Dayton Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Dayton Dragons game against the Peoria Chiefs tonight, July 24, was stopped in the first inning by a brawl that erupted after a batter was hit in the head by a pitched baseball.
Deadspin (Free subscription) | yesterday
As you probably saw in our morning wakeup video whachamahoozit, the Peoria Chiefs and Dayton Dragons engaged in a pretty nasty brawl at Dayton's Fifth Third Park on Thursday, which even included a...
Cincy Jungle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Dayton Dragons hosted the Peoria Chiefs Thursday night at Fifth Third field in Dayton. In the bottom of the first inning : It all began when Dayton manager Donnie Scott left the third base coaching box to complain to umpire Tyler Wilson when Brandon Menchaca was brushed back by a pitch. Already, Dayton had two batters hit in the inning, but the Chiefs were angry that Dayton's Angel Cabrera broke...
Dayton Daily News (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Midwest League president George Spelius is waiting today, July 25, in his Beloit, Wis., office for umpire reports and a full tape of Thursday night's brawl at Fifth Third Field.
Baseball Toaster: The Griddle (Free subscription) | yesterday
15 players and both managers were ejected from a Midwest League game between Peoria and Dayton at Fifth Third Field in Dayton. A fan was hurt when Dayton pitcher Julio Castillo threw a ball in the stands. The game was delayed for over an hour by the incident.
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
July 23 scoreboard . @West Michigan 6, Wisconsin 1: Home for Mauricio Robles is Valencia, Venezuela. Or is it the pitching mound at Fifth Third Ballpark? @South Bend 3, Beloit 0: Josh Collmenter didn't disappoint his fan club Wednesday night...On what was proclaimed Josh Collmenter Mustache Awareness Night, the right-hander stole the show in helping the Hawks to their sixth straight win. @Fort Wayne...
The Business First of Columbus (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Cincinnati Financial Corp. has just sold more than half of its Fifth Third Bancorp stock after the bank's declining share price affected the insurer's earnings. (FITB) (CINF)
The Dayton Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Cincinnati Financial Corp. has just sold more than half of its Fifth Third Bancorp stock after the bank's declining share price affected the insurer's earnings. (FITB) (CINF)
The Business Courier of Cincinnati (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Cincinnati Financial Corp. has just sold more than half of its Fifth Third Bancorp stock, after the bank's declining share price affected the insurer's earnings. (FITB) (CINF)
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Cincinnati Financial said on Wednesday that it sold more than half of its stake in Fifth Third Bancorp because the bank cut its dividend earlier this year. The sale will generate total proceeds of approximately $480 million, which will be reduced by capital gains taxes of roughly $120 million, the insurer said. The net after-tax gain of about $225 million, or $1.35 a...
Bronte Capital (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
In my first post on Fifth Third I noted that Cincinnati Financial (a well run insurance company) had a massive holding in 53 during its great run up. They retained the holding as the stock fell from $60 to $10. Guess what - they sold half today - and the explanation makes no sense. They want to reduce their exposure to low-dividend stocks. What is remarkable about the sale is that they are selling...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Fifth Third Bancorp, Ohio's second-largest bank, posted its first loss in at least nine years as the lender set aside more money to cover bad debts in distressed housing markets, including Florida and Michigan.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Livonia police have carried out a search warrant at a print shop in Madison Heights and are now preparing to get court approval to find out from Fifth Third Bank who purchased a certified check that was used to pay the shop for a flyer that opposes annexation of property from Northville Township.
Dayton Daily News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Police took one of two suspects into custody shortly after a robbery on Tuesday, July 22, at the Fifth Third Bank branch at 1200 Brown St.
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Have SunTrust, Wachovia and other regional US banks such as KeyCorp and Fifth Third really hit bottom - and if not, why would the oft-mentioned would-be buyers step forward and start making offers now?
