Drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the1981 MLB Draft, Devon Whyte made his MLB debut late in the 1985 season with California. In 1987, his first season as a fulltime major leaguer, he hit 24 home runs and stole 32 bases that season. In 1988, in only his 2nd full season, […]
Gary Leeman
Gary Leeman represented Canada twice as part of the World Juniors in ’83 & ’84 (Leningrad and Sweden respectively) and was then drafted by the Leafs 24th overall in the 1982 Entry Draft. Leeman played nearly 700 NHL games for 5 different clubs and spent 9 seasons with Toronto where he was on the famous […]
Ron Duguay
Ron Duguay was drafted 13th overall in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. In his rookie season with the Rangers, Duguay netted 20 goals and assisted on 20 others and quickly became entrenched as a fan favourite in New York. At the start of the 1983-84 season, Duguay was traded to […]
Ken Reid
You can catch Ken Reid alongside co-anchor Evanka Osmak weeknights on the Prime Time Edition of Sportsnet Central. He is also familiar to Canadian Radio listeners as one of Bob McCown’s co-hosts on “Prime Time Sports” – Canada’s most listened to sports talk presentation. Ken dabbles in writing as well. He released his first book […]
Paul Spoljaric
Born in raised in Kelowna, British Columbia, left-handed pitcher Paul Spoljaric came up through Kelowna’s minor baseball system before starring for Springvalley High School. Despite going undrafted in the MLB Draft, the Toronto Blue Jays saw enough in Spoljaric to sign him as a free agent in 1989. Spoljaric would slowly work his way up […]
Ric Nattress
Ric Nattress played for five different teams and over 500 regular season games. In 1980, he was drafted 27th overall by the Montreal Canadiens, but made his pro debut at the Calder Cup playing 5 playoff games. Ric was traded to the St. Louis Blues in the 1985-86 season, which gave him a career boost. […]
Tom Fergus
Tom Fergus played junior hockey for the Peterborough Petes, and was selected 60th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft where he played until he was dealt to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1986. Fergus immediately became Toronto’s top centre and set a new career high with 31 goals in 1985–86, […]
Al Iafrate
Al Iafrate is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League between 1984 and 1998 after being selected 4th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. He played 799 career NHL games over twelve NHL seasons, scoring 152 goals and 311 assists for 463 […]
About Celebrity Slo-Pitch for Easter Seals Kids
Join us on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 as local corporate and media teams take to the diamond for a game of baseball alongside former baseball and NHL greats. The day begins with a baseball draft that will see the team with the most funds raised have first pick of celebrity teammates. After the draft the teams will […]