Wednesday, July 30, 2008

InsideLacrosse.com: MLL Game Preview: Long Island Lizards (5-5) at Rochester Rattlers (7-3)


Rochester concludes the home portion of its schedule when they host the Long Island Lizards Saturday night. Long Island comes to town on a serious slide down the rankings, a loss at Rochester and the Lizards can kiss their playoff hopes goodbye. A win and they still have a chance to visit Boston on the weekend of August 23 and 24...




TheFatherLife.com: Osburn On Tap: As the (beer) world turns.


To say that a lot is going on in the world of brewing has to be the understatement of the millennium. From breweries merging together to form giant worldwide conglomerates, to the ongoing hop crisis, to the rise of home brewing and even home hop growing, the happenings of the beer industry are scattered throughout the internet and the pages of newspapers around the world...


Sunday, July 27, 2008

InsideLacrosse.com: MLL: Rochester into Eastern Conference drivers seat with win over Boston


The fourth of July has come and gone, but 2,558 fans were treated to a lot of offensive fireworks last night in Rochester, where the Rattlers topped the Boston Cannons 26-19 to sweep the season series and pad their post-season hopes. Bud Light MVP John Grant Jr. led all scorers with 8 goals (including a two-pointer) and 2 assists...


Thursday, July 24, 2008

InsideLacrosse.com: MLL Game Preview: Boston Cannons (6-3) at Rochester Rattlers (6-3)


Two of the three teams tied for first place in the East faceoff at Paetec Park. With the playoffs looming, every win is important, especially against conference foes. Rochester defeated Boston, 17-14, on May 23. It was the only previous meeting this season...


Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Levin keys Rochester's rout of Washington


A wise man once said, "I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell."
That man was Christopher Walken - portraying uber-successful record producer Bruce Dickinson on an infamous Saturday Night Live sketch - and that quote never seemed more true than it did on Saturday night in downtown Rochester, when the Rattlers' management handed out thousands of the clanging metal noisemakers and the raucous crowd of 4,227 put them to good use....



Thursday, July 10, 2008

InsideLacrosse.com:MLL Game Preview: Washington at Rochester


Coaches who lament not playing hard for an entire game would have loved the first meeting between the teams. Washington won, 14-11, in a game that was shortened by lightning and rain. Dating from that loss, the Rattlers have dropped three of four. Meantime, the Bayhawks have lost three straight...