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PRESIDENrS PERSPECTIVE Welcome to another 2reat season of London Majors baseballl

I want to saij up front that the London Majors or2anization appreciates the support of our fans. volunteers. media. sponsors and our plaijers. Trulij emphasizes our s1o2an of 'Not just a team in the communitij. but a communitij team·. Its amazin2 how much effort it takes to put an entire season to2ether from the pre-season to the post season. Never has this been more evident than last season when I was not able to participate in the season. Our volunteers did an amazinRjob of pickinR up what needed to be done to make the season as much a success as possible while I was out of commission.

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This season promises to be an excitinR one with the recruitinR that has been done durinR the off season. We have some 2reat plaijers on the team this season that will be sure to brin2 a lot of excitement to each and everij 2ame. As a fan. I'm lookinR forward to seein2 our team in action a2ainst the other teams in the IBL. We bowed out earlij last season. but with the start of the first pitch of the new season it brin2s new hopes and aspirations for a return to a successful ZOOB season.

I want to thank all of the individuals that kept me in their thou2hts last season and I'm sure mij recoverij would have taken lon2er without the positive thou2hts from everijone. So thank ijOU for ijour support from the bottom of mij heart.

I look forward to the new season and seein2 a lot of familiar faces at the forks of the Thames for some excitin2 baseball.

Go M~ors Go!!

Scott Dart Co-owner. President London Majors Baseball www .londonmajors.com

Scott was named the IBL Executive of the Year in zooq. his first ijear runnin2 the club.

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\\\\\\\ MANAGER'S P£RSP£CTIY[ Last season. 2007. was m4 second 4ear as the General Mana2er and Field Mana2er and we had some success both on and off the field. We had 3 pla4ers drafted b4 M~or Lea~ue BasebaiiiMLBI and one additional pla4er si~ned as a free a2ent with an MLB team at the end of the season. This was excitinp for our or2anization and showed that the Majors are on the MLB baseball map. Our record in 2007 was 15-21 and this was 200d for 7111 place but onl4 3 2ames out of ~u. place. We made the pla4offs however we lost to Brantford in the 1st round. Off the field. we a2ain had an increase in our attendance and continued support from the business communit4.

As the General Mana~er in char~e of assemblin~ the team. I worked hard apain this off -season recruitin2 pla4ers to fill our roster for 2008. This was mq busiest off -season qet and I am verq encoura~ed bq the additions to the team. We onlq have 7 returnin~ plaqers from last qear. With our new recruits and a core of returninp pla4ers. we should have a verq competitive team. I have stressed three main thin~s to all of our plaqers; HARDWORK. DEDICATION a: RESPECT and we believe this is the foundation for a successful or~anization.

Off the field we have numerous events and activities poin2 on at Labatt Park this summer. Some of our main events include London District Baseball Association ILDBAI da4 at the park. which includes free admission for all kids in minor baseball. London Oldtimers' Oaq. fireworks and music entertainment on Julq

1st. Parkwood Hospital Seniors' Da4. etc. This should be a ~reat summer for the kids and all our fans at the park.

I want to thank our lo4al fans for their support and I look forward to seein~ them out at all our pames. I would also like to thank

all our starr and volunteers for their time and effort. Without them there is no wa4 we can pla4 ball.

Enjoq the 2008 Season! Go Majors!

~~Uu,_i_1J. Roop Chanderdat Co-owner. General Mana~er a: Field Manaper London Majors Baseball www .londonmajors.com

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'1011 ~ add Sbn IG*'I] Andersoo to the ist of furmer lqors who hare 2ailed hall of f~ st.itlls. !he sdt-spobn 6*q. who r.ned his~ not fur belli outspoken oot because he said ittle as a teen-~ prospect. is m1112 the Loodoo Sports Hal of £me ilductees fur 2008.

