1290 CFRW and The Winnipeg Goldeyes brings you... 

"55 WITH FORNEY" 

Join host Paul Edmonds every Sunday before the Goldeyes' broadcasts for 55 minutes of YOUR calls with Goldeyes Field Manager, Rick Forney.

Get the inside scoop on all things Goldeyes and call us at 780-1290 with your questions!

That's this Sunday, August 29th at NOON on your Home of the Goldeyes!

Entering his fifth season as manager, Rick returns for his fourteenth campaign with the Goldeyes organization. He spent his first three years as a pitcher followed by six years as a pitching coach before being named the third manager in franchise history on November 15, 2005.

In his time as manager, Rick has guided Winnipeg to four-straight playoff berths while compiling a record of 210-173, good for a .548 winning percentage. As well, over that time, he has seen 16 of his players (11 of whom are pitchers) acquired by Major League clubs.

The franchise's all-time leader in strikeouts (313) and playoff victories (4), Rick retired from the pitching ranks a month into the 2000 season when nagging arm troubles forced him to call it quits. Able to focus full-time on his coaching duties, he saw a dozen of his pitchers picked by Major League clubs in his time as pitching coach.

Rick arrived in Winnipeg in 1997 after a season in the independent Texas-Louisiana League and five seasons previous to that in the Baltimore system. En route to winning a league-high 11 games as well as berths on the Northern League All-Star Team and the Baseball America All-Independent First Team, he was one of six Goldeyes to play in the inaugural NL All-Star Game in 1997 in St. Paul.

A year later, Rick won 11 more games, doing so while leading the league in strikeouts (113) and setting a team-record for innings pitched in a season (129.2). He was named by Baseball America to its All-Independent Second Team that year and again in 1999, where he appeared in the NL All-Star Game in Fargo and was named to the Central Conference All-Star Team.