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NBSBL Welcomes Two New Teams to the Fold
Tuesday,
January 19th
The New Brunswick Senior Baseball League will expand
to six teams for the 2010 season. The Hub City Brewers will join the Moncton Mets as a second entry from the Greater
Moncton area, in addition to an entry from Charlottetown, P.E.I. Stay tuned for the 2010 schedule, which will be released
in the coming weeks.
Ironmen Garner Weekly Honours
Tuesday, August
11th
Jean-Francois Neveu and Jon Saunders have been honoured with
the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League's weekly awards.
Neveu has been named the pitcher of the week for
the third time this season. Neveu picked up two complete-game victories this week, including an impressive seventeen
strikeout win to lead the Ironmen to a 6-1 win over the Moncton Mets. In his second start, Neveu limited the Saint
John Alpines to three hits and struck out ten in a 3-2 victory. He currently has a 3-2 record with one save, coupled
with a 2.49 earned run average, and an impressive 55 strikeouts in 39.1 innings pitched.
Saunders led the Ironmen
with a torrid 10 for 13 week at the plate during the team's eight-game winning streak. The Ironmen catcher doubled
twice and scored five runs during that span. The Ironmen catcher now sits fourth in the league's hitting stats,
with an impressive .406 average, to go with four home runs and twenty runs batted in.
Ironmen
Finalize Nationals Roster
Tuesday, August 11th
The Chatham Ironmen
have finalized their roster for the Canadian Senior Baseball Championships August 20-23 in Darmouth, Nova Scotia. The
Ironmen have added pitcher Peter Shaw from the Saint John Alpines. Shaw is 3-1 with a 1.81 ERA in his first season with
the Alpines. Also added to the roster are lefthanded pitcher Steven Aube and outfielder Serge Vautour, both of the Moncton
Mets. Aube sports a 2-4 record with a 4.46 ERA in his second season with the Mets. Vautour currently has a .403
average with 7 home runs and 24 runs batted in in his rookie season.
The Ironmen will open action at the
national championships Thursday at noon when they will face Team Quebec. Friday, they face Manitoba's Brandon Marlins
at 9:00am, and the host Dartmouth Moosehead Dry at 7pm. Round-robin action concludes Saturday when they face Ontario's
Windsor Stars at 2:45pm. Quarter-final action is set for Saturday night. Semi-final games will be played Sunday
morning, with the bronze medal game set for 3:30pm, and the gold medal final set for 7:00pm Sunday night. All medal
games will be played at Beasley Field in Dartmouth.
For more information on the 2009 Canadian Senior Baseball Championships
visit:
http://www.baseball.ca/seniormen/
www.seniorbaseball09.ca
Wilson Records 1,000th Strikeout
Friday, August 7th
Ironmen pitcher Derek Wilson recorded his 1,000th career strikeout in the
fifth inning of last night's 8-1 victory over the Fredericton Royals. Wilson's punchout of Royals'
centerfielder Corey Stairs marks the first time a pitcher has reached the 1,000 strikeout mark. The milestone came on
Wilson's best start of the season, as he picked up the complete game victory, scattering five hits and two walks, with
six strikeouts.
Hardy, Jardine to be Inducted to Honour Roll
Wednesday,
August 5th
Ron Hardy and Willie Jardine will be inducted to the
Chatham Ironmen Honour Roll during Saturday night's doubleheader with the Saint John Alpines. The Honour Roll was
started in 2006 to honour former Ironmen greats.
Longtime Ironmen catcher Ron Hardy's career lasted four decades
from 1979-2002. Known for his grit and strong arm behind the dish, Hardy's greatest moment may have been catching
the gold medal game of the 1995 Canadian Senior Baseball Championship for the hometown Ironmen. Hardy played an integral
role for the victorious Ironmen, throwing out the potential tying run in the sixth inning versus a strong Quebec team.
Hardy has also coached various minor baseball teams to provincial championships, and currently serves as an assistant coach
for the Ironmen.
Jardine was known as a versatile athlete, who starred for minor ball teams in the 1920s and 1930s.
In 1942, Jardine was a member of Monsignor Hickey's baseball team that defeated the United States 1-0 at the Allied Forces
Championships. Jardine returned home to star for the Ironmen in 1946, helping them capture the provincial championship
in 1950. Jardine would go on to coach the Ironmen for seven years before retiring in 1965. Following his retirement,
the midget field adjacent to Ironmen Field was named the 'Willie Jardine Field'.
Ironmen
to Participate in 2009 Canadian Senior Championships Monday,
April 20th
The Chatham O'Donaghue's Ironmen have been selected as
the second New Brunswick entry at this year's Canadian Senior Baseball Championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
The Ironmen will open the tournament against Quebec Thursday, August 20th at noon. The gold medal game is slated for
Sunday, August 23rd.
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