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 […]
BLUE BIRDS BEAT BACK TENACIOUS LIZZIES RALLY ATTEMPT TO EMERGE FROM THE RAIN WITH A VICTORY; ORIOLES TAKE FLIGHT AND TOP ROYALS 5-3 IN PEEWEE NIGHTCAP Underneath on and off drizzly skies, the Jays fended off a tenacious rally attempt and edged the Lizzies in 8-7 in 3 ½ innings of Peewee Division play at Christie […]
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.” […]
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 […]
IN AN EFFICACIOUS MANNER, TORONTO PLAYGROUNDS WINS THIRD GAME OF EBA SELECT SEASON With masterful proficiency, the Toronto Playgrounds Peewee Select team overpowered Weston 17-6 in 4 ½ innings tonight at Christie Pits Diamond 2 to earn their third win of the EBA Select Season. In easily their most impressive game of the season, […]
TWO OF OUR ROOKIE BALL TEAMS PLAYED THREE ROARIN’ INNINGS OF BASEBALL AT CHRISTIE PITS
EXCEPT FOR ONE INNING, TORONTO PLAYGROUNDS PLAYED THEIR BEST GAME OF THE EBA ROOKIE BALL SEASON On a warm and humid evening, Weston defeated a gutsy Toronto Playgrounds Rookie Ball Select team 11-5 in four innings at Christie Pits Diamond 3 tonight. The Rookie Ball Selects undoubtedly played their best game of […]
DOWN 7-2, THE O’s STAGE FIVE RUN COMEBACK TO DRAW EVEN WITH THE JAYS IN PEEWEE DIVISION SEASON OPENER; IT WAS LIGHTS OUT IN THE NIGHT CAP AS THE LIZZIES & ROYALS TIED 2-2 “It ain’t over till it’s over.” –Yogi Berra Underneath warm and humid skies at Christie Pits […]
TORONTO PLAYGROUNDS FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS IN FIRST EBA REGULAR SEASON VICTORY GAME REPORT BY BRIAN HERMAN & PAUL RENTON & GAME PHOTOS BY GORDON BELRAY Firing on all cylinders over the course of five innings, the Toronto Playgrounds Mosquito Select team defeated Royal York (2) 14-5 in convincing fashion at […]
TORONTO PLAYGROUNDS BUILDS AN EARLY AND DOUSES FURIOUS ROYAL YORK RALLY ATTEMPT FOR THE WIN In a thriller at Queensway Park this evening, the Toronto Playgrounds Peewee Select team extinguished a furious Royal York 3 comeback attempt to win 10-9 in five innings of play. The Peewee Selects made the most of their opportunities […]
GIANTS SCORE EARLY AND FEND OFF TENACIOUS CUBS RALLY TO WIN OPENING DAY GAME On a warm and humid evening at the Bickford Park South Diamond, the Giants topped the Cubs 7-5 in 4 ½ innings to emerge victorious in an exciting Mosquito Division Season Opener. In a well pitched game by both teams, the difference in […]
TENACIOUS TORONTO PLAYGROUNDS RALLY FALLS SHORT IN THE FINAL INNING In a battle royale this evening, York edged the Toronto Playgrounds Peewee Select Team 10-9 in 4 ½ innings of play at Smythe Park. Trailing York 10 -6 in the top of the fifth, the never say die Peewee Selects rallied for three […]
TWO HISTORIC ROOKIE BALL DIVISION TEAMS CELEBRATE OPENING DAY IN CAT STRATCH FEVER FASHION Underneath warm and humid skies, the Panthers and Tigers innaugurated the beginning of the 2012 Rookie Ball House League Baseball Season at Christie Pits Diamond 2 this evening. In tenacious feline fashion, both teams clawed and stratched […]
OUR SECOND YEAR TEE BALL EXPANSION TEAMS RENEW OLD ORNITHOLOGICAL ACQUAINTANCES Under warm and hazy skies at the Bickford North Diamond, the Cranes and Herons took flight in a Tee Ball Division Battle Royale. Before a standing room only assembly of joyous family and friends, these two teams of prey lit […]
TWO HISTORIC TEE BALL DIVISION TEAMS INNAUGURATE THE START OF THE 2012 REGULAR SEASON Underneath hazy and humid skies at the Bickford North diamond, it was only fitting that two of of our historic Tee Ball Division teams innaugurated the beginning of the 2012 Toronto Playgrounds House League Baseball Season. Taking […]
