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August 05, 2007
Baseball making a comeback: in Canada. Registrations are up all across the country. Here are short bios on some of the most important figures in the renaisance.
posted by tommytrump to baseball at 07:04 PM - 5 comments
It's too bad the Canadian Baseball League tanked after half a season. I still have my London Monarchs baseball cap and signed "Joe Thornton Day" front-row ticket! I'll be honest, it was pretty lousy baseball. Maybe rookie level baseball (A or A+), but it was still fun to see guys playing their hearts out.
posted by grum@work at 08:59 PM on August 05, 2007
I never did get to a Monarchs game (I was busy that week), but I did have season tickets for the London Tigers, and went to quite a few London Werewolves games. We still have the London Majors (Intercounty League). All of the teams were good fun, a great bargain, and what a beautiful historic ballpark.
posted by tommybiden at 10:31 PM on August 05, 2007
I blame Barry Bonds. Speaking of baseball in Canada, congrats to Matt Stairs on becoming the 3rd Canadian player to play in 1500 games. Interesting article; thanks.
posted by holden at 10:47 PM on August 05, 2007
Baseball still holds my heart as an american and as a sports phan. That said, Go Phillies. It is still the "perfect game".
posted by GoBirds at 03:34 AM on August 06, 2007
It's too bad the Canadian Baseball League tanked after half a season. (With Calgary as champs.) It'd be nice to see baseball get back in favour here.