Humber River Hungry Hippos (3-0-0)

The Hippos are off to a chomping start to the season. After sunning themselves with their bellies overturned for most of the first game, they stormed back across the savannah to snatch the pearls from the mouths of the Rouge River Bad N Rougee to win their opening match 11-5. Week 2 they faced off against the Divas of Don River and came away with a stunning 14-13 victory thanks to rookie Matías Contreras’ game winning home run! In game 3 Matías almost snatched a second consecutive game winning home run, but it was captain Terrance Luscombe who knocked in the winning run to topple the Good Griefers 21-20.

Rouge River Bad N Rougee (2-1-0)

Rain drops, drop tops, the Rouge River team were smokin’ a cookie in a hotbox in the first three weeks of the season with two dominant victories and a close battle in week 1. After dropping the first game of the season to the Hungry Hippos of Humber, the friendos of Rougee squeaked out a stunning 24-23 victory against the Credit River Riot in game 2 and then a dominant 22-12 win against the Don River Celine D’on team in week 3. Featuring a great mix of sluggers and speedsters, Rouge is looking to get back to its Championship ways in 2023.

Credit River Riot (0-2-0)

In the work “The Anarchy of Colored Girls Assembled in a Riotous Manner,” Saidiya Hartman writes “Esther Brown did not write a political tract on the refusal to be governed, or draft a plan for mutual aid or outline a memoir of her sexual adventures. A manifesto of the wayward: Own Nothing. Refuse the Given. Live on What you Need and No More. Get Ready to Be Free – was not found among the items in her case file.” And yet, like Esther Brown, the Credit River Riot seems attuned to the need to live with the tension between waywardness and beauty – between freedom and desire. And so, the Riot lost a heartbreaker in Week 1 to the Garrison Creek Good Griefers by a score of 18-16 when their last inning rally was snuffed out by a great defensive plan by Michelle Kidd and Darren Puscas. In Week 2 the riot hung in to the bitter end against the Bad N Rougee but feel just short once again losing 24-23. With an off week in Week 3, the Riot seems poised to regroup, re-emerge, and revolt in Week 4!

Don River Celine D’on (0-2-0)

Showing the “power of glove” early in the season has proven that “glove can move mountains”. The scrappy Don River team began the year with an off week where they stretched their vocal range and drank their honey lemon tea before embarking on an exhilarating debut against the Humber River Hungry Hippos in Week 2. It seemed like the first game would go Don, but just like Rose in the ending scene from Titanic, there was no room for the Celine D’on’s on the plank of wood and like Jack they sank into the ocean to a 14-13 loss. Hoping that it would all come back to them in Week 3, the D’ons put up quite a battle but in the end dropped that game 22-12 to the Bad N Rougee. They will vie for their first win of the season in Week 4!

Garrison Creek Good Griefers (1-1-0)

Like all processes of grief, the GGs have had a roller coaster of a season. In Week 1 they played stellar defense and sprayed the ball around the sandlot just enough to squeak past the Riot of Credit winning 18-16. Taking Week 2 off for some “me time”, they rested and relaxed, before jumping back into the fray with a fierce battle against the Hippos of Hungry Humber. When it looked like there was a chance to come away with a second win, it was snatched from them thanks to some great play by the Humber squad and they fell 21-20.

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Field of Dreamers has seen at least 243 players throughout the history of the league and it’s original team (The Uncertainty/Insurgency) take at least one at-bat. Each players’ stats and milestones are recorded to give you a sense of longevity, growth, and possibility through participation in the league <3

MILESTONES

Credit River

Phill Morgan – currently ranks 6th on the all-time list with 24 career home runs
Camie Koo – see firsts below
Paula John – becomes 87th player in league history to reach 55 career at-bats
Peter Demakos – currently ranks 12th on the all-time list with 114 career runs batted in
Claire Heese-Boutin – see firsts below
Manjeet Bedi – currently tied for 70th on the all-time list with 21 career runs batted in
Brianna Greaves – becomes 30th player in league history to reach 155 career at-bats
Yosnai Mena Mora – see firsts below
Sam Ponting – becomes 59th player in league history to reach 90 career at bats (91)
Shannon Dunham – currently ranks 100th on the all-time list with 46 career at bats
Claudia Calabro – currently ranks 123rd on the all-time list with 16 career singles
Jill Aoki – becomes 35th player in league history to reach 50 career runs scored
Carianne Leung – see firsts below

Don River

Rob Jackson – currently tied for 45th on all-time list with 7 career doubles
Sébastien Higgins – becomes 76th player in league history to reach 20 career runs batted in
Nat Saavedra – currently tied for 12th on the all-time list with 11 career triples
Annelies Cooper – currently ranks 2nd on all-time list with 209 career singles
Jo Jefferson – becomes 18th player in league history to reach 155 career hits
Janice Lee – see firsts below
RT Titus – currently tied for 95th on the all-time list with 15 runs scored
Rachele Clemente – becomes 17th player in league history to reach 115 career singles
Paul Pritchard – see firsts below
Natasha Jesenak – see firsts below
Finn MacLeod -currently ranks 145th on all-time list with 19 career at-bats
Dao Le – see firsts below
Kai Somerville – see firsts below
Devin Clancy – becomes 4th player in league history to reach 200 career singles
Rachel Small – becomes 24th player in league history to reach 70 career runs batted in

