Credit River & the Coming Insurrection

Field of Dreamers in the News

Field of Dreamers was featured in Toronto’s best IRL news source The Grind s/o to Credit River co-captain + coordinating committee member Phill Morgan who is a member of the Editorial Board. You can read the article “Baseball is for Everybody: Field of Dreamers Shows Torontonians a Better Way of Doing Sports” on Page 22. Click Here: The Grind, Summer 2023, Issue 5 Vol 1

Credit River Riot (2-0-1)

After a slow start to the season, the Credit River Riot are starting to explode! Paula John and Phill Morgan have coaxed the best out of their squad over the past few weeks and have produced a 2-0-1 record during that time! It all began with a stunning “Merle Davis Matthews Win” (aka a tie) against the mighty Hippos of Humber where Credit evened the game 15-15. A rainout in Week 5 against Don gave Credit time to rest and re-group before a thrilling come-from-behind 17-16 win against the Griefers of Good Garrison in Week 6. In Week 7, down to only 7 players by 6pm on game day, Credit recruited subs to fill their roster and super-sub Victoria Barnett slugged a GRAND SLAM to help secure a 13-11 win!

Humber River Hungry Hippos (1-1-1)

In Ancient Egypt there is a story about a war that was caused by the loud noise made by Hippos. The Egyptian ruler Sequenenre Tao began to feud with the Hyksos pharoah Apophis. The nature of the feud was that Apophis claimed that the Hippos living in Sequenenre’s territories were sooooo loud that it was causing chaos in his community. The story is an allegory about the difference between being allowed to roam free and being controlled in your behaviours and in the end Sequenenre wins the war and unifies Egypt oriented towards freedom. Just like Sequenenre, the Humber captains Terrance Luscombe, Oskar Eliashevsky, and Victoria Barnett have allowed their team to roam free and they’ve been one of the most exiting to watch! In Week 4 the team tied the aforementioned Riot 15-15 – their Hyksos! In Week 5 they had an off week to regroup. Week 6 saw the Hippos take their first loss of the season to an inspired Bad N’ Rougee. And in Week 7, the Hippos went back to their winning ways with a big win against Don River!

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

The Bad N Rougee continued to bring that muggy Atlanta feel to the diamond and dropped a few bangers over the last few weeks. Production and mixing by co-captains Andy Smith, LJ Robinson, and Emma Cuddy have resulted in some Top 10 chart toppers! In Week 4 the Bad N Rougee had their first break in a draining touring schedule, but came back in Week 5 to battle the Garrison Creek Good Griefers in a defensive gem, finally losing by a score of 9-8. In Week 6 the Bad N Rougee broke streaming records and finally supplanted the Hippos at the top of the charts with a 15-12 win. But in Week 7 despite coming out the gate with strong first week numbers, the Rougee couldn’t hold on against the Riot and dropped that match 13-11. Rouge River has proved themselves to be a formidable team and we can see them mounting a charge at the Championship again this season!

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Spring Training

Spring Training will be moved to Sunday, May 21st, 8pm @ our usual space Trinity Bellwoods Diamond #1 (SkyDome) – and will follow the same format.

Come on out to our annual Spring Training Day!  It’s time to stretch those muscles, dust off the cobwebs, and work in our gloves!! This year we’ll be trying to focus on building some basic skills for hitting, throwing, catching, and running — followed by some game simulations! 

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Weeks 8-10 Round Up!

GARRISON CREEK GAMMA RAYS GO NUCLEAR! (1-1-0)

The Gamma Rays played two games and split the molecules! In Week 8 the Gamma Rays created a rainbow miracle come-from-behind victory to give the Moulin Rouge River Riff Raff their first loss of the season 13-12. In Week 10 a historic moon shot by sub Lucky Visvanathan was tracked down in one of the all-time great outfield catches in Field of Dreamers history by Yuri Gagarin Medal of Honour Winning Cosmonaut Darren Puscas – the Gamma Rays fell 13-12 to Credit River!

CREDIT RIVER COSMONAUTS BEGIN ORBIT (1-1-0)

The Cosmonauts also played two games over this span and also split their schedule. In Week 9 they torpedoed down from space and fell 15-3 to the Humber River Hype. In Week 10 using kick-saves via Annelies, mighty double plays, and Darren Puscas’ taking flight they were victorious against Garrison Creek by a score of 13-12!

[MOULIN] ROUGE RIVER RIFF RAFF GET SHUT DOWN (0-3-0)

The Riff Raff who began the season 5-0-0 had a hard three weeks where they lost all three of their games! In Week 8 they lost a heartbreaker pride game by a score of 13-12 against the Gamma Rays. In Week 9 they were overmatched by a strong Don squad and fell 12-9. In Week 10, they were shocked by a 10 run Hype final inning highlighted by a Corey Snelgrove grand slam to fall 14-13. Despite this slide, they remain in the top spot in the standings at 5-3-0!

DON RIVER GOIN’ GOIN’ DON! BLAST OFF (2-0-0)

The Don River squad had a fantastic three weeks going 2-0 in the games they played. The Goin’ Goin’ Dons showed out for a powerfest against the Humber River Hype during the Pride Game – winning 20-9. In Week 9 they continued their slugging by handing Rouge their second loss of the season with a 12-9 victory. Don River is looking like a team in ascent and the question will be – does it have enough to get out of the park?

THE HUMBER RIVER HYPE – GET A PITCHFORK BEST NEW MUSIC RATING (2-1-0)

Humber River played excellently in their three games during this period! After falling to Don River in a blowout Pride game 20-9, they performed fantastically in Week 9 to claim a 15-3 victory against Credit River and then also in Week 10 where they stunned the Moulin Rouge River Riff Raff! Humber is also surging up the charts and has closed the gap between the three teams ahead of them in the standings.

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