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Potential Team Names For a Halifax Franchise

Posted on January 9, 2024 by agalley

Here are 50 potential names for a minor league baseball team in Halifax, Nova Scotia (mostly suggested by ChatGPT), along with reasons for each name: Each of these potential team names captures a unique aspect of Halifax’s history, culture, and … Continue reading →

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The Grand Slam Potential of a Canadian Baseball League: Exploring Markets and Financial Prospects

Posted on August 22, 2023 by agalley

Let’s revisit how a modern Canadian Baseball League could look and operate. This post was created with the help of ChatGPT, ’cause who has the time to write all this on their own? Baseball, often referred to as America’s favorite … Continue reading →

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Possibility of a Moncton Stadium in the 1980’s

Posted on July 11, 2023 by agalley

I have mentioned this Globe and Mail article before. It details J.I. Albrecht’s attempt to bring the CFL to Moncton in 1984. It also mentions that the stadium was to house not only the CFL but also a pro soccer … Continue reading →

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Opening Day in the New Brunswick – Maine League

Posted on May 23, 2023 by agalley

It was 110 years ago on May 21 that the New Brunswick-Maine League opened its first and only season. The games played that day were Calais/St. Stephen at Saint John and Fredericton at Bangor. Both visitors would be victorious on … Continue reading →

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November Baseball in Springhill

Posted on November 10, 2022 by agalley

Major League Baseball has been playing World Series games in the month of November off & on since 2001. This past series was the eighth such instance of this happening. But would you believe me that November baseball was played … Continue reading →

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1976 AUFC Season

Posted on November 10, 2022 by agalley

It’s playoff time in local football so let’s try something new here. This is a review of the final season that the Atlantic University Football conference had seven teams. Dalhousie would drop their program following the 1976 season. UPEI would … Continue reading →

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Danny Gallivan Leads Sydney to 1937 Intermediate Title

Posted on April 14, 2022 by agalley

Danny Gallivan was the lead play by play announcer for the Montreal Canadiens from 1952 to 1983. He grew up in Cape Breton before attending St. FX University in Antigonish. He would do play by play for CJCH in Halifax … Continue reading →

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1955 Liverpool Larrupers

Posted on April 10, 2022 by agalley

As mentioned in my recent post on the 1955 H&D season, the Larrupers were the champions. They finished the regular season in first place. The Larrupers would go on to beat the Kentville Wildcats 5 games to 4 before beating … Continue reading →

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1955 H&D League Season

Posted on March 30, 2022 by agalley

I finally was able to put together a summary of an entire season in the old H&D Baseball League! Inspired by at the game reports pages at the At The Plate site, here is the day to day results from … Continue reading →

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Boston Braves vs. Kiwanis – July 1934

Posted on February 17, 2022 by agalley

I have written about this game before but here is a game story with partial box score from said game. The game was played on July 17, 1934 with this story appearing in the Charlottetown Guardian the next day. The … Continue reading →

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