Following the COBA Major Baseball League in Ontario. Follow to get scores, game reports, and other news about the league and Elite Men's AAA baseball in Ontario
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Congrats to the Sarnia Braves Baseball Club. The 2019 Men’s AAA Elimination Champion. They now advance to the Canadians in Miramichi, NB in late August.
@GuruCBG @SarniaBraves @OntarioSrBall @baseballcanada @BaseballOntario #Elims19
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Would like to send out a huge congrats to Brampton Royals player and Purdue Baseball grad Zac Fascia on signing a free agent deal with the Cleveland Indians organization. Congrats and go get em Zac!!
@Fascia15 @BallMechanic @SrBramRoyals @elliottbaseball @CDNBaseballNet
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BREAKING NEWS: COBA Major Creates Partnership To Cover OBA Provincial Tournaments
Here is the official press release on the site:
cobamajorbaseball.com/teams/…
@GuruCBG @OntarioSrBall @BaseballOntario @Da_Legionnaires @Vaughan_Vikings @PLSPirates @ThoroldAnchors #OBAPlayoffs19
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A huge congrats to Toronto native and Leaside Baseball legend Howard “Howie” Birnie on his induction into the Toronto Sport Hall of Honour. Congrats Howie; very well deserved honour.
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Happy Elims Week Fans! Here it is freshly completed and checked over...the Men's AAA Elimination Preview. Article can be found here:
hometeamsonline.com/teams/de…
@CDNBaseballNet @elliottbaseball @GuruCBG @OntarioSrBall @zingerbats @berniesoulliere #Elims19
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With the end of the Metros season, it also marks the end of four careers with Head Coach Kerry Hedden and players Jono Marcheterre, Jonathan Paul and Dave Davidson all packing it in. It was a pleasure to both play and against these great guys.
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Thanks to everyone for following along. Time to start the trek home now.
#Elims19
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I have to say that I’m truly overwhelmed by the messages from both teams/people who offer thanks after each tourney. It is a team effort for each one of these events but the love does not go unnoticed. Truly blessed to be apart of the Sr baseball family in Ontario. Thank you all
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Dear Rain,
We have had enough of your antics. We would like to play baseball sometime before the end of June. Please stop falling from the sky and making our fields wet and muddy.
Signed,
COBA Major Baseball Teams
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Brief note from myself…
@MiltonSrSox @OakvilleAs @BrantsBaseball @EtobRangers @ErindaleSrCards @SrBramRoyals @OntarioSrBall @BaseballOntario @CABCBaseball
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Tomorrow things will be more tightly updated but please keep this in mind going forward that like others that out on this tournament I’m just a volunteer that gets nothing is return for what I do. My sole goal is promoting senior baseball in the province
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Good luck to both the @TecumsehThunder and the @StrathSrRoyals at the Canadian Sr. Men's Baseball Tournament in Fredericton
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2023 COBA Major League Playoff Champions - Etobicoke Rangers
@EtobRangers @EtobicokeRanger @OntarioSrBall @BaseballOntario
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Wishing the @TecumsehThunder and @IldertonRedArmy the best of luck as they depart for Victoria, BC tomorrow morning for the 2018 Canadian Sr Men’s Baseball Championships. Good luck to COBA players Kyle Breitner, Billy Martin, Andrew Mullin (Tec.) and Alex Thrower (Ild.) as well!!
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With the news this week from Baseball Ontario, we are happy to announce that we now have a schedule in place and will be posting this next week for the COBA Major AAA Sr Baseball League this summer. We will have six teams taking part this year.
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The Legionnaires complete the comeback walking off the Blues on a double. Final:
Harrow Blues - 12
Listowel Legionnaires- 13
Congrats to Listowel on capturing the 2019 Sr A OBA Championship. Congrats also to Harrow on a Hell of a tournament.
