Kennedy: Passion for coaching continues and continues ... and ...

“For “Junior” it was to be his first game coaching on a Kingston ball diamond in more than 40 years. That’s quite a break between games at a familiar playground for hometown boy Bob Elliott, who long ago outgrew the nickname he earned in his youth as the namesake son of a local sporting hero. (“Niblet,” too, is all but forgotten, although Elliott is known to answer to “Knobber” when in the company of guys who played for him back in the day.)”

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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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