Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast
Sports:Baseball
It has been 40 years since Alberta baseball fans were first introduced to the Pacific Coast League. On April 14, 1981, the Edmonton Trappers took to the field on the road against the Portland Beavers. Eight days later, April 22nd, the Trappers made their debut on home turf, taking on the Tacoma Tigers at Renfrew Park. It was quite the journey in making that happen. Efforts to start a new professional baseball league in Western Canada fell through, as did hopes to bring a Pioneer League team to face Calgary, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. Edmonton’s Mr. Baseball, Mel Kowalchuk, wouldn’t take no for an answer, and looked into the possibility of Triple-A coming to town. When an expansion team wasn’t feasible, he looked at buying an existing franchise, bringing in Peter Pocklington to help finance a deal for the Ogden Athletics. After some back-and-forth, the deal happened, the team moved and the rest, as they say, is history. We chatted with one of Kowalchuk's friends, Orv Franchuk, and former pitcher Bill Atkinson about that inaugural season.
Episode 62: WCBL State of the Union
Episode 61: Making Their Pro Debuts
Episode 60: Shari Of All Trades
Episode 59: Soroka, Sabrowski & Black Sox
Episode 58: Les McTavish & Max Grant
Episode 57: Dedicated
Episode 56: Tyler Hollick, Andrew Yusypchuk & Matt Wilkinson
Episode 55: A Decade After The Vipers Win Golden League Title
Episode 54: Back To School
Episode 53: Alberta's Little League World Series Squads
Episode 52: Sherwood Park Spectacular
Episode 51: Dawgs Claim WCBL Championship
Episode 50: 7th Inning Stretch Part 2
Episode 49: Little League World Series Assignments
Episode 48: Blue Jays Academy Super Camps
Episode 47: "Edgar: An Autobiography"
Episode 46: Baseball Canada's Women's Invitationals Wrap-Up
Episode 45: The Pioneers - Calgary Cardinals
Episode 44: WCBL All-Star Game Wrap-Up
Episode 43: Baseball Canada Women's Invitationals & WCBL All-Star Game
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