@Da_Legionnaires @BaseballOntario
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The league is very saddened to learn of the passing of Duane Walton father of Oakville A’s 3B/DH Marc Walton. Duane was a fixture at Oakville Park as he was in attendance for every one of Marc’s games in his 20+ years of Sr Baseball.
@OakvilleAs @elliottbaseball @Waltsanity
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The COBA Major Baseball League is saddened to hear of the passing of former Thornhill Reds and current Newmarket Hawks player Dan Lehmkuhl. Sending so much love to his wife Laura and kids Jack and Maddie. We will be keeping you in our thoughts ❤️ @NewmarketHawks @ThornhillReds
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COBA Major Rookie of the Year - Aidan Murphy Brampton Royals
@SrBramRoyals @zerokbats @CABCBaseball #COBAMajorAwards22
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Congrats Justin Ayles. Recognized tonight at the Rogers Centre for his Baseball Ontario President’s Award @JustinAyles89 @NiagaraMetros #COBABaseball
Tonight we recognized the 2018 Baseball Ontario Award winners on field, including OBA Pitcher of the Year, Nathan, who threw out our Ceremonial First Pitch.
Nice strike, Nathan! 🔥
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Milton can’t get anything going in the last half of the 7th inning. Make the final score:
Brampton Royals - 6
Milton Red Sox - 2
Congrats to the 2021 COBA Major League Playoff Champions the Brampton Royals
@MiltonSrSox @SrBramRoyals @CABCBaseball
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Your 2019 Hap Walters Invitational Tornament Champions — The Mississauga SW Twins
@Mitwinsbaseball @BrendanEmmett @AdamBanski @GuruCBG @OntarioSrBall
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Putting in work during the “off season.” Now down 30lbs and counting. Wouldn’t mind playing som baseball right now!! Hope everyone is safe and healthy during these times
#Baseball #Workouts #SummersPastime #DamnYouCOVID
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The small notes and messages of appreciation do not go unnoticed and I’m appreciative of all the love and good vibes. Next up will be the awards banquet in October. Thank you to everyone and especially the teams in our league. Bunch of amazing guys to play against all year long
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And that’s a wrap for OBA weekend. A big thanks to all four hosts as well as the numerous teams who kept me in the loop all weekend. The coverage doesn’t happen without you guys
@Vaughan_Vikings @PLSPirates @Da_Legionnaires @ThoroldAnchors @BaseballOntario #OBAPlayoffs19
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First Sr AAA exhibition action (that i am aware of anyway) will take place this coming Sunday as the defending Sr AAA champion Sarnia Braves will host the Kincardine Cubs in a twinbill at Errol Russell Park in Sarnia.
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The COBA Major League is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Oakville A’s slugger Jeff Jarockis. A story has been posted on the site in Jeff’s memory:
cobamajorbaseball.com/teams/…
The league sends its most sincere condolences to Jeff’s family during this time ❤️ ⚾️
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Classy move by the @NiagaraMetros having a bit before their first game today against the @EtobRangers for Steve Breitner. Still miss the guy tons #Whitey #Number18
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Wishing Erindale vet Steve “Bully” Gallant a happy retirement for COBA Major Baseball after 25 years. Gallant singled and walked off to a standing ovation from his teammates. Best of luck in the future Bull!!
@ErindaleSrCards @bull25 #Bully
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Congratulations to the Oshawa Jr Baseball Club on winning the Canadian Jr Baseball Championship tonight in Gatineau, PQ with a 9-6 win over the host club.
@Shwa_Jr_BBall @BaseballOntario @GuruCBG @baseballcanada @OntarioSrBall
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Catcher bobbles the first pitch to Brandon and the runner scores from 1B. Final score:
@ThornhillReds - 0
@SarniaBraves - 1
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Now that I have made it home (in a great time of 3:15) I am truly greatful firnall those that have taken the time to write me a small note on here or email. As I reflect back, obviously it would be great if my team got deep in this tournament (Final 5 the furthest I have been)...
