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The following are current members of the LDBA Hall of Fame. We are attempting to update the information on each member. If you have information you would like to submit on an LDBA Hall of Fame member, please e-mail the information to Dan Haugh at danhaughwfc@live.com with LDBA HALL OF FAME as the subject title.
Jim Wimperis
Clark Brock
Past President 1980-1981
Bob Davis
Past President 1972-1973
Jim Bushby
Reg Huntington
Reg was an EBBA umpire and an important part of the EBBA administration in the early days of youth baseball in London.
Don Swindall
Mary Hohmann
Past President 1989-1997
Fred Russell
Harve Bailie
Past President 1976-1977
37th OBA President 1981-1982
Doug Stinson
Past President 1978-1979
Frank Colman
First president of the Eager Beaver Baseball Association and former major league player with the New York Yankees.
Jim Cressman
Former International and minor professional umpire. Cressman was named International Umpire of the Year in 1990 when he served as an umpire in the World Championships in Edmonton. Jim is still active as an LDBA umpire and course instructor for Baseball Ontario.
Mac Gates
Graeme Nichol
Dan Pulham
Past President 1998-2006
Murray Foubert
Past President 1974-1975
Bob Stark
Bob Bennett
Past President 1982-1983
George "Moonie" Gibson
Pittsburgh Pirates World Series Hero - 1909.
Canada's Baseball Player of the Half Century 1900- 1950
Nick Nicholls
An Eager Beaver Baseball Association past president and coach for over 30 years. Starting in 1955 and continuing into the mid 80s Nicholls was active in baseball in London.
Bob Humphries
Bob started as a coach in the Eager Beaver Baseball Association, and later served as president of EBBA. In 1988 Bob became a member of the Baseball Ontario Board of Directors as the LDBA representative. He then served many years as an elected Director of Baseball Ontario and as the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee. In 2009 he received the Barry Salt Award which goes each each to the Baseballl Ontario director of the year. Bob Humphries passed away on March 24, 2012.
JoAnn Fredin
Long-time secretary of LDBA
Bill Sevier
A player wishing to play competitive baseball in the L.D.B.A. MUST register with his/her home association prior to March 15. Failure to register with the home association before March 15 would mean that said player will be allowed to only play house league.
(A Badger player only needs to register with the Badgers before March 15 -- if he is not successful in his attempt at making a Badger team, said player must return to his home association to play )
LDBA has a no release policy -- players MUST register with their home association.
Cards take OBA bantam B title
Posted By Times-Journal Staff
St. Thomas Bantam Cardinals won three games back-to-back Sunday to capture the Ontario Baseball Association bantam B championship in Mississauga.
Head Coach Bill Wilkinson said the Cardinals used a combination of pitching, hitting and fan support to win the championship. "The players had to dig down within themselves and to win three games in a row on a hot day showed their determination and deserved to be champions," Wilkinson said. After splitting two games on Saturday, the Cardinals defeated Chatham 12-4 Sunday. Josh Morrison turned in a strong relief pitching effort to lead St. Thomas to a 7-4 victory over Bolton which put the Cards into the final against Chatham. Because of OBA relations which limited the number of pitches St. Thomas could use for the final out in the last game, the Cards were down to two throws. Pitcher Ryan Ousterhout came into the game in relief and picked off a runner for the final out. "All players contributed to the win and encouraged each other," said Coach Scott Ousterhout. Performing consistently at the plate for the cards were Shawn Lampman, Taylor Degraw, Jacob Gold, Dustin Welch, Quinn Little, Jordan Wolfe. Coaches also had