Posts by Bob Elliott
Newmarket Hawks, Thornhill Reds pay tribute to Daniel Lehmkuhl
Newmarket Hawks, Thornhill Reds pay tribute to Daniel Lehmkuhl

“On a night where the last thing on everyone’s mind was a ball game, the Newmarket Hawks and Thornhill Reds locked horns in Greater Toronto League action at Don McKnight Field in Newmarket.

Newmarket scored an 8-1 win, but the game offered an opportunity for players, coaches and fans to remember good friend and teammate Daniel Lehmkuhl.

Prior to the game last night, the teams held an on-field ceremony to pay tribute to Lehmkuhl’s life.”

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Mark Whicker: Velocities up, 115 arms on 60-day IL, batting averages down
Mark Whicker: Velocities up, 115 arms on 60-day IL, batting averages down

“The human body wasn’t designed to fling a baseball 100 mph.

It also wasn’t designed to watch ESPN try to broadcast hockey, but that’s another discussion.

Whether the cause is unnatural velocity, improved diagnostics, a de-emphasis on throwing at an early age, or the pernicious influence of a villain named Max Effort, it’s a great time to be an elbow surgeon.

As of Saturday, there were 115 pitchers on MLB’s 40-man rosters that were on the 60-day injured list, mostly with shoulder or elbow miseries.”

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Elliott: Tucker Zdunich returns to Dawgs, ball departs
Elliott: Tucker Zdunich returns to Dawgs, ball departs

“There is not a better feeling in the game than winning the final game of the season.

And conversely, there is probably not a worse feeling than losing when you are a victory away from playing in the championship final.

Tucker Zdunich felt the latter after his Reinhardt Eagles dropped the final two games of the AVISTA NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Id. The Eagles won three straight before losing back-to-back games to the Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs. A win in either would have put them in the title game.

No matter now. What was then was then. The page in his diamond book had been turned and he returned home to where he has played the previous 10 years going all the way back to bantam -- the Okotoks Dawgs.”

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Elliott: Wrubleski goes deep as Dawgs win streak ends in Lethbridge
Elliott: Wrubleski goes deep as Dawgs win streak ends in Lethbridge

“The uniform colour black is in at the Okotoks Dawgs Academy.

There are different teams of different colors but the one all teenagers want to wear is the Vanderbilt Commodores-style black uniforms.

There is a Dawgs Red team, a Dawgs White team, but THE most desired team is Dawgs Black.

So, how to explain the Okotoks Dawgs starting catcher on Friday night against the Lethbridge Bulls at Spitz Stadium?

Jacob Wrubleski played eight years at the Dawgs Academy. Only in his final year did he wear black. He wore red normally or white the other seven years.”

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Elliott: Soccer owner Bautista connects in BP, with new uniform and cap
Elliott: Soccer owner Bautista connects in BP, with new uniform and cap

“Way back in 1999-2000, Jose Bautista was a two-way man for coach Jeff Johnson’s Chipola College Indians.

Bautista filled the gaps with line drives, showed light-tower power to left and if needed would be used as a closer in the Florida state JUCO championships ... hitting 96 MPH.

And now all these home runs later, all these teams later (eight ... but he is really only associated with one) and all these years later, he is still a two-way man.”

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