Yearly archives: 2012


Sliding Clinic Scheduled For Saturday, June 16

CLINIC AT CHRISTIE PITS DIAMOND 3 OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED HOUSE LEAGUE MOSQUITO & PEEWEE PLAYERS The Toronto Playgrounds Baseball Committee has scheduled a Sliding Clinic on Saturday, June 16 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Christie Pits Diamond 3. This sliding clinic is open to all players in our house league Mosquito and Peewee […]


Say Cheese! It’s TP House League Baseball Photo Day!!!

TODAY IS THE DAY TO LOOK YOUR GAME DAY BEST AT OUR ANNUAL PHOTO DAY SESSION The TP Baseball Committee wishes to remind one and all that the annual House League Baseball Photo Day session is on as scheduled for today  (Saturday, June 23.) Players and coaches (and parents) should meet behind the first base dugout at Christie Pits […]


SELECT > Royal York 2 Walks Over Bantam Selects 16-5

ONE BAD INNING SINKS UNDERMANNED TORONTO PLAYGROUNDS TEAM AT DOMINICO FIELD AT CHRISTIE PITS On a comfortable evening within the serene confines of Dominico Field at Christie Pits, the Royal York 2 Cardinals walked over the Toronto Playgrounds Bantam Select team 16-5 in four innings of play in their EBA Bantam Select Loop home […]


SELECT > Annette Tops Mosquito Selects 16-5

ANNETTE PITCHING BRIGADE NEUTRALIZES TORONTO PLAYGROUNDS OFFENSE AT RAVINA GARDENS Game Report composed with information filed by Paul Renton. Collage pictures by Gordon Belray. On a warm evening at Ravina Gardens Park this evening, Annette defeated the Toronto Playgrounds Mosquito Select team 16-5 in four innings. A top notch Annette pitching brigade […]


House League Pitching Clinic On Sunday, June 10

CLINIC IS OPEN TO ALL PLAYERS IN OUR MOSQUITO & PEEWEE DIVISIONS INTERESTED IN LEARNING THE ART OF PITCHING The Toronto Playgrounds Baseball Committee will be holding a Pitching Clinic for all interested players from the Mosquito and Peewee Divisions on Sunday, June 10 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Christie Pits Diamond 3. […]


TEE BALL > Loons And Owls Flutter To A Tie

BIRDS OF A FEATHER PLAY WONDERFUL BASEBALL TOGETHER DOWN AT BICKFORD PARK Underneath a veil of beautiful skies at the Bickford Park North Diamond, two of our traditional Tee Ball Division teams renewed old ornithological acquaintances. Before an enthusiastic, standing room only gathering of family and friends, the Loons and Owls took flight in […]


SELECT > Bloordale Top Rookie Selects 19-7

DESPITE THE FINAL RESULT, TORONTO PLAYGROUNDS FINDS LESSONS TO BUILD UPON Game Report courtesy of Scoop Evans. Jacob (5) did his best to will Toronto Playgrounds to a win with a two-hit game, including a triple, but the Rookie Ball Selects dropped a hard fought 19-7 six-inning contest to Bloordale at Neilson Park this evening. Three […]


SELECT > Royal York (3) Walk Over Mosquito Selects 13-11

GOOD OFFENSIVE EFFORT GOES TO WASTE AS SHAKY TORONTO PLAYGROUNDS PITCHERS ISSUE SEVENTEEN WALKS OVER FOUR INNINGS “Baseball is a lot like life. It’s a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.”  –Ernie Harwell “A Baseball Fact: Walks Kill.” […]


MOSQUITO > Artful Dodgers Pickpocket Cardinals 16-2

FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS, THE DODGERS CRUISE TO FOUR INNING VICTORY AT BICKFORD PARK In a lopsided affair at the Bickford Park South Diamond this evening, the Dodgers cruised to a 16-2 Mosquito Division victory over the Cardinals in four innings. The Dodgers were firing on all cylinders as they dominated the Cardinals both offensively and […]