Alberta Links to Canada’s Top Baseball Influencers
A look at Alberta’s connections to Bob Elliott’s list of top baseball influencers …
Read More Alberta Links to Canada’s Top Baseball InfluencersCategory: Lethbridge Expos
The Nutcracker
These are the stories that former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Keith Comstock shares.
They are pranks, oddities and, “Did that really happen?” moments.
They include remembrances of loss; analysis of pain, both real and simulated; and eyewitness accounts that twist the ears of baseball fans.
Read More The NutcrackerTaking Flight
In many ways, Andre Dawson embodied all that was possible for a community that opened its arms to affiliated minor league baseball.
Dawson made his professional baseball debut with the new Lethbridge Expos of the Pioneer League in 1975.
He also wore #42 in Lethbridge, a number made famous by Jackie Robinson and a baseball tournament held in Dawson’s name is held every February as part of MLB’s recognition of Black History Month.
Read More Taking FlightThe Pioneers: Lethbridge Expos
Southern Alberta’s love affair with baseball hit a fever pitch in the 1970’s.
After years of our own circuits and big league players barnstorming through, relationships were built to bring affiliated baseball to the masses.
In the first of our three-part look at the Pioneer League’s days in Alberta, we profile the lead-up to the first game at home for the Lethbridge Expos.
Read More The Pioneers: Lethbridge ExposAlberta’s NL Dugout Connections
There was a time when if you wanted to play Major League Baseball (MLB), you were likely to make a minor-league stop in Canada first.
Either as visitors or members of the home squad, countless players in the Pioneer League or the Pacific Coast League (PCL) would find their way to Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Calgary or Edmonton.
In our second of a two-part series, we explore the coaches and managers from the National League (NL) who played in Alberta before finding their way in the majors.
Read More Alberta’s NL Dugout ConnectionsAlberta’s AL Dugout Connections
Major League Baseball (MLB) may feel like it is far removed from the ball diamonds of Alberta, but if you play a quick game of six dugouts of separation you’ll discover there are plenty of coaching connections between the majors and our province.
In our first of a two-part series exploring those connections, we look at the American League squads who have former Alberta players on the payroll.
Read More Alberta’s AL Dugout ConnectionsOnline Silent Auction: Nov. 23-30
With the Christmas season upon us, we have just the gifts for the baseball fans in your life! Introducing the Alberta Dugout Stories Silent Auction!
Read More Online Silent Auction: Nov. 23-30Champagne Dreams to Beer Nightmares in Lethbridge
Lethbridge was on top of the Pioneer League world when the Dodgers won the championship in their first season. But a few short years later, a council decision led the franchise to hop out of town.
Read More Champagne Dreams to Beer Nightmares in LethbridgeAlberta’s Top 150 Baseball Players
We are proud Canadians and proud Albertans.
To celebrate that pride – and Canada’s 150th year of nationhood – we are releasing our list of the Top 150 Alberta baseball players.
Read More Alberta’s Top 150 Baseball Players