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Hamilton Thunderbirds moving in the
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Hamilton Thunderbirds are longing
to chase the sun, and Thursday night they will be that
process as the Intercounty Baseball League will hit the
practice floor in Frozen Ropes at Oakville, Ontario.
“It’s hard to believe that
we finally get started Thursday (March 6, 2008). I can
hardly wait, and our players are the same way,” said
Hamilton Thunderbirds Business and General Manager Adeo
Calcagni, today. “We have a number of top prospects,
former pros and a Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian Football
League prospect in the outfield, Richard Wright.”
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The club will workout each Thursday
at 8:30 p.m. in the Oakville facility until Monday, April
28, 2008 when they hit the field in Hamilton’s
Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m.
This season the Thunderbirds will play
18 games at home (36-game IBL schedule) from Arcelor-Mittal/Dofasco
Opening Day against the Guelph Royals at Bernie Sunday
May 4 through Sunday, July 20 when they wind up their
regular season schedule against the Barrie Baycats and
former Toronto Blue Jays hurler Paul Spoljaric.
The home slate includes nine Sunday dates, seven Fridays
and a Saturday date on June 14 against the London Majors,
which will mark the 30th anniversary of the 1978 Hamilton
Cardinals (forerunner to the Thunderbirds) winning the city’s
lone Intercounty championship. The Cards defeated the Majors
4-1 in games that year. A Tuesday date on June 17 will round
out Hamilton’s home skein against the IBL champion,
Toronto Maple Leafs.
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2008 schedule below.
For more information, contact Adeo Calcagni at (647) 222-9392.
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Intercounty
Baseball League 2008 Season Schedule |
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Away Team |
Home Team |
Game Time |
Notes |
Sat 3rd |
HAMILTON |
Guelph |
3:00 pm |
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Sun 4th
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Guelph
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HAMILTON
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2:00 pm
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Arcelor-Mittal/Dofasco
Opening Day |
Sat 10th |
HAMILTON |
Branford |
2:00 pm |
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Sun 11th |
London |
HAMILTON |
2:00 pm |
East Ham Kiwanis Day |
Fri 16th |
Toronto |
HAMILTON |
7:30 pm |
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Sat 17th |
HAMILTON |
Oshawa |
2:00 pm |
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Sun 18th |
Barrie |
HAMILTON |
2:00 pm |
SCOLL Opening Day |
Wed 21st |
HAMILTON |
Toronto |
7:30 pm |
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Sat 24th |
HAMILTON |
Stratford |
2:00 pm |
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Sun 25th |
HAMILTON |
London |
1:00 pm |
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Fri 30th |
Kitchener |
HAMILTON |
7:30 pm |
East Ham Kiwanis Day |
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| JUNE |
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| Sun 1st |
Brantford |
HAMILTON |
2:00 pm |
SCOLL T-ball Clinic |
| Tues 3rd |
HAMILTON |
Stratford |
7:30 pm |
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| Thurs 5th |
HAMILTON |
Barrie |
7:00 pm |
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| Fri 6th |
Guelph |
HAMILTON |
7:30 pm |
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| Sun 8th |
Oshawa |
HAMILTON |
2:00 pm |
STAR Clinic Day |
| Tues 10th |
HAMILTON |
Guelph |
7:30 pm |
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Toronto |
HAMILTON |
7:30 pm |
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Sat 14th
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London
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HAMILTON
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2:00 pm
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Arcelor-Mittal/Dofasco
IBL 30th Anniversary Day |
Sun 15th |
Brantford |
HAMILTON |
2:00 pm |
East Ham Kiwanis Day |
Tues 17th |
Toronto |
HAMILTON |
7:30 pm |
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Thurs 19th |
HAMILTON |
Kitchener |
7:30 pm |
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Fri 20th |
Stratford |
HAMILTON |
7:30 pm |
STAR Campout |
Sun 22nd |
Oshawa |
HAMILTON |
2:00 pm |
East Ham Kiwanis Day |
Tues 24th |
HAMILTON |
Stratford |
7:30 pm |
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Fri 27th |
HAMILTON |
London |
7:30 pm |
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Sun 29th |
HAMILTON |
Kitchener |
7:00 pm |
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Thurs 3rd |
HAMILTON |
Barrie |
7:00 pm |
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Fri 4th |
Stratford |
HAMILTON |
7:30 pm |
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Sun 6th |
Brantford |
HAMILTON |
2:00 pm |
Arcelor-Mittal/Dofasco Clinic |
Wed 9th |
HAMILTON |
Toronto |
7:30 pm |
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Fri 11th |
HAMILTON |
Brantford |
8:00 pm |
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Sun 13th |
HAMILTON |
London |
1:00 pm |
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Wed 16th |
HAMILTON |
Oshawa |
7:30 pm |
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Fri 18th |
Kitchener |
HAMILTON |
2:00 pm |
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Sun 20th
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Barrie
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HAMILTON
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2:00 pm
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Pink Ladies Cancer
Research Day |
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Brantford’s
New Era for the IBL Allstar Game
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It’s
a completely new ball game for the New Era IBL Allstar
Game, which is being hosted by the (defending 2006
Intercounty Baseball League champion Brantford Red
Sox.