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Courtright Field now with its proper name!! @GiantsCorunna
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This Elims thing seems to be a big deal...2800 views and counting in two days. Appreciate the love from everyone. Gonna be a hell of a tournament. Even getting some inquiries from across Canada 🇨🇦. Love it!!!!
@GuruCBG @OntarioSrBall @BaseballOntario #Elims19
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The Sarnia Braves have announced their pick-ups for the upcoming Men's AAA Canadian Baseball Tournament in Chatham, New Brunswick. You can about them here:
hometeamsonline.com/teams/de…
@SarniaBraves @TecumsehThunder @StarsofWindsor @Mitwinsbaseball @OntarioSrBall @GuruCBG
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Wirh the Elims coming up this coming weekend, here is my annual Elims preview article. Great field of teams this year. Should be an awesome tournament.
cobamajorbaseball.com/teams/…
@MiltonSrSox @OakvilleAs @BrantsBaseball @EtobRangers @ErindaleSrCards @SrBramRoyals @CABCBaseball
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With the season in the books, I would like to thank Bob Elliott of the Canadian Baseball Network for once again posting material about the COBA Major Baseball League and Men’s AAA Tournanents in Ontario. Thanks Bob!
@elliottbaseball @CDNBaseballNet @BaseballOntario #COBABaseball
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Fianally, I would like to give my extreme gratitude to the league executive, managers and Glenn Turner for selecting me as the league Executive of the Year. To say that this came as a surprise to me is a huge understatement as I am still an active player in the league..
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COBA Major Top Pitcher - Andrew Hyde Etobicoke Rangers
@EtobRangers @KSG_MISS @RawlingsSports @CABCBaseball #COBAMajorAwards22
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Final from the Lakeside Tourney
@TecumsehThunder - 5
@SarniaBraves - 1
Congrats to Jamie Kell and the whole Tecumseh Thunder organization on capturing the 2019 Lakeside Tournament Championship title.
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COBA Major League MVP - Sean Alp Milton Red Sox
@MiltonSrSox @HrdBatCo @CABCBaseball #COBAMajorAwards22
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Andy Pearce League Home Run Champion
Joe Ferreira - Brampton Royals
Sponsored by Zinger Bats & TLR Promotions
@zingerbats @TLR_Promotions @SrBramRoyals @BramptonRoyals @BallMechanic #COBABaseball
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To everyone who followed along this year from opening pitch to the last out yesterday thank you for having an interest in our league and senior baseball in Ontario. It is a pleasure to be able to build the profile of our league each year (1/2)...
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Sending love, thoughts and prayers to the Ontario Blue Jays family tonight upon hearing of the passing of one of their alumni Jason Freeman after a very courageous battle with cancer. Thinking of the Freeman family tonight. RIP Jason
@OntarioBlueJays #BaseballFamily
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The dance is set-up and ready to roll in August.
#Elims22 #Windsor #RoadToSydney @MiltonSrSox @SrBramRoyals @ErindaleSrCards @BrantsBaseball @OakvilleAs @EtobRangers @SydSooners @baseballcanada
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COBA Major Sportsman of the Year - Andrew Mullin Erindale Cardinals
@ErindaleSrCards @SamBatCorp @CABCBaseball #COBAMajorAwards22
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Thanks to everyone for the kind messages and emails over the past few days. We have an amazing baseball community here and around the province. Thanks to all of you 🙏
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LETS GOOOOO!!!!! Congrats @Cdnmooselips33 Hall of Fame bound @Montreal_Expos @Cardinals @Rockies @CDNBaseballHOF @CDNBaseballNet @elliottbaseball
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To the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice and to those who still continue to serve our great country thank you for you all that you do.
We will remember them!!!
