Remembering the 'AA' London Tigers
By Mark Schadenberg
The baseball mecca of London is Labatt Memorial Park.
The sport continues to thrive there with the InterCounty’s London
Majors.
It is considered the longest-used baseball diamond anywhere in the
world. dating back to 1877. It truly is a gem of a diamond.
In the early 1990s, it was also the home of the Eastern League’s 'AA' farm team of the Detroit Tigers – the London Tigers.
London won a league championship in 'AA' baseball – two rungs below
Major League Baseball.
DOCUMENTARY
This week (EDITED: Wednesday at 7 and 8 p.m., Thursday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 and 2 p.m.) a documentary of the team, which left London 20 years ago
in 1993, will be presented at Rainbow Cinemas.
Morris DallaCosta has a terrific story in The London Free Press which
captures the players, the stadium and the era, and suggests the film Curtain Call: The Tale of London’s Tigers – by Craig
Chambers – is must viewing this weekend.
Read the story and I’m sure you will
agree. Show times are noted in the link as well:
THE LINK:
http://www.lfpress.com/2013/09/23/curtain-call-the-tale-of-the-london-tigers-which-opens-wednesday-at-rainbow-cinemas-will-let-area-baseball-fans-relive-some-glory-days
Mark
Schadenberg, Sales
Representative
Royal
LePage Triland Realty
(519) 537-1553,
cell or text
Email:
mschadenberg@rogers.com
Twitter:
markroyallepage
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