Posts in Sandlots
Verge: Equipment drive in Labrador gives kids opportunity to play

“Twelve-year-old Newfoundlander Cailen Angnatok has yet to hit a home run.

But the bat, ball and glove he went home with thanks to an equipment drive for their small northern community, will mean he’s that much closer to crushing one out of the park.

“Do you think you're going to hit a home run someday?” asked his physical education teacher Matthew Mercer, who contacted vice president of the Paradise Minor Baseball Association, Susan Pennell, about setting up the drive.

“Yeah,” Cailen replied, a student at Jens Haven Memorial School.

The equipment will benefit Cailen and many other kids in the community of Nain, with some of the gear being kept at the school for kids from kindergarten to Grade 12 to use, and the rest going home with them so they can practice baseball on their own. “

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SandlotsMelissa Verge
Wilson: Oyen’s 1995 championship squad to be celebrated at WCBL’s first Rural Roots Baseball Classic

“When they galloped onto Saskatchewan's baseball scene, you did not want to lock horns with Oyen.

The Pronghorns, the lone Alberta representative in the Saskatchewan Major Baseball League (SMBL), joined the six-team circuit in 1993 and came ready to play.

Doug Lehman - who now has a ball diamond named after him in Oyen - and Doug Jones, who is currently the mayor of the town, were among those who helped give the team its start in the SMBL.”

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SandlotsIan Wilson
Fitzpatrick: Snyder, Montreal politician who brought MLB to Canada, inducted into Canadian ball hall

“What Gerry Snyder meant to the city of Montreal cannot be overstated.

The beloved politician was a driving factor in bringing Major League Baseball to Canada, but also the 1976 Olympics, the first Montreal F1 Grand Prix in 1978, and he helped the Toronto Blue Jays find their training facility home in Dunedin Florida.

For his seemingly endless effort and passion for his community, he was named one of the first Queen’s Silver Jubilee Award recipients in 1978, and now, he’s received a posthumous induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. “

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Elliott, PG III: Great Lake Canadians lefty hams it up on mound with no no against ABC

“As Alexandre Giguère’s fly ball nestled into the right fielder Roen Douglas’s glove, the third base dugout emptied as if someone had set off the fire alarm.

No fire here inside Royal Field.

And no hits either.

Lefty Michael Ham, 17, had pitched a complete-game, seven-inning, no hitter for the Great Lake Canadians against the Academy Baseball Canada on Day III of the Perfect Game 18U Canadian National Championship Tour. “

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Elliott, PG Day II: Kobryn, Leah, Ohanian, Winney

“The Windsor Selects and Team Ontario entered the day undefeated and untied.

They ended the day still owning undefeated records ... as Windsor’s Nate Winney provided the game-tying, two-out, two-run drive to right field in the bottom of the seventh inning.

It wasn’t a game winner, but Winney kept Windsor atop Pool A as Day II drew to a close at the 18U Perfect Game Canadian National Championship Tour on Thursday afternoon.”

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McFarland: Coaching legend Brown back with WCBL’s Giants

“It all comes down to a simple game of catch for Ray Brown.

After more than six decades in baseball, few can match his experience or his instincts at the ballpark.

You never have to question where the Baseball Alberta Life Member is coming from or what his coaching philosophies might be, as he has always believed that hard work and the basics will create success on the field.”

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SandlotsJoe McFarland