Kyler Fedko drew the assignment of picking up fast food for his UConn baseball teammates at a burger place nearby. There was confusion when he got there. The name mistakenly written on his order was “Skyward.”

The way baseball nicknames evolve, sky, ward, “And somehow,” Fedko said, “Skyward turned into “The Warden . … I haven’t heard that since my UConn days.”

Fedko slugged his way t hrough college, hitting .330 with 19 homers and 88 RBI in 119 games with the Huskies. Now that he is in Double A, on his way to clearing that traditionally biggest hurdle on the way to the major leagues, “skyward” may actually be a more fitting name. That’s the direction he’s hitting the ball and appears to be moving professionally. Skyward, Fedko is l eading the Texas League with 11 home runs as the

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