Personal Life
Wedge and his wife, Kate, donate their time to a variety of charities, including a baseball camp sponsored by the Fort Wayne Sports Corporation. January 2009 marked his fifth year hosting the camp at The ASH Centre in Fort Wayne, IN. Also in January 2007, he was inducted into the Indiana High School Baseball Hall of Fame and in February 2007, he was inducted into the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. Wedge maintains ties to the Boston area, where he is co-owner of Strike One Sports Complex in Danvers, MA featuring indoor baseball fields and batting cages. Wedge can often be seen at the Strike One Sports Complex during the off-season months.
Wedge and Kate have a daughter, Ava Catherine (April 17, 2006), and a son, Dalton Cash (February 18, 2008), and reside year-round in the Cleveland suburb of Richfield, Ohio.
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