Snow Sox leading Pecos League and providing platform to the next level

“The Pecos League does not get any recognition, well at least not as much as the other independent leagues, especially the ones now affiliated with Major League Baseball. The league operates in the desert mountain regions throughout California, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Colorado, Kansas and West Texas. Their top top hitter is Rob Paller. Paller has been around the block for some time. He played at Columbia University from 2012 to 2016 and hit .302 in his final collegiate season.”

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ELLIOTT PLAY BALL III: New Brunswick starts, Mudcats, Alpines, Fisher Cats, Cardinals win

Jordan Fortin and Julian MacDonald both threw the first pitches of the 2021 New Brunswick season around 7:30 p.m. on June 2. MacDonald was starting at Ironmen Park for the Chatham Ironmen and he was tagged with the loss in an 8-4 setback to the Metro Mudcats in the New Brunswick Junior League opener. Fortin was pitching for the Saint John Alpines and gained the victory as the Alpines beat the Fredericton Royals in a lopsided opener at Memorial Field.

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SandlotsBob Elliott
Okotoks Dawgs came out prepared on opening weekend

“As it turned out -- all those lonely sessions hitting off the tee, all those 1-on-1 battles with the pitching machine, all those bullpen sessions in front of maybe four or five sets of eyes and all those ground balls on cold days and hot day -- it was all worth it. The date June 12 was almost two years in the making for many in the Okotoks Dawgs Academy. After a year in which Baseball Alberta cancelled its 2020 season -- like most provinces who locked the doors to diamonds -- the Alberta government and Baseball Alberta flashed the green light to start league play throughout the province.”

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SandlotsTyler Milton