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R.I.P. Gary Collins

Like many hockey players growing up in Canada, Gary Collins could also carry his weight in baseball. Collins was a mean throwing left-handed pitcher in his Toronto youth and he won two consecutive Memorial Cup national junior hockey titles with the Toronto Marlboros in 1955 and 1956 and played in two NHL games -- both in the spring of 1959 -- with the Maple Leafs. Collins passed away on June 12 at age 86. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher remembers Collins with this article.

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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