Red Sox outfielder Bobby Kielty, who finishes up his rehab assignment with the Spinners tonight, never played in the New York-Penn League or any other league below full-season Class A ball after being signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Twins in 1999. But he does know Spinners general manager Tim Bawmann.
Bawmann was the GM of the Quad City Bandits of the Class A Midwest League in 1999 when Kielty began his professional career there. They have been reunited in Lowell after nine years.