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Goodwin's walk-off Canada Day hit gives Bulls a Hollywood ending

“There’s heroes and there’s legends.

Heroes get remembered but legends never die.

Or at least that’s what a dream-conjured Babe Ruth told us in the classic baseball movie The Sandlot.

Where Brad Goodwin fits on that hero/legend scale is hard to know, but he delivered one of the most magical moments of the 2022 Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) season and it won’t be forgotten anytime soon.

So stirring was the sequence of events it reminded many in attendance – and others who saw the pictures and viral videos after – of something straight out of Hollywood.”

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SandlotsIan Wilson
Hometown Giants pitcher gets job “Dunn” on Canada Day

“It was a moment Sean Dunn won’t soon forget.

After being introduced over the public address system to a raucous crowd at Legacy Dodge Field, he went through his pre-game motions as his Fort McMurray Giants were about to face the Sylvan Lake Gulls.

However, this wasn’t just another game on the schedule – this was Canada Day 2022.

And the hometown hurler knew he had to take a moment to soak it all in.”

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