Barrie Red Sox

Congratulations goes to Hamilton on winning the 2006 "AAA" title with a come from behind, final inning rally, 4-3 victory over Etobicoke. Congratulations also goes to Ajax who defeated the defending champions, Cambridge Cubs in a close final 5-4 game to win the 2006 OBA Minor Peewee "AA" title. The following is how the 2006 "AA" draw and "AAA" draw went: 2006 "AA" Draw

Round 1
• Miss North Bengals 1 - Brantford 11
• Sarnia 1 - Niagara Falls 3
• North York 3 - Markham 4
• Ajax 3 - Cambridge 0
• Newmarket 2 - Brampton 4
• Peterborough 10 - Toronto Greenwood 2
Round 2
• Niagara Falls 6 - Brantford 12
• Ajax 10 - Markham 6
• Brampton 11 - Peterbrough 1
• Newmarket 2 - Toronto Greenwood 9
• Sarnia 0 - Miss North Bengals 12
• North York 0 - Cambridge 9
Round 3
• Markham 6 - Peterborough 2
• Brampton 1 - Ajax 7
• Miss North 2 - Cambridge 3
• Niagara Falls 7 - Toronto Greenwood 12
Round 4
• Ajax 6 - Brantford 7 (8 innings)
• Cambridge 13 - Toronto Greenwood 0
• Brampton 5 - Markham 7
Round 5
• Cambridge 7 - Brantford 2
• Markham 0 - Ajax 9
Round 6
• Brantford 2 - Cambridge 13
Round 7 - Championship
• Cambridge 4 - Ajax 5

Check out the standings in some of the other OBA "AA" and "AAA" Peewee loops in Ontario:

• Central Ontario AAA - featuring Burlington Bulls AAA, Brampton Royals and Mississauga North Tigers
• Central Ontario AA - featuring Burlington Bulls AA and Brampton Braves
• Eastern Ontario - featuring Pickering, Ajax, Whitby and Kingston
• Intercounty Ontario - featuring Kitchener, Cambridge, Guelph and Hamilton
• London and District - featuring London, St Thomas and Oakridge
• Toronto Baseball AAA - featuring North York AAA, Etobicoke and Scarborough
• Toronto Baseball AA - featuring Toronto Greenwood, High Park and Bloordale
• Niagara Falls District - featuring Niagara Falls and Welland
• York Simcoe - our loop

Scenes from 2009 2009 Red Sox - Finalist at the London Tournament Cole puts on the tag while playing Woodslee in the Mississauga Tournament Eddie comes off the mound to catch a pop up Josh takes to the mound in Mississauga Brandon on the mound in London Cole turns two in London Scenes from 2008 Orillia Champs - Team 2008 Team 2008 Covering the bases Getting ready for the game Nate at the plate in 2008 Eddie reaches third base Dane dominates winning 2008 pitcher of the year Cody takes a lead off 3rd base in at the Orillia Tournment Cole takes up position at 2nd base Graham throws heat Josh goes up to get a ball in the Orillia finals against North York The defense is on the move as Cole covers the toss from Dane Robbie goes on the fly to catch a foul in left field Eddie covers the throw to 2nd base Scenes from 2007 Cole behind the plate in 2007 Graham makes contact Scenes from 2006 The team in 2006 Alex joins the team in 2006 and adds speed in center field Jake applies the tag Christian makes the stretch Ryan joins the team in 2006 and adds some pop to the line-up Trevor joins the team in 2006 and provides some depth to the pitching staff The new face behind the plate Kyler patrols 2nd base He was safe? Jake makes contact

2006 - The most memorable moments There were many highlights to the 2006 season. A season of change resulted with the team bringing on board four new players. The new faces fit right in and there was no doubt that the team was going to be well served by the addition of Ryan, Trevor, Boots and Cole. It was a bit of a roller coaster season with only 10 players and it seemed at times like we would never get the entire roster together for a game. With the short bench it meant everyone played – everyone played a lot. It was most certainly fun to watch Ryan and Dane face off in their batting practice home run derbys. Even more fun was watching Jake get the last laugh as he hit the team's final homer of the season in the CNE Tournament. Once again this year the boys proved they could play with the best in Ontario and they knocked off a couple of the top clubs and caused a couple of others some aggravation. The boys played hard and genuinely seemed to enjoy being with each other and many have formed great friendships. What follows are the games that really highlight the boys at their best. Click on the links and count down the heart stopping moments from the summer gone by. Here are the most memorable games and moments that we got to see:

• Highlight Five: Crowning Kingston. It was a weekend exhibition series that ended up dead even when it was all over but during Game 2 of the series the Red Sox proved to be resilient bouncing back from an early deficit and posting a 16 hit attack including Ryan’s homerun over deep centre.
  • Barrie 10 – Kingston 8 .
• Highlight Four: Putting it all together. As the Regular Season moved along the Red Sox showed some signs of brilliance, as they would go up against some of the YSBA competition and simply fire on all cylinders. In two particular games the boys put on an awesome display in all facets of the game:
  • Barrie 10 - Newmarket 2
  • Barrie 10 – Richmond Hill 0
• Highlight Three: Monumental moments battling Markham. Barrie opened the season with a sensational game with Markham only to have a repeat performance near the end of regular season. We may have come away with two losses BUT they were great games just the same:
  • Markham 3 - Barrie 2
  • Markham 2 - Barrie 1
• Highlight Two: Taking out North York. Barrie returned to defend their Vaughan tournament title in 2006 but there was not going to be a repeat. Barrie did have a return engagement with North York and the boys put on a great defensive showing making several sparkling plays. Combining the defense with some great pitching and timely hitting the boys knocked off North York once again.
  • Barrie 6 – North York 2
• Highlight One: Buffalo’d in Burlington. This was nothing short of fantastic, well up until the final call of the game. Putting that moment aside this game was a nail biter that everyone enjoyed.
  • Buffalo 3 – Barrie 2

MOVING ON TO THE NATIONALS OBA Eliminations Congratulations to the Mississauga North Tigers who won the OBA Eliminations Tournament (Aug 4-6) and as result earned the right to represent Ontario at the Peewee Nationals in Victoria B.C. The Tigers had their back to the wall coming from behind in the final at-bats to knock out Hamilton in a “win or go home” sudden death game by a score of 8-4 and then faced off with the Etobicoke Titans in the tournament finals. Etobicoke had been undefeated and the Tigers had to beat the Titans two straight in order win the tournaments. Credit to the Tigers because that’s exactly what they did winning Game One: 9-4 and Game Two: 6-0. Check out the results from the 2006 Provincials. Hamilton took "AAA" over London and Ajaz took the "AA" title over Cambridge. CLOSING OUT THE SEASON Red Sox close out the season in style as Jake puts a ball out at the CNE Tournament Burlington 7 – Barrie 3 RED SOX TOURNAMENT RESULTS YSBA Play Downs: The Barrie Red Sox string of consecutive vists to the OBA Championships was snapped following back-to-back losses at the playdown tournament. Barrie played a great game in Game 2 but it was not enough as Newmarket downed Barrie and took the entry into the OBAs:

• Game One: Markham 10 - Barrie 0
• Game Two: Newmarket 7 - Barrie 6

YSBA Championships: The Barrie Red Sox came out of the blocks strong in game one but seemed flat the next and paid the price with an uncharactoristic early departure from the YSBAs

• Game One: Barrie 16 - Bolton 7
• Game Two: Markham 7 - Barrie 3
• Game Three: Aurora 5 - Barrie 4

Orillia (Jul 28-30): The Barrie Red Sox reached the finals of the Orillia tournament and ran into a fine tuned machine from Ajax in the final game of the weekend. It was a tournament that had its share of oddities but in the end the Red Sox played well and are well positioned heading into August:

• Game One: Barrie 4 - Whitby "AA" 1
• Game Two: Ajax 7 - Barrie 2
• Game Three: Barrie 4 - Bloordale 1
• Semi-Final: Barrie 6 - Georgina 5
• Finals: Ajax 12 - Barrie 2

Burlington International (Jul 7-9): The Barrie Red Sox traveled to Burlington for the team's second tournament and it marked the mid-point of the season. The team got locked into a couple of really outstanding ball games but came up just short dropping one run games to Buffalo and the host "AAA" Bulls:
• Game One: Buffalo Inferno 3 - Barrie 2
• Game Two: Burlington Bulls 4 - Barrie 3
• Game Three: Barrie 6 - Mississauga Southwest Twins 6

Vaughan International (June 2-4): The Barrie Red Sox traveled to Vaughan for the team's season opening tournament to defend the title they had won the year previous. The team started strong and were a little washed out in game two – kind of reflecting the weather. In game three the boys knocked off the team that would eventually win the division and move on to the semi finals. Overall, this was a really positive team effort and showing – especially in game 3 against North York “AAA”. Barrie returned to Vaughan with 5 players from the 2005 line-up to defend their title, and relying on three Minor Peewee call-ups to help fill out the roster, the team finished with a very respectable 2-1 record:
• Game One: Barrie 10 - Burlington "AA" 0
• Game Two: Mississauga Majors 14 - Barrie 6
• Game Three: Barrie 6 - North York "AAA" 3

REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	RF	RA	PCT
Aurora Jays	18	12	3	3	27	157	84	0.750
Barrie Red Sox	18	12	4	2	26	148	82	0.722
Markham Mariners	18	11	6	1	23	158	92	0.639
Richmond Hill Phoenix	18	9	9	0	18	116	148	0.500
Newmarket Hawks	18	8	9	1	17	121	100	0.472
Georgina Bulldogs	18	7	10	1	15	92	124	0.417
Bolton Braves	18	0	18	0	0	55	217	0

 

Here are 19 Canadians whose light shone brightly in 2005:

Jason Bay, the NL All-Star outfielder from Trail, British Columbia, played in all 162 Pirates games, batting .306 and slugging .559 for the season (both 8th best in the NL, 14th best in MLB), amassing 32 homeruns and 101 RBI while tying the major league record for 21 consecutive successful stolen bases to begin a season. The outfielder made several highlight reel catches, had four assists, and made only four errors in 330 total chances defensively. New Westminster, BC's Justin Morneau had an impressive sophomore year, belting 22 homers, 23 doubles. He was the team leader with 79 RBI for the Twins. Second baseman Pete Orr, from Richmond Hill, Ontario, batted an even .300 while appearing in 112 games during his rookie season with the Atlanta Braves. Orr wears uniform number four, in honour of Canadian hockey legend Bobby Orr. Maple Ridge, BC star Larry Walker hammered 15 homeruns and batted .333 for the second half of the season in helping the St. Louis Cardinals reach the playoffs, despite appearing in just 100 games due to injuries. Port Hope, Ontario's Paul Quantrill had 50 relief appearances and a 2-2 mark for a season where he was shipped from New York Yankees to the San Diego Padres, and then finished with the Florida Marlins. Quantrill had appeared in a major league record 80-plus games for four consecutive seasons heading into 2005. His 841 career appearances ranks 27th all-time in major league history. Calgary's Chris Reitsma chalked up 15 saves and a 3.93 ERA with the NL East winning Braves. He led the Braves in saves and appearances (76). St. John, New Brunswick native Matt Stairs ripped 13 homers and 66 RBI in just 127 games, and led the Royals with his .373 on-base percentage. Vancouver's Jeff Francis notched 14 wins with the Colorado Rockies, who have one of the most hitter-friendly parks in baseball in Coors Field. He led the Rockies staff, all NL rookie pitchers, as well as all Canadian pitchers in wins, starts (33), innings pitched (183.2) and strikeouts (128). Francis finished sixth in NL Rookie of the Year voting. Montreal's Eric Gagné managed eight saves in eight save opportunities, striking out 22 batters in just 13 innings, and also chalked up a win and a 2.70 ERA before yet another promising season was shelved due to an arm injury in mid-June. Gibsons, BC native Ryan Dempster converted 33 out of 35 save opportunities for the Chicago Cubs, striking out 89 batters in 92 innings and compiling a 3.13 ERA. He was MLB's Relief Pitcher of the Month for September. Navan, Ontario's Erik Bedard put up big numbers (5-1, 2.08 ERA in nine starts) for the Baltimore Orioles before a mid-season injury set him back almost two months. He finished with a 6-8 record, 4.00 ERA, striking out 125 and allowing only 139 hits in 142 innings. Toronto's Jesse Crain racked up 12 wins and a 2.73 ERA with the Minnesota Twins, finishing seventh in major league winning percentage and leading the Twins with 75 appearances. Crain finished eighth in AL Rookie of the Year voting. Victoria's Rich Harden, who's season was cut short due to injury, won ten and led all Canadian major league pitchers with a 2.53 ERA while striking out 121 hitters in 128 innings. Anola, Manitoba native Corey Koskie, who missed almost half the season due to injury, hit 11 homers, 20 doubles and had 36 RBI in just 97 games with the Toronto Blue Jays. Moncton, New Brunswicker Rheal Cormier sported a 4-2 record in 57 relief appearances for the Philadelphia Phillies, striking out 34 hitters in 47 innings. Aaron Gueil was called up for the final 33 games of the season and batting .294 with the Kansas City Royals. Prior to call up he crushed 30 homeruns and 95 RBI in 128 Triple-A games, and was named Omaha Royals Player of the Year. Pete Laforest ,from Hull, Quebec was called up in August by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and saw action in 24 games where he compiled 11 hits, 3 doubles and a homerun. Prior to being called back to The Show, Laforest smacked 21 homeruns, 18 doubles, and 52 RBI in just 70 games for a .578 slugging percentage with Triple-A Durham. Adam Stern, of London, Ontario, made the leap to the major leagues and appeared in 36 games for the Boston Red Sox in his rookie season, mainly as a defensive specialist. Stern had two stints on the disabled list, limiting him to a total of 15 at bats in the major leagues and 81 in the minor leagues. St. Marys, Ontario's Mark Teahen became the Royals full-time third baseman as a 23-year-old, batting .246 with 110 hits, 55 RBI and seven homers in his rookie season.