

Thought I would add some pics of my days as a baseball player in Nova Scotia. We were Little League Provincial Champions and almost had a chance to play at the National Championships in Stoney Creek. Because we were a military team it was deemed that we did not represent a locale in the province. We were ticked. Our dream of playing at Willamsport was crsuhed. I played pitcher, catcher, and second base. Was lead-off hitter because of my bunting and base stealing ability. We built our own diamond with the help of our dads. The field had dugouts, fence, bleechers, grass infield,,,the works. I visited it in 2009 and remnants of it can still be found. Quite the memories. A member of that team tracked me down on Facebook this past year and we traded some stories about our times as "Major Leaguers". The above pictures show some of my teammates and the field we played on. The news article is about my brother's Pee Wee team that wasn't quite as good as our LL team. I am shown receiving the Championship trophy from the Base Commander. each player got to keep it at their house for a few weeks. I treated it as if it where the Stanley Cup.
How fitting that after all these years we have met for this quest. I grew up in Stoney Creek Ontario. Many summer evenings were spent watching games down the street from our family home near Green Acres Public School.
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Now that is an alignment of the stars!
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