It’s impossible to blame Adam Macko for his reaction to getting a random early morning call from a number he didn’t recognize.
Like many others, he just let it ring.
However, the Vauxhall Academy of Baseball product later found out it was a call to inform him he had been traded to the Toronto Blue Jays, and would be reunited with his old Vauxhall teammate, Damiano Palmegiani.
Read More Flying Together AgainVauxhall Academy grad Adam Macko is part of a major trade between the Jays and the Mariners.
Meanwhile, former Okotoks Dawgs outfielder Tristan Peters was also dealt …
Read More Macko on the MoveMatt Stairs must feel at home in Alberta.
The former big league slugger, who was at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s All-Star Game, has a brother that lives in Calgary and he his wife, Lisa, were staying with his ex-sister-in-law in Okotoks.
The former Edmonton Trappers star sat down for a chat with Canadian Baseball Network’s Kevin Glew during the festivities.
Read More Stairs Shares Baseball WisdomThey waited with baited breath to hear their communities named on a nationally-televised broadcast.
Calgary’s Centennial Little League and Whitecourt Minor Baseball erupted into cheers when they heard their names called in the annual Jays Care Foundation “Field of Dreams” grant announcement on April 22.
Both will now get down to work in improving their local facilities.
Read More Care For the KidsJimmy Key put up some fantastic numbers in his short visit with the Medicine Hat Blue Jays in 1982.
A 2-1 record with a 2.30 ERA and 25 strikeouts in 31+ innings of work earned the young lefthander a promotion.
However, the move didn’t sit well with everyone, even if the team went on to win the Pioneer League championship.
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