Medicine Hat baseball fans were heartbroken to hear their beloved Blue Jays were flying south. But the pain was short-lived, as less than a year later, a championship team was crowned in the southeast Alberta city.
Read More 15 Years Later: Blue Jays Fly Away From Medicine HatIt was a season fit for a king – it was so good that Greg Morrison took not one crown, but three from it.
During 69 games with the 1997 Medicine Hat Blue Jays, Morrison hit .448, swatted 23 home runs and drove in 88 runs on his way to the Pioneer League’s triple crown. The home run record still stands.
“It was a magical year,” Morrison told Alberta Dugout Stories.
Read More Crowning AchievementWhen you talk about baseball in Medicine Hat, the memories of having the Toronto Blue Jays’ Pioneer League affiliate obviously come to mind. The likes of Lloyd Moseby, Jimmy Key, Pat Borders, David Wells, Chris Carpenter and a host of other future MLBers is more than enough for locals to wax poetic about the “good ol’ days.”
Yet, the Blue Jays weren’t the first big league ball club to start sending youngsters to The Gas City.
Read More A’s for EffortTwo love letters to a beautiful game from a couple of Alberta boys.
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Read More Love of the Game. Love of Our Province.