Good bye to all that

Tonight is (probably) the final Wizard game in the history of Memorial Stadium in Fort Wayne. It seems kind of interesting as to whom one of the starting pitchers will be.

Growing up in Fort Wayne, Jarrod Parker went to his “fair share” of Wizards games at Memorial Stadium. Now Parker gets to pitch in the stadium’s professional swan song.

Parker, a South Bend Silver Hawks right-handed pitcher, will start at 7 tonight against the Wizards...

Parker got to this point by transferring from Wayne High School to Norwell as a junior, pitching the Knights to the Class 3A state baseball championship, being named Mr. Baseball and getting drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the No. 9 overall selection last summer. He joined the Silver Hawks this season, and the team has made two previous trips to the city without Parker taking the mound.

Now in an interesting twist, a city native will pitch for the first and last time in what likely is the final game for Fort Wayne’s professional baseball franchise at the stadium.

“It is pretty cool that everyone will get to see me at this stadium the last time, and I finally get to throw here this season,” he said.

Should be a fun night in Fort Wayne.