Life often pulls you in different directions.
At times, the path it sets you on can be rather unexpected.
On this particular snow-swept March night on the prairies, former Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Ricky Romero found himself pulled to Vauxhall for a fundraising banquet that was being hosted by the Vauxhall Academy of Baseball.
Read More The Ricky Ro! ShowIt’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 MoveIf you would have told Ty Penner in high school or even early in his college baseball career that he would one day sign a contract with a Major League baseball team, he would have wanted to believe you.
But he admits, he doesn’t know if every bone in his body would have it was possible.
The Vauxhall Academy and UBC Thunderbird grad is still flying high after signing a free agent deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, leading to a whirlwind past few months.
Read More Call to the PennerCanada has a growing list of recognizable baseball families.
The Quantrills. Naylors. Pompeys. Toros.
As Matt Betts of Canadian Baseball Network tells us, the Vulcanos are hoping to make their family a household name as they forge their own path in baseball.
Read More The Brothers Vulcano