Wise and fellow 1995 First-Year Player Draft member, Travis "Gookie" Dawkins, were reunited when Dawkins was obtained in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies organization and joined the Knights.

Wise and Dawkins were taken in the 1995 draft by the Cincinnati Reds. Dawkins was the Reds' second-round choice out of Newberry High School and Wise was taken in the fifth round out of Chapin High School.

Wise, who is second in the International League in batting at .352, and Dawkins were signed by Cincinnati scout Steve Kring, who lives in Charlotte.

That '95 draft also yielded outfielder Reggie Taylor, Philadelphia's first-round choice. Taylor, a Newberry native who played with the Knights in 2004, is with Richmond of the International League.

Dawkins was traded to the Chicago White Sox organization last Tuesday for Knights infielder Mike Rouse. Dawkins, who will celebrate his 29th birthday on Monday, was playing with the Phillies' Double-A Eastern League team in Reading, Pa.

• MORE MOVES: Besides the addition of Dawkins, the Knights picked up free agent left-handed relief pitcher Ray King, who started the season with the Washington Nationals. King signed as a free agent.

Third baseman Josh Fields and catcher Donny Lucy are on the disabled list. Pitcher Adam Russell returned from Chicago while pitcher Joe Winkelsas was sent to Double-A Birmingham.

• ATTRACTION IN TOWN: The Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest, an unprecedented and free celebration of baseball, visits Knights Stadium today. It will be set up outside the stadium's main gates and will begin at 11:15 a.m., prior to the Knights-Toledo contest at 2:15 p.m.

The exhibit is an extensive traveling baseball festival in history and is visiting minor league parks across the country during its fifth anniversary season this year.

It features more than 20 baseball theme attractions, including a minor league baseball museum, video game trailer, batting and pitching cages, bungee runs, a side-by-side giant slide, baseball bounce houses and more for all ages.

• PITCH IN: The Knights have teamed up with "Pitch In For Baseball" to help carry the game to communities around the world.

"Pitch In For Baseball" is the central organization for collecting and distributing new and "gently used" baseball equipment.

The organization will be collecting equipment along with the Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest prior to today's Knights-Toledo 2:15 p.m. game in Knights Stadium. Needed equipment includes gloves, catcher's equipment, aluminum baseball bats, batting helmets and baseballs.

"Pitch In For Baseball" is also accepting youth rubber baseball cleats, bases, pitching machines, teaching aids such as batting tees, and full team sets of uniforms and hats.

For additional information contact the Knights at (803) 548-8050.

• GROWING LIST: The number of former players with Rock Hill-area connections headed to the Independent Frontier League has grown to six.

Infielder Chris Carrara and outfielder Jacob Dempsey, two ex-Winthrop Eagles, are with the Washington Wild Things, based in Washington, Pa.

Fort Mill High School products -- catcher Charlie Lisk (Gateway Grizzlies), pitcher Brandon Williams (Gateway Grizzlies) and pitcher Bradley Blanks (Evansville Otters) -- are in the league, along with ex-Rock Hill High and Appalachian State catcher Kevin Butler (Chillicothe Paints).

• INITIAL WIN: Former Winthrop right-hander Heath Rollins notched his first victory of the season for the Vero Beach Devil Rays on May 2.

Rollins, the Tampa Bay Rays' 11th-round pick in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft, beat the Palm Beach Cardinals, 4-1, in a High Class A Florida State League game. Rollins went eight innings, scattered six hits, allowed one run, didn't issue a walk and struck out four. The lone run was a one-out, first-inning, solo homer by Daniel Descalso.

Five days after his victory, Rollins was saddled with an 8-4 loss by Lakeland, dropping his record to 1-2 with a 4.86 ERA in seven games.

A year ago, Rollins led the Low Class A South Atlantic League with 17 victories for the Columbus Catfish.

• GRONKIEWICZ SIDELINED: Pawtucket Red Sox relief pitcher Lee Gronkiewicz, a former South Carolina standout, has been placed on the seven-day disabled list.

Gronkiewicz has appeared in 11 games, recording five saves. He is 0-0 with an 0.79 ERA.

In his eighth season, Gronkiewicz signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox organization last November.

In 339 career minor league games, Gronkiewicz has 160 saves.