It’s all the buzz in the land these days – the Toronto Blue Jays’ quest for baseball supremacy continues tonight with one team in the way.
Rookie Trey Yesavage, who began the season in “A” ball, takes to the mound against Dodgers ace Blake Snell in game one of the World Series.
Sheilagh O’Leary, who won her first provincial election last week to become one of two NDP members in the House of Assembly, has always been big on baseball and will be in front of the tube tonight.
Her father, Sean O’Leary, had a tryout with the Brooklyn Dodgers many eons ago and her brother, Michael O’Leary, made it all the way to “AAA” in Florida – one step below the majors.
O’Leary got her first job selling hot dogs at St. Pat’s ballfield.
An image of a baseball game between St. John’s and Grand falls in 1920 (via The Rooms)
Baseball history stretches back more than a century in NL
The Rooms is offering some historic proof that the love of baseball runs deep in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The archives are sharing images from an inter-city matchup dating back to 1920 between St. John’s and Grand Falls-Windsor.
Baseball NL was formed before Confederation with Canada in 1947, and celebrated its 75th anniversary back in 2022.
In recent years, baseball has become increasingly popular across the province with more and more young athletes registering for local leagues.