ItS a wrl-dmmd honotJr. too. He patroled ri2ht f~tld for 1Z qears with M~s and Pootiacs teams. wilnin2 the lntercoontq battilli title in 1960 witli a niftq .391 ama2t and earnq flfst-team al-star statlls six times. In 1959 he was the kltm:rultq most Yluable !Uqer.

want more? Wd. il1957. the rrst qear he joined the lqors lllder Frri Coooo -- theq were il the Great Lates L~ -- Gabbq took the battin2 titJe with a .'103 arer~ and was MYP il tliat loop.

Like Coman. the aiTable ex·l'riee. 6abbq ifi!W up in the East End and learned his baseball on the '-------' plawoonds. The fact that he was a teen practice plaqer with the M*"s when theq woo the National

Basebal Cooifl!ss llcrth Amemn ~ ill9'18 h~ SJU hin to a minlr pro stint with Peoria.l and !lean. N.Y. At Peoria he e.nett roctie of the qear honolrs with a.350 ~ttin2 arera2f.

Gabbq was born il Detroit oo lloY. Z9. 1929. the oldest of six boqs. The Andersoo farri~ moYed to Loodoo when he was oo~ a few mont/is okl.

He joins GeQiie IMoooeq] Gibson. Coman, 1om rrunl B~qess. and Arden Eddie as llleiOOers of the Loodon Hal. The frst tim are also enstmed il the canm Basebal Hal rt £me il st Marqs.

The 'lf81qors were put ilto the London Hal diJil2 the rrst ware ri mwes i1 zooz. ()*!tim~ from t/iat team -- Jact fan. Iii Robertson and Joe Bechard are iYq.

Look for a1 or these Hall of lilmers pkJs plaqers and u~s from qesterqear to be part or "Oidtiners D<Ml at the Bal Parr on Sundaq . .kij 6 when theq wil be llonould between i~S of the tqors·lonmto doOOieheader.lt starts at 1 p.m.

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Ted llex~er. fot'Tl1eltj of the U.S. Ne2«Jle~s. pitched for the London Majors or the lntercoootq Basebal le~ in 1950 &; 1951. Dan 1Jncle Buck" Mendham recals: led came to London from Detroit drivi!IR a shin~ new 1950 Ford Mereu~. He was a happq·2Q·Iuck~ 2114. a bit or a showman. ~akkil!i al the time. Ted alwaqs had a can of wax in his hand. poi shin2 that car. Durin2 the baseball season he ~ved with a black familq in a house on Clarence St. south or Horton St. He was real heav~ and the M~s didn't have a uniform bi~ enoiJ2h to fit hill. He started the season il his Homestead Gra~ outfit. Ted ~ot b~ prettq ~ood in what was a ver~ tou~ leailJe. It was bi2 business then. lots of imports were bein~ si~d.l,thilk he was here for part of the '51 season .w~d plaqed in Brandon. M.w~itoba after that."

Alexander had pitched for the Homestead Gra~s and the Kansas Citq Monarchs of the Ne~ Nationalle3i~Je. Duri!IR the winter he barnstormed in Yenezuela. Puerto Rico and Haw an. Durin2 WWZ he pl~d for the US Arm~ major le32Uers. In the raa or 19Ljlj. llexander was at Camp Brecxinrid2e. ~ .. when Jackie Robinson happened to see him pitchi!IR. Robinson was awaitinl! his dischatle from the us lf1IMI. and lookil~ for a career to folow. llexander encoura~d Robinson to contact the Kansas c~ Monarchs and plaq professional basebal in the Ne2«1le3i1Jes. Robinsonjoiled the Monarchs at their traiifl2 mp in Texas the folowi!IR spri!IR.

While pia~~ with the Monarchs Robinson was scouted bel the Brooklin Ood2efs. Branch Ricke~. the Dod2ers man32er. slined Robinson and sent him to the Montrealllotjals. the Oo~s lntemationallea2Ue atrliate in 19'16. Robinson helped the ROIIals win the lnternationalleailJe championship that season. In 19'17 Robinson started at second base for the BrookiQn Dod2ers and the interation of M~or leailJe Basebal be~an.

