Lethbridge Bulls
The Lethbridge Bulls are a Summer college baseball team playing at Spitz Stadium in Lethbridge, Alberta. The team is a member of the Western Canadian Baseball League,[1] a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the prairie provinces of Canada. The team was founded in 1999 by Doug Jones, mayor of the town of Oyen.[2] Kevin Kvame has been the President and General Manager of the Bulls since 2005 and was the GM for the 3 preceding years as well.[3] Kregg Snook became the current head coach in 2019.[4][5] He was the team’s pitcher in 2014 and 2016.[4]
The club played out of Henderson Stadium following the relocation of the Pioneer League franchise (Black Diamonds) to Missoula in the fall of 1998.[6] The Bulls have won the Western Division title on 4 occasions and the League Championship once, in 2015.[7] They have been 1st overall in the regular season of the WMBL on 3 occasions.[7]
In 2011, two players from the Lethbridge Bulls (20-year old Mitch Maclean and 22-year-old Tanner Craswell) from Prince Edward Island lost their lives due to a triple murder-suicide along the Alberta Highway 2 near Claresholm Alberta.[8] It has since been referred to as the “Claresholm highway shooting”.
See also
References
- ^ "Team". Western Canadian Baseball League. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Badlands' Doug Jones: "Can't talk now, having a heart attack"". Canadian Baseball Network. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Bulls Front Office". www.bullsbaseball.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Running of the Bulls". Western Canadian Baseball League. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Bulls Hire Kregg Snook as Head Coach". www.bullsbaseball.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Lethbridge Black Diamonds". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Jensen, Randy (2020-03-31). "City sports programs have impressive histories". The Lethbridge Herald. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ferris, Danica. "Lethbridge Bulls host 8th annual memorial game for 2011 shooting victims". Global News. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
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² Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/killer-rammed-suv-in-alberta-shooting-1.1026077 - CBC (2011)
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