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GAME RECAP

On a cold, damp, Sunday night, Trinity Bellwoods Park was home to baseball history. It was there that the Credit River Rainbow Trout faced off against the Don River Mastodons in the inaugural game of the Field of Dreamers Cooperative Softball Association. In that night match the Humber River TBD faced off against the Rouge River Ballsheviks. The tone for the games, the season, and the new league was set by a pre-game ceremony that asked players to reflect on the significance of leaving and returning to home and acknowledging the land upon which the game would be played. Ryan Hayes (in Game 1) and Richard (Giibwanisi) Peters & Janine Caster (in Game 2) put down tobacco to acknowledge the land and thank it for giving us this field to play.

Then, after over a year of organizing and anticipation, forms, and political lobbying, it was finally time to play ball! The first game was a spirited affair with ample offensive prowess displayed by both teams. In the end, the Mastodons came out on top by a final score of 12-8. The game brought out a number of new players take to the field for the first time ever, as well as many veteran players who reached important career milestones. In the second game, Humber River played a defensively strong match to outpace the Ballsheviks in their attempt to shift the balance of power by a final score of 10-5. The two teams featured dozens of players who came from the Uncertainty team and a number of first time players who added to the league!

See the game box scores here

See player stats here

See league standings here

Milestones

Credit River

100 career runs, 2nd on all-time list – Johann Juarez
66 career hits, 10th on all-time list – Colin Hastings
60 career hits, T-12th on all-time list – Devin Clancy
50 career at-bats, 33rd on all-time list, Annelies Cooper
3 career hits, in 8 career at-bats, TH Vega

Don River

30 career hits – Noah Adams
95 career runs scored, 3rd on all-time list – Ryan Hayes
11 career doubles, T-8th on all-time list – Terrance Luscombe

Humber River

50 career at-bats, 34th on all time list – Natalia Saavedra
40 career hits, T-20th on all time list – Jo Jefferson
180 career RBIs, 1st on all time list – Craig Fortier
165 career at-bats, 5th on all time list – Jenny Chan
55 career at-bats, 28th on all time list – Rocio Velasquez
5 career doubles, T-15th on all time list – Yogi Acharya
29 career at-bats, 40th on all time list – Richard Peters

Rouge River River

60 career hits, T-12th on all time list, Karl Gardner
50 career hits, 14th on all time list, Lainie Basman
64 career at-bats, 24th on all time list – Merle Davis
95 career runs scored, 3rd on all time list – Ryan Hayes
44 career hits, 17th on all time list – Nav Sidhu

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Firsts

First at-bat in Field of Dreamer’s History

Rachel Small (also drafted 1st overall in 2017)

First career Home Run

Ness Dixon (Rouge); Natalia Saavedra (Humber)

First career Triple

Andy Smith (Rouge)

First career Double

Robyn Letson (Credit); Darren Puscas (Don); Matthew Poggi (Don)

First career Hit

Leigh Kitson (Humber); Laura Pin (Humber); Jessica Duarte (Don); Karen Campbell (Don); Robin Smillie (Credit); Katie German (Humber); Michelle Roseman (Credit); Brianna Greaves (Don); Alex Brant (Credit); Shelagh Pizey Allen (Rouge); Umar Saeed (Rouge)

First career At-Bats

Gita Madan (Rouge); Linda Swanston (Credit); Rachele Clemente (Rouge); Niloofar Golkar (Credit); Kate Uffelman (Rouge); Jennifer Mussell (Don)

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