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Table of Contents
1. The Larry Walker Story
Larry Walker, Simply The Best
I Would Have Done Anything to Have Played in the NHL
Larry Walker is Headed for the Hall
The Expo Years
Welcome to Colorado
Meet me in St. Louis
Injuries Take Their Toll
Walker in Good Company in Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
Larry Walker's Home Runs – When, Where, Against Whom.
2. The Year the Expos Would Have Won the World Series
Game-by-game summary of how the 1994 Expos would have beaten the
Yankees in five games. Pedro Martinez won two games and Larry Walker
was the Series MVP with a .524 batting average.
3. Baseball in the Early Days - 1880-1920
A Perfect Squeeze Play by Hamilton’s Wood Brothers
America’s Champion Batsman Really was a Canadian
Mountjoy and Emslie: The First Canadian Opponents
Umpire from Guelph, “Blind Bob” Saw Plenty
Elijah Pinnance, Canada’s First Aboriginal Pitcher
Jimmy Archer, First of Great Canadian Catchers
Jay Clarke of Amherstburg Hit Eight Home Runs in a Game
George Gibson: Canadian Baseball’s First Poster Boy
Nap Lajoie, Greatest Canadian Who Never Was
Catcher Larry McLean of N. B., Shot Dead in a Boston Saloon
4. The 1930s and ‘40s
Spring Training in Florida with Casey’s Dodgers in 1935
Perth was a good Baseball Town. Emil Graff just couldn’t Leave It
Oscar Judd, Good Hitter, Was Injured Trying to Bunt
George Selkirk of Huntsville, Good Enough to be a Yankee
Don Errey made a Wooden Leg and Bert Shepard Pitched Again
Pitcher Joe Krakauskas, Great Potential; Never Realized
Don Newcombe Saw Heath’s World Series Dream Shattered
Dick Fowler Pitched Longest Game and the Only Canadian No-Hitter
Pitcher Khalid Ballouli is Dick Fowler’s Grandson
Marchildon and Fowler. Double Trouble from Canada
A Woman's Place is At Home, And First, Second and Third
Roland Gladu was Suspended for Playing in Mexican League
Was Doug Harvey Canada’s Greatest Athlete of All Time?
5. The 1950s and ‘60s
Vern Handrahan, PEI Pitcher, Struck out 19 Batters in Game
Lester Pearson Loved Baseball
Miracle on Adelaide Street, Two Boys from Chatham
Doug Melvin Took Longer; But He is Still in the Majors
Ferguson Jenkins against His Hall of Fame Contemporaries
The Great Canadian Duel: Jenkins vs. Reggie Cleveland
Jenkins and Cleveland Take Two from the Yankees
Doctor Ron Taylor Beat Ferguson Jenkins, Once
Scotty Bowman Helped Me through the Longest Game
The Little League Team Had A Left Handed Shortstop
6. The Modern Era
Kevin Reimer’s Perfect Game, Seven for Seven in Milwaukee
Pitcher Matt Maysey was Perfect Too!
Rheal Cormier, Relief Pitcher, “Frenchy” Lasted a Long Time
The Zimmerman Brothers Made History in Texas
Matt Stairs, Professional Hitter
Eric Gagne’s Achievement Cannot Be Diminished
Russell Martin, Finally a Catcher Who can Hit!
Jason Bay Comes to Boston
Justin Morneau, Canada’s $80 Million Man in Minnesota
Fifteen Canadians Have Played in the World Series
7. For The Record
Alphabetical list of 230 Canadians Who Have Played in the Big Leagues
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame: Year by Year Inductees
Canadian Blue Jays and Expos
Canadian Baseball Records
Index