The main objective for the New Era Allstar Organizing Committee chaired by Red
Sox General Manager Len Hannam is to display the City of Brantford and instil
in others the pride that they (the Red Sox players) have in playing in the community.
The game is just one portion of the festivities that will be taking place tomorrow
(Saturday) in Arnold Anderson Stadium in downtown Brantford. The ball club has
organized entertainment for the day and a series of activities.
“We want to show people that we are more than just
a baseball team, that we are a great organization that
can put on
a first-class event,” said Hannam, “We are
expecting in excess of 1,500 people on Saturday. And that
is with
the game being televised as well.”
By winning the
Intercounty title last August, Brantford became the host
organization, and this weekend
the organizers are hoping that close to 200 former IBL stars
will be in attendance for the event.
Preceding the New Era
Allstar match, will be a five-inning IBL Allstar Alumni
Game involving close to 70 former players spanning
several generations.
According to Hannam, the Alumni Game concept has captured
peoples’ attention already with many thinking
back to the many great players and teams within the
League.
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London
Majors General Manager Roop Chanderdat was part of
the group responsible
for
selecting the 2007
IBL Allstars who will face the Brantford squad in Saturday’s
game, which will get underway at 4:30 p.m.
"I am very excited to be the Field Manager of the Allstar
Team, and look forward to the game and events that will be
taking place in Brantford. I give a lot of credit to my own
2006 London team, and my coaches, because without their hard
work I would not have received this opportunity,” said
Chanderdat.
Making up part of the 2007 New Era IBL Allstar contingent is Jeff Cowan, INF,
and Adam Banski, RHP of Barrie; Matt Fortuna, C, and Sean Reilly. OF, of Guelph;
Tom Robertson, INF, Jesus Chourio, RHP, and Nibaldo Acosta, RHP, of Hamilton;
Kurt Zimniewicz, RHP,
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Jeff Pietraszko, OF, Justin Wendt, INF,
and Lee Witmer, RHP, of Kitchener; Kyle Piwowarczyk,
INF, Tom Van Kasteren, LHP, Rudy Vallejos, OF, and
Kevin Virtue, OF, of London. Also included are: Steve
Lewis, OF, Darren Sawyers, OF, and Scott Robinson,
RHP, of Oshawa; Justin Pennell, OF/RHP, Steve Charles,
OF, and Will Richards, C, of Stratford, and from
Toronto, Danny Gibbons, INF, Matt Logan, INF, Kyle
Gilligan, INF, Jon Lockwood, RHP, David Francis,
RHP, and Joe Colameco OF.
Field Manager, Chanderdat,
and Coaches will manage the club: James Sinfield,
Harry Muir, and Scott Price all of London. The Trainer
will be Roxanne Mathews of London with Kyle Sinfield
and Cam Simpson of London as the batboys.
The festivities begin
at noon on Saturday in Arnold Anderson Stadium and
continue into the night.
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The following is the New Era Allstar Game event
schedule:
12:00 - Gates open - George Rose Dixieland Band
12:30 - Alumni game (5 innings)
3:30 - Lost Dancers - Native Dance Group
4:00 - Opening Ceremonies
4:20 - National Anthem - Suzie McNeil
4:25 - Opening Pitch - Walter Gretzky
4:30 - IBL Allstar Game (7 innings)
6:30 - BBQ and Meet & Greet Players
7:00 - Entertainment - Suzie McNeil
Exhibits and displays include the following: Toronto Blue Jays - Kids Zone;
Rawlings Canada; Mizuno Canada Ltd.; Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum;
CKPC Radio
- "Voice of the Red Sox"; B.C.I. - Face Painting; Corky the Clown,
and the Brantford Red Sox. |
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| Wendt provides the margin of victory |
| IBL Allstars 3, Brantford Red Sox 2 |
BRANTFORD—Close to 2,000 fans jammed Arnold
Anderson Stadium for the New Era Intercounty Baseball League
Allstar Game Weekend featuring the IBL Alumni Game and the
Allstar Game. The Alumni match was a big hit with the Oldtimers
finishing in a 3-3 tie while in the Allstar game the ‘Stars
scored twice in the sixth inning and earned a 3-2 victory
Saturday, July 7, 2007. |
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Allstars earned the victory when Justin Wendt of the Kitchener
Panthers
singled and scored on Sean Reilly’s sacrifice fly to
centrefield in the sixth inning with no one out. Reilly plays
for the Guelph Royals.
Tom Van Kasteren
of the London Majors started the game for the Allstars and
was one of six pitchers they used. Justin Pennell of the
Stratford Nationals earned the victory as he went two innings
allowing one run on three hits and a walk. He had one strikeout.
Brad Hogeterp started for Brantford, and was one of six pitchers
they used. Colin Buckborough took the loss
as he gave up two earned runs on two hits and a walk.
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Adam Vella of Brantford
had two hits including a double, and Tyler Burnell added
a double.
For the Allstars, Wendt of the Panthers had a single and
an RBI. Danny Gibbons of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Will
Richards of Stratford added a double each.
Linescore: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
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IBL Allstars 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 – 3 7 0
Brantford Red Sox 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 5 1
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