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As always thanks to everyone for following along again this season. Best of luck to the three remaining teams
@IldertonRedArmy @TecumsehThunder @StrathSrRoyals
#Elims18 .#RoadToVictoria
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After seeing the field in Courtright named after Eric MacKenzie, figured I should read about the man himself from one of the brightest baseball minds in Canada. Can’t wait to crack into this book.
@elliottbaseball @CDNBaseballNet #BaseballIsTheBest #GrowTheGame
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Sending our most sincere condolences to former Niagara Metros C Jono Marcheterre on the passing of his mother. Sending love and strength to the family ❤️
@JustinAyles89 @NiagaraMetros @TroyFindlay @JonathanPaul30 @jono2320 @DAVVEED17 @RickyRoss25 @CABCBaseball
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What an effort by Kyle Breitner...
7 Inn, 4 Hits, 1 Run, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 Ks
With the win, Sarnia now moves to 1-1 in pool play and will take on Team New Brunswick later tonight at 7pm (6pm EST) at Waldo Henderson Field. Mike Damchuk gets the ball for this one.
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BREAKING NEWS: the COBA Major Baseball League actually has a game on a field tonight #NoJokes #Baseball #ForRealsies
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COBA Major Playoff MVP - Daniel Murphy Etobicoke Rangers
@EtobRangers @SamBatCorp @CABCBaseball #COBAMajorAwards22
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Congratulations to Jamie Kell and the @TecumsehThunder organization on their 5th consectuative Ontario Sr Men’s Baseball Championship. They will be ON1 in Victoria while the Ilderton Red Army will be ON2
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Few years ago, I started this up just to get scores and news out about our COBA Major Baseball League. Amazing to see people still following and that number keeps growing. Almost at 1,100. Thanks for all the love y’all.
#COBABaseball #IsItTimeToPlayYet
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Dean was an umpire in an our loop for many years. Always pleasant and easy to deal with and had such a great demeanour and love for the game. Gonna miss seeing him around. Rest easy Dean-O ❤️
On thoughts are also with the family of Dean Oberle as he passed away recently. What you see here is what you got from Dean every time you said hello to him. Photo credit: Dan Haugh
@BaseballOntario @baseballcanada @elliottbaseball @CDNBaseballNet
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It’s a long weekend and you have lots of time. There is absolutely no reason why there should be 5 innings games today. Imagine if @BaseballOntario did that for the eliminations?? There would be a mutiny. Has to be better than this. Get it together and let’s go!!
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Congrats to the Dartmouth Dry on a fantatsic tournament. Canadian Sr Men’s Silver Medalists. Congrats on a great run guys!!
@MooseheadDry @baseball_ns @BaseballCANNats @baseballcanada #BCanNats19
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Breitner works around the walk and shuts the door one game one for the Thunder. Final score from Royal Athletic:
@TecumsehThunder - 2
@baseball_ns - 1
WP - Billy Martin
SV - Kyle Breitner
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Great showing by all who were in attendance this weekend in Windsor/Tecumseh. Here is hoping we are back to normalcy and a full field of teams for 2022. Thanks for following everyone.
@MiltonSrSox @SarniaBaseball @WindsrAthletics @windsor_stars @TecumsehThunder @SrBramRoyals
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Sam Leonard League Playoff MVP
Troy Lacoste - Oakville A's
Sponsored by Zero K Bats
@zerokbats @OakvilleAs @Waltsanity #COBABaseball
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Best of luck to @Fascia15 and his @PurdueBaseball teammates as they battle for a spot in the Big-10 Tournament down south. Big stretch of games coming up over the next few weeks.
