Whalers finish season with two wins, but no playoff trip

WINSTED — The Winsted Whalers won back-to-back games at Walker Field on Saturday, July 23, and Sunday, July 24. However, the wins were not good enough to send the Whalers to the Tri-State Baseball League playoffs.The team ends their season with a record of eight wins and 10 losses.The Whalers beat the Watertown Blaze on Saturday by a score of 7-6.On Sunday, the Whalers dominated the Prospect Homers 17-4.“We’ve been doing alright,” manager DJ Reese said before Saturday’s game. “Our strength this year has been our pitching. We’ve been dominating all year.”The team ends their season in 14th place out of 17 teams.

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The Webb Family in the workshop. From left: Phyllis, Dale, Ben and Josh Webb, and project manager Hannah Schiffer.

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Magic Fluke Ukulele Shop and True Wheels Bicycle Shop are not only under the same roof in a beautiful solar powered building on Route 7 in Sheffield, but they are also both run by the Webb family, telling a tale of familial passion, innovation and a steadfast commitment to sustainability.

In the late ‘90s, Dale Webb was working in engineering and product design at a corporate job. “I took up instrument manufacturing as a fun challenge,” said Dale. After an exhibit at The National Association of Music Merchants in Anaheim, California, in 1999, The Magic Fluke company was born. “We were casting finger boards and gluing these things together in our basement in New Hartford and it just took off,” Dale explained. “It was really a wild ride, it kind of had a life of its own.”

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A five-time Grammy winner, Cray has been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame and earned The Americana Music Awards Lifetime Achievement for Performance. He has played with blues and rock icons including Albert Collins, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton and many more.

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