Humber River

Victoria Barnett – becomes 25th player in league history to reach 200 career at-bats (202)
Terrance Luscombe – currently ranks 4th on the all-time list with 24 career triples
Lucky Visvanathan – currently tied for 49th on the all-time list with 65 career hits
Oskar Eliashevsky -currently tied for 40th on the all-time list with 75 career hits
Marisa Tran – see firsts below
Kirsten Dick – becomes 44th player in league history to reach 40 career runs scored
Marty Fink – see firsts below
Matías Contreras – see firsts below
Amanda Hollingworth – see firsts below
Chris Yates – becomes 22nd player in league history to reach 5 career home runs
Jasper Walton – currently tied for 140th on the all-time list with 12 career hits
Beth Austerberry -currently tied for 154th on the all-time list with 8 career singles
Carly Boyce – see firsts below
Kaela Sanborn-Hum – becomes 118th player in league history to reach 20 career hits
Fianna Dirks – becomes 45th player in league history to reach 110 career at-bats
Claudia Vergara – currently tied for 112th on the all-time list with 21 career hits

Rouge River

Andy Smith – currently tied for 9th on the all-time list with 13 career home runs
Johann Juarez – becomes 3rd player in league history to reach 300 career hits (302)
LJ Robinson – becomes 19th player in league history to reach 20 career doubles
Jenni Klonteig – currently tied for 47th on all time list with 66 career hits
Sabrina Benoit – see firsts below
Soren D’Alimonte – becomes 96th player in league history to reach 50 career at-bats
Huấn Nguyen – becomes 62nd player in league history to reach 50 career hits
Sarah Peek – currently tied for 56th on all-time list with 48 career singles
Rhiannon Cobb – currently tied for 60th on all-time list with 27 career runs scored
Emma Cuddy – see firsts below
Nell Khayutin – see firsts below
Qui Alexander – see firsts below
Kat Kleine – currently ranks 97th on the all-time list with 48 career hits

Garrison Creek

Darren Puscas – becomes 9th player in league history to reach 300 career at-bats (301)
Craig Fortier – becomes 1st player in league history to reach 400 career runs batted in (406)
Robyn Letson – becomes 21st player in league history to reach 145 career hits
Ness Dixon – currently tied for 72nd on the all-time list with 42 career hits
Travis Silverman – see firsts below
Laura Windhorst – becomes 75th player in league history to hit a triple
Michelle Kidd – becomes 52nd player in league history to reach 100 career at-bats
Mercedes Lee – becomes 151st player in league history to reach 10 career singles
Jenny Chan – becomes 7th player in league history to reach 230 career hits
Lanie Basman – becomes 20th player in league history to reach 150 career hits (151)
Krysta Williams – currently tied for 96th on the all-time list with 98 career at-bats
Kira Kastner – see firsts below
Sydney Gilchrist – see firsts below

SUBS
Keaton Thomas – becomes 243rd player to play in the Field of Dreamers league

FIRSTS

Field of Dreamers has now welcomed 243 players to the plate over the course of our history – the following players represent our newest additions:

Marisa Tran – first career at-bat, hit, single, run batted in
Marty Fink – first career at-bat, hit, single, double, home run, rbi, and run scored
Matías Contreras – first career at-bat, hit, single, triple, home run, rbi, and run scored
Amanda Hollingworth – first career at-bat, hit, single, rbi, and run scored
Carly Boyce – first career at-bat, hit, single, rbi, and run scored
Sabrina Benoit – first career at-bat, hit, single, double, home run, rbi, and run scored
Emma Cuddy – first career at-bat, hit, single, rbi, and run scored
Nell Khayutin – first career at-bat, hit, single, rbi, and run scored
Qui Alexander – first career at-bat, hit, single, rbi, and run scored
Camie Koo – first career at-bat, hit, single, double, rbi, and run scored
Claire Heese-Boutin – first career at-bat, hit, single, double, and run scored
Yosnai Mena Mora – first career at-bat, hit, single, rbi, and run scored
Carianne Leung – first career at-bat, hit, single, rbi, and run scored
Janice Lee – first career at-bat, hit, single, double, rbi, and run scored
Paul Pritchard – first career at-bat, hit, single, double, rbi, and run scored
Natasha Jesenak- first career at-bat, hit, single, and rbi
Dao Le – first career at-bat, hit, single, triple, rbi, and run scored
Kai Somerville – first career at-bat, hit, single, rbi, and run scored
Travis Silverman – first career at-bat, hit, single, and run scored
Kira Kastner – first career at-bat, hit, single, rbi, and run scored
Sydney Gilchrist – first career at-bat, hit, single, rbi, and run scored