@SrBramRoyals @BallMechanic @BramptonRoyals #COBABaseball #RoyalsAlum
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Looked through the twitter stats for COBA Major from April till now. Here are the final numbers:
New Followers: 214
Total Profile Views: 87,340
Total Impressions: 1,776,728
Thank you all for the support. Looking to make 2020 even bigger and better
#COBABaseball #GrowTheGame
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The Etobicoke Rangers have earned a spot at the 2025 Canadian Men’s Baseball Championships in Regina, SK after a 2nd place finish at the Ontario National Qualifying Tournament in Windsor. Story here:
cobamajorbaseball.com/teams/…
@EtobRangers @BaseballOntario @CDNBaseballNet
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Pretty awesome...to date with the league preview articles they have been viewed 8,055 times and have 864 engagements. Great to see so many people from around the province reading about our great teams and great league. Thanks for the support!! #COBABaseball #TeamPreviewSeries
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Want to give a huge congratulations to Etobicoke Rangers 3B Ryan Panas on his induction into the sports Hall of Fame at Laurier University. Congrats from your league mates Ryan!!
@OUAsport @WLUAthletics @WLUBaseball @Laurier @EtobRangers
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Thanks to @EtobRangers and their whole panel on putting this article together. This is the Etobicoke Rangers All-Decade Team for the 2010s. Article is attached below:
cobamajorbaseball.com/teams/…
@GuruCBG @CDNBaseballNet @CABCBaseball #COBABaseball #EtobicokeRangers
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Congrats to Mississauga SW hurler Tomas Rincon on throwing a complete game no hitter last night in Niagara. He collected 15 Ks in getting his second win of the young season.
@Mitwinsbaseball #COBABaseball
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Proud to announce that we will be once again the one stop shop for all of the major Sr OBA tournaments happening again this year. Please check back later for schedules using the tabs on the home page.
@BaseballOntario @OntarioSrBall #OBAs #ChampionshipSzn
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COBA Major clubs are going to get a good test against some of the best clubs in Ontario this June in Sarnia…
@SrBramRoyals @OakvilleAs @EtobRangers @BrantsBaseball @SarniaBaseball @Sarnia_Ontario @SarniaObserver @BaseballOntario @baseballcanada @CDNBaseballNet @elliottbaseball
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The COBA Major Baseball League is proud to announce their 2019 Major Award Nominees. Here is the link to the article:
cobamajorbaseball.com/teams/…
@GuruCBG @OntarioSrBall @BaseballOntario @CABCBaseball #COBAAwards19
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A very big thank you Dave Flannagan and his whole host team on putting on a great inaugural event this year. Was some great baseball played by some great teams. Looking forward to next year already.
@SrBramRoyals @BramptonRoyals #BramptonTourney19
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It is great to see Sr Men’s Baseball growing in the province but this is just a start. Next year there will be bigger and better things coming for the site. Expect a huge announcement coming in the new year. Until then thanks to all of you!!
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Congrats to @SrBramRoyals slugger Joe Ferreira and his wife on the birth of their new edition Lillian Marie Ferreira. Enjoy your new little bundle!!
Even during these toughest of times ...... there is light please meet my new granddaughter Lillian Marie
Born March 6th to Joseph and @katieco55 yes our reigning COBA MVP does something right once in a while
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On behalf of the league members, we would like to send out condolences to long time Erindale Cardinals bench boss Greg Cranker on the recent passing of his mom. @ErindaleSrCards @elliottbaseball #Cards #COBAMajor
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Congrats to our own Glenn Turner on this wonderful and very well deserved honour
@MiltonSrSox @MiltonJrSox @CABCBaseball @BaseballMilton @TownOfMiltonON
Congratulations to Glenn Turner (MSHOF Class of 2022) and Pete McMullen (MSHOF Class of 2024) for being honoured with a baseball diamond named after each of them, following Milton Town Council’s decision last night to approve this honour! #miltonon #mshof @BaseballMilton
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Congrats to our very own Glenn Turner on his induction into the Milton Sports Hall of Fame tonight. Glenn has given so much back to the game of baseball and is so deserving of this wonderful achievement. Congrats Glennie
@MiltonSrSox @TownOfMiltonON @MiltonSportsHOF
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The day is finally here. The day when everyone starts with a clean slate and the chance at becoming the next Ontario Men’s AAA Baseball Champions. A chance to go to the Canadians to represent Ontario at the national level. It is not an easy road to get there though (1/7)
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A big congratulations to the Etobicoke Rangers on winning the silver medal and 2nd place at the 18U Midget Canadian Championships in London, ON. Congrats on a great tournament boys!!!