Soon the Ne~ le32Ues lost their star pla~ers and 110111~ prospects to the M4ior Le~s .w~d their f.w~ base melted awa~. ls the teams folded. man~ plaqers extended their basebal careers bq plal;n~ in Canada. Wimer Fields. Jim~ Wilkes. Luther Cm-ord. Max Maoo~. Lester lmtt. BoiJ Thurman and Doc Glenn made appearances at Labatt Park p~ in the lntercollltq Baseballe~ il the 1950s'.

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Just cal it Extreme Makeover: lhe London M~ors Edition. lllllowinR a 20071nten:ouotll Baseball LeaRUe IIlLI season that didn't exactlq 20 accordiOR to plan. Roop Chanderdat decided his team needed an almost complete makeover. The end llSUit is a 2008 edition or the M~s which wil see on~ a hair -dozen or so plaqers llturnini rrom a roster that fmished seventh in the IBL reRUiar season and was swept out or the plaqorrs in the first round bq the Brantrord Red Sox. 1 want to win so I knew this team had to be llvamped. lllere well some ~s we talieted to come back. but I knew we had to improve this team: saqs Roop who besides bein2 Londons co-owner is also the teams 2eneral mana2er and field mana2er as weH. 1hell were 2U4S I knew I wanted back. I had a third baseman and a riiht fielder: that meant I had seven other positions to iQ.I knew it was 20ifli to be mq busiest orr -season ever. but I was also excited bq the chalefl2e."

The coil or plaqers Roop wanted back induded Kqle Piwowan:zqk (.J7J. six stolen bases. 22 RBis). Kevin Virtue 1.288. qJ total bases. 20 RBis). Mike Mitro no 2ames. two wins. 20 strikeouts). led Kalnins !nine 2ames. one me.lO strikeouts) and Josh Palmer IH five wins. qo strikeouts!. "Kqle was a second-team al-star. You know what ljOU 2et from him. Kqle was worried when we moved him from second to third base. but bq the end or the season he was riRht up thell with the verq best in the leaRUe." Roop saqs. Josh led the waq for us with five wins. He didn't 2et 20in2 earlq because or the pressure of possiblq bein2 drafted. and when he didn't. that affected him too. But down the stretch he was 2reat with four wins. He was our most valuable pitcher. Mike is a RU4 who is dedicated to London and Ted is a London iUQ. he knows his role and is aiWaqs ri2ht thell. 2ivifl2 his all." After a busq winter of plaqer si2flin2s. Roop saqs he is happq with the team he has assembled. That team will beRin the 2008 IIIL this Sattrdaq. MaqlO. in Guelph. London plaqs its first thlle 2ames this season on the road before openin2 up the home schedule. Sundaq. MaqlB. a2ainst the Stratrord Nationals. Amo02 those plaqers Roop is most excited about addiOR all ilshi Sasa. an infielder/outfielder who plaqed for the Fulerton r~rs or the Golden Basebal Lui!Je in 2006. batti112 .271. Mike Galowaq. a former member of the Toronto Bkle Jaqs and Kansas Citll Roqals organizations who won a homerun title in the independent Frontier Lu2ue. and Canadian nationaljunior team members Om Narodowski and Mehdi Qjebbar. Roop is particularlq happq to have siROed former Stratford Nationals second-team an-star Wil Richards who hit .312 with six home runs and 2q RBis last season. "We've never had a number one catcher who staqed with us (former catcher Chris Dennis left the M~rs after si2nin2 with the MHwaukee Bllwers who selected him durin21ast summers M~r League Baseball amateur draft) and now we've added Wil Richards: Roop saqs. "I have coached Will at the al-star 2ame two qears in a row now and he definite~ fils that number one role: Other additions indude Christian Ruiz. who was Hted a1110112 the top 100 plaqers in Puerto Rico. and Mitch Delaneq. who Roop saqs is expected to be selected within the fll"st eiiht rounds or this qears amateur draft. While the team has seven plaqers returnin2 from last season. there is one other siinifttant llturnee who actual~ missed al or last season. Scott Dart. the lot~rs' co-owner and team pllsident. was dealili with panmatitis last qear. but is back in ROOd health and lookini forward to not onlll he~i run the business-side or the M~s. but watchifl2 a lot or action on the diamond as wei. "I am lookin2 forward to seeing a lot or baseball his qear.lt was verq rrustratin21ast qear. not bein2 able to be hell. At least I could watch the 2ames on RoRtrs: Scott saqs. "I kept in touch a little. but it was hard to watch the 2ames knowinRI couldn't be there. couldn't be a real part or the team.-This susan. however. Scott saqs he is lootil12 forward to comin2 out to Labatt Park and seein2 an exdtini team on the field. "I see the pro21'am Roop has put toRtther and I am excited. I believe itS ROini to be a competitive team. rm excited about what is 2Qin2 to happen: Scott saqs. "I think qou have qour eWte teams. Brantrord. Toronto. Barrie. and then a 2roup riiht after that. We all riRht thell. We feel we could be thm in that top four. If qou lao« at the pieces Roop has added. we could be a real ROOd team: Scott also saqs the orr-field business or the M~s is also lookini positive as wei. "We've had 200d contacts with the communitq. we alllookinR to 2et more irQUIJS involved. If thin2s pan out. I think qou wil see that happen and moll fans comin2 out.- Scott saqs. "If everqthinR 20es accordinR to plan I think we'l aver32e around 500 fans for our re2111ar season 2ames. Special events ike Canada Dall. fllthers Daq. openioi daq, we expect theq wil be much !Ji22er." While Roop shies awaq from predictini wins and losses. he does saq with a smile he is hopin2 to maintain an intellstinRiltent trend. The past four qurs has seen the lot*rs alternate between reachini the leaRue finals and losinR in the first round or the plaqorrs and London is comini orr a first round sweep last season. "I don't know about wins and losses. I Uri we all 2Dil12 to be a ROOd team thouih: Roop saqs: I think we wil be a competitive team on the field. We'ljust have to see what happens:

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& w l PCT. 6111 Toronto 36 zg 1 .!Di llrantrml 36 27 g .750 2 Kitdlener 36 Zl 15 .!'All 8 - 36 18 18 .500 I Barrie 36 11 19 1172 IZ Hmton 36 6 20 .'t'l't 13 london 36 15 Zl '11 PI owwa 36 Jl 26 118 19 Stratton! 36 g 27 150 20

INDIYIDU.U BATTNi l£AD£RS II or more plate appearances) -------------------------·--- .. ---------- .. -------·-------.. -------------Pbqer. CUI PO 18 2B :II Ill S8 RBI

Joe Co!Dco. Tlr .'16 zg 13 3'f ~1 I 8 6 26 tutt li)ian.lor .391 ~

., 23 ~3 0 1 2 31 .letT Pietraszto. Kit .39ll 3'f 1'1 '13 55 3 Ill 13 ll -Cho.llr .389 ll tl 23 :II I ~ 3 23 .llstilllendt.lit .3110 31 121 27 '16 0 ~ ~ 0 Stenlewis. Osh .37'1 21 Ill I 3'f 0 0 8 g

Kille Plwow;m~ Lon .373 36 m 33 50 0 I 6 22 1om RoiJertson. ~ .361 3:1 ffi 27 ~ II I ~ IZ JoshllcOnj.llr .3:18 3:1 Pit '13 53 2 ~ 22 33 Ad3m feb.llr .3'16 32 107 22 37 0 I 6 20

INDIYIDIW. PITCIUN6l£AD£RS (~5 or more inninRs pitched! ............................................................................................................................................... Pbqer. CUI ER.I

Brett Sr3ll.llr 1.67 lliNido Acosta••. ~ 2.00 lee Witmer. Kit 2J7 llr~ tqeterp• . llr ~

Scott Robilson. Osh 211 Mftti llelehes*.lille 2.32 PUstJ*ric*. Tlr 2.60 Jon loc:twood. Tlr 2.96 stefan stm:br.llr 3.'13 Jason PilkinQtOII*. 6ue 3.96

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