DESPITE AN EARLY EXIT AT THE PROVINCIAL PLAYOFFS, OUR TP MOSQUITO SELECTS DID US ALL PROUD WITH A SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS 2015 SEASON TO REMEMBER
Game Post composed with files from Paul Kelly and Vincent Lynch
Beneath humid summer skies, the North York Blues defeated our Toronto Playgrounds Mosquito Selects 8-3 in a six inning round robin elimination game this morning at the Select Ontario Baseball Association (SOBA) Provincial Finals in Dorchester.
With the loss to the Blues, TP (0-2) was knocked out of further contention at the provincial championship playoffs since each of the teams participating in the Labour Day weekend Mosquito SOBA Provincial Finals were working under a double knockout playoff formula, whereby a team had to lose two games in order to be eliminated.
The TP Mosquito Selects had lost a taut and well pitched elimination game to open the provincial tourney on Friday evening. TP had constructed an early 3-0 lead over the Erindale Selects. However, Erindale battled back to tie the game in the seventh inning and force an extra inning. Pesky Erindale punched across two runs in the eighth to usurp TP 5-3.
Despite falling short of their ultimate goal at the Provincials, the TP Mosquito Selects played with intensity, resolve and passion during a pair of exciting playoff elimination games where they gave it their all and left everything on the field of play.
It’s been a hugely fun and successful 2015 campaign for the TP Mosquito Selects. The team began its long season back in the cold and snowy laden days of January with weekly indoor workouts at the Harbord Collegiate Institute gymnasium.
With their never say die attitude, the TP Mosquito Selects have had a fun and very exciting baseball campaign. They finished the 2015 EBA Select regular season with a 9-3 record. The team also had the opportunity to play in two tournaments during the course of the season, putting in good efforts at the Mississauga Majors Tournament back in June and the Muskoka Cup Tournament in July.
And finally, with their thrilling 2015 EBA Mosquito Select Championship victory, the TP Mosquito Selects defended their EBA Mosquito Select Championship title to become the Toronto Baseball Association (TBA) & EBA West Toronto Mosquito Select representative at the SOBA Provincial Finals for the second year in a row.
The TP Baseball Committee wishes to congratulate Mosquito Select Coaches Marco Bianchi, Paul Kelly, Mark Higgins and Adin Wener for their fortitude and patience in steering these talented Mosquito Selects through the highs and lows of a very successful and excellent 2015 campaign.
The Committee also wishes to congratulate all the Mosquito Select players, coaches and parents for representing the core values of the Toronto Playgrounds Baseball program with honour, dignity and professionalism on and off the diamond at the tournament and throughout the long season.
WAY TO GO, TP!