio network. The Boulders and ValleyCats play again tonight at 6:30 in Troy.