Thirteen players from north of the border will suit up for the Northwoods League team this season.
THUNDER BAY – Baseball may be America’s pastime, but there will be a decidedly Canadian flavour at Port Arthur Stadium this summer.
All 13 of them are here on merit, returning manager J.M. Kelly, a native Texan, was quick to point out on Friday as the team took to the field for the first time, just 72 hours or so left before they open the team’s 19th season on the road on Monday against the Rochester Honkers. “Obviously this being the only Canadian team, you’re kind of playing for your country when you’re up here. I think the biggest piece of it was the relationships that I got to build up here and the people I got to know.”
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