This summer, Historica Canada traveled to Saskatchewan to produce a 60-second vignette on Mary "Bonnie" Baker, a 1940s professional baseball player from Regina. This Heritage Minute is also produced by Danny Rockett Productions and Barbershop Films, a Saskatchewan production company, with funding support from Creative Saskatchewan and in-kind equipment support from William F. White International.… Continue reading The AAGPBL and the Saskatchewan connections which inspired the latest Heritage Minute
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Dirty Thirties – Hang Up Your Skates and Pull Out the Bat!
The Alsask Senior and Arcadia Valley Hockey Teams -Star Phoenix (Feb 6th, 1931) The stock market crash in 1929 and the extreme environmental hazards Saskatchewan faced during the 1930s, such as abnormally warm weather, drought, a grasshopper plague, and low wheat prices, forced many people off the farms. Through the disparity, small towns carried on… Continue reading Dirty Thirties – Hang Up Your Skates and Pull Out the Bat!
The Story of the 1944 Regina Capitals – Underdogs & Heroes of the Saskatchewan Baseball League
For Rich This is the underdog story of veteran player/umpire George Drew and his rag-tag team of "old blokes" who came out of nowhere, defying all the odds, and in storybook fashion, went on to capture the 1944 South Saskatchewan League championship title. "If I can't gather up a bunch of broken-down ball players that… Continue reading The Story of the 1944 Regina Capitals – Underdogs & Heroes of the Saskatchewan Baseball League
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