@Rangers17U @BaseballOntario @OntarioSrBall @GuruCBG @CDNBaseballNet @elliottbaseball
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Want to take this opportunity to wish players, coaches, managers, families and followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday season. All the best to everyone is 2020. Looking forward to another great season in the new year!!
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Sending condolences to Mississauga SW Catcher John Broll on the passing on his father. We are all thinking of you John!!
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Congrats to the Brampton Royals in another very solid showing in tournament play. Semis in Vaughan and 2nd this weekend.
They are .500 in league play but have shown the province that they can bring it when they need to
@SrBramRoyals @BallMechanic @ElimsTracker23 @OntarioSrBall
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COBA Major League Final Standings
1st - Milton Red Sox: 10-6
2nd - Erindale Cardinals: 9-7**
3rd - Burlington Brants: 9-6
4th - Brampton Royals: 6-8-1
5th - Oakville A’s: 4-11-1
**Erindale gets the tiebreaker with Burlington based on run differential
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OBA AA
Championship Final
Exeter Express - 2
Kincardine Cubs - 1
Congrats to the Exeter Express of the SWSBL on capturing the 2019 OBA AA Provincial Title. Also a big congrats to the Kincardine Cubs on a great season.
@KincardineCubs @GuruCBG @OntarioSrBall @BaseballOntario
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Would like to send out congratulations to Erindale Cardinals hurler Mark “Mullet” Taplin and his wife Erin on the birth of their new little girl Holly today! Congrats from everyone guys!!!
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OBA "AA" Tournament Insight
Bolton Brewers (NDBL): 20-5
New Lowell Knights (NDBL): 19-5-1
Kincardine Cubs (MOSBL): 17-1-1
Niagara Falls Expos (NDBA): 17-7
Vaughan Vikings (OSBA): 16-8-2
Fort Erie Cannons (NDBA): 11-12-1
Exeter Express (SWSBL): 8-10
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Congrats to colleague and league mate @JustinAyles89 in receiving the @BaseballOntario Presidents Award last night. Well deserved honour. Only 364 more days till I try and match his honour hahahah 😂
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Very interesting look to Monday this year...
The Sarnia Braves have been giant killers so far this tournament collecting wins against Etobicoke, Windsor, Strathroy, Brampton and Thornhill. They are now a win away from a provincial title needing to be beat twice!!
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Congrats to former @SrBramRoyals Zach Fascia on hitting his first professional home run last night
@BallMechanic @Fascia15 @BmptGuardian @CityBrampton
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Thinking of those back in my home town of Fredericton, NB today after a very senseless act of violence rocked the city early this morning. Thoughts and prayers are with the victims and the two officers who lost their lives @CityFredPolice
#Frederiction #FrederictonStrong
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Was very honoured to take part in this ceremony tonight. The team retired the jersies of Ron Lutz & Blake Frost. Both gentlemen were instrumental in bringing Sr baseball to the city of Brampton. Congrats guys!!
@SrBramRoyals @BramptonRoyals @CityBrampton @BMBaseballinc
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Here are the COBA Major League Week X POWs and Team of the Week:
cobamajorbaseball.com/teams/…
@SrBramRoyals @BallMechanic @zerokbats @SamBatCorp @HrdBatCo @ElimsTracker23 @OntarioSrBall @BaseballOntario @CDNBaseballNet @elliottbaseball @coopincanada
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Another great episode with the @DaddyHacksPod boys tonight. Cats out of the bag so might as well let everyone know the big news
Next season I will be starting a new website...Canadian Amateur Baseball Central. This is going to be an amazing venture that I'm very excited about
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