News (South Western Ontario Baseball Association)

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By webmaster: Inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame.. Larry Walker of the Montreal Expos Congratulations!! From all of us at SWOBA Baseball.

By Webmaster: Our Executive Meeting will be conducted January 15 , 7.00 pm , in Ancaster. Our meeting wil be at the Coach and Lantern in Ancaster The Coach and Lantern is at.... 384 Wilson Avenue East Ancaster , Ontario L9C 2C2  Any additional information , please contact Jim ...

By Webmaster: Hall of Famers: Hurt - .301 BA DiMaggio - .398 OBP Aaron - .555 SLG Stargell - 3,247 TOB Griffey Jr. - 136 OPS+ Banks - 67.5 rWAR Gwynn - 65.0 fWAR Vlad - 136 wRC+ Mays - .409 wOBA Larry Walker: .313 BA .400 OBP .565 SLG 3,211 TOB 141 OPS+ 72.7 rWAR 68.7 fWAR 140 wRC+ .412 ...

By Webmaster:   "When the Knickerbockers met among themselves on December 6, 1856, following their summer of discontent, they resolved “to call a convention of the various base ball clubs of this city and vicinity.”  The New York Herald, in reporting on this meeting, observed: “We ...

By Webmaster: Larry Walker away from #Rockies Coors Field — .282/.372/.501 Dave Winfield* .283/.353/.475 Kirby Puckett* .318/.360/.477 Andre Dawson* .279/.323/.482 Billy Williams* .290/.361/.492 Jim Rice* .298/.352/.502 *Hall of Famer Walker leads the group in: rWAR OPS+ fWAR wOBA

By Webmaster:  The Executive Board meeting  conference call will be on Wednesday November 27th at 8.00 pm. I will send out the conference number and access code the day of the meeting.  Nicole will send out the agenda the week of the call.   There are a few positions up for ...

By Webmaster: "His fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed," Ty Cobb once said of Johnson, "and it hissed at you as it passed."

By Webmaster: Larry Walker batted .313 with 383 home runs and 230 stolen bases during his career. None of the other 19,689 ballplayers in baseball history bested him in each of those three categories With all of the information I`ve  provide, I am dumbfounded that people still, somehow, vote no. It is ...

By Mark Smith: The inaugural season has been completed and we would like to thank all associations, coaches and players for their enthusiasm and sportsmanship. it is absolutely amazing, that a small group of volunteers were able to get this off the ground with less than a  years preperation.  The level ...