West St. Catharines Lifestyle

The Welland Jackfish are saddened to learn of the passing of George Marshall at the age of 80. A driving force behind Welland Stadium, George was instrumental in bringing the Welland Pirates to the Rose City in 1989. His contributions helped shape the history of baseball in Welland and paved the way for what we are fortunate to call home today. Simply put, without George, there may never have been the Jackfish. George was also a friend of the Jackfish and an great resource during our early days, generously sharing his knowledge, guidance and passion for baseball in Welland. Thank you, George, for your guidance, your friendship and your lasting contributions to baseball in our city. Your impact on Welland Stadium, the Jackfish and the City of Welland will not be forgotten. Our condolences go out to George’s family, friends and all those who knew him.

Jun 15, 1996: the Toronto Transit Commission opens its new Exhibition streetcar loop, replacing the old loop to the south that was removed to make way for the new National Trade Centre. The new TTC passenger loading and unloading area was close to @GOtransit's Exhibition Station.

These are the 25 Calgary Stampeders stickers from the 1971 Eddie Sargent Promotions collection. Led by LB Wayne Harris, DL Dick Suderman, DL John Helton, QB Jerry Keeling, DB-K Larry Robinson, Rec Herm Harrison et al, Stamps defeated Toronto 14-11 to win the Grey Cup. 🇨🇦🏈🏆

Think you know your @MapleLeafs pretty well? Have at it.

For those of you that have seen old footage of NHL games in the 70's, yes, some teams wore team coloured skates made by @CCMHockey and by @BauerHockey (my very first pair of skates were made by @BauerHockey in the green, white & blue colours of the Canucks)

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Oct. 23, 1977. Extremely rare TV footage from the old #Cleveland Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio - home of the #NHL #Barons in 1976-77 and 1977-78. Here, from Channel 50 in #Pittsburgh, is poor quality sound and announcing, as the #Penguins are referred to as “we” and “us”. Attendance was 5,910 and the visitors prevailed, 3-2. #NHL #Leafs

Doug Favell, the other goalie born in St Catharines, ON

Frank Mahovlich turned 88 this week. He’s among a handful of players still with us from #Toronto’s last #StanleyCup team. Here, the Big M scored against St. Louis in the #Blues first-ever visit to Maple Leaf Gardens, Dec. 30, 1967. I was at the game with my father. Bill Hewitt and Brian McFarlane called the goal. Mahovlich would be traded to #Detroit just more than two months later. Leafs throttled Scotty Bowman’s team, 8-1. #LeafsForever #CBC

Remember white skates on the Seals but not blue on the Penguins!

1. Joe. 2. Jose. 3 Alomar 4 Eddie

Of course, I remember exactly where I was when Joe Carter hit his World Series-winning home run in 1993. I also realize that Carter did a lot more during his MLB career than hit that homer. Here's my Joe Carter appreciation post. is.gd/HptAg7

Yes Watched him play that whole season. Interesting fact: in our experience on many occasions, would not sign autographs and talk to fans like rest of the team. Great player.

How about someone throw a haymaker like Mark Whiten did to Jack McDowell of the White Sox....oh baby!! He needed a cut man in hus corner after that round.