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Kennedy: Veteran Bob Moses calls him as he sees them -- all year round

“It’s a warm, sun-dappled October afternoon at Megaffin Park, a few minutes before the first pitch in an exhibition ball game featuring U15 teams from Kingston and Montreal.

In the parking lot, umpire Bob Moses rummages through the clutter in the trunk of his 2012 Hyundai.

He’s searching for a hat to complete the ensemble he’ll don for the next couple of hours. Moses is working the bases today with colleague Pat Jordan behind the plate.

The late-autumn game wraps up another season at Nels Megaffin’s aging ballpark — and Year 32 for the mustachioed Moses as a member of the local umpiring lodge. Yet, he’ll have little time to reflect and relax. Not long after the final out is registered, he’ll switch his counter, mask and umpire shirt for a whistle, helmet and black-and-white striped jersey. “

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McFarland: Kilshaw set to rep Saskatchewan on Junior National Team

“The baseball season just keeps getting longer for Aiden Kilshaw – not that he minds at all.

Originally from Swift Current and now living in Saskatoon, he has seen opportunity after opportunity come his way over the last few months.

The young prospect has been determined to make the most of every one of them.

Little did he know, Kilshaw was setting himself up for one of the biggest announcements of the season: the Baseball Canada Junior National Team Fall Instructional League roster.”

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