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From Coyote to Dawg, Luther brings winning ways to Okotoks

After winning a Canadian College Baseball Conference championship with the Okanagan College Coyotes this spring, shortstop Brendan Luther (Mississauga, Ont.). has brought his winning ways and potent bat to the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Okotoks Dawgs this summer. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recently caught up with the young Mississauga, Ont., native.

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SandlotsJoe McFarland
Three IBL fans biking around Ontario to see their beloved Leafs

Just how much do Patrick Meredith-Karan, Joe Sismondo and Jared Westreich love the Intercounty Baseball League’s Toronto Maple Leafs?

Enough to bike to games around Ontario to see their favourite team play.

Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Gravelle recently caught up with the trio to talk to them about their devotion to the Leafs and about some of those backroad journeys to the games.

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SandlotsEvan Gravelle
Luther drives the Mississauga Majors bus

The name of the game is usually pitching. And the name of the pitcher doing most of the work for the Mississauga Majors was right-hander Aiden Luther. Luther had two wins and a save as the Majors won the consolation title of the Battle of the Falls in Niagara N.Y. The Majors dropped the opener and then coach Mike Irving’s team won five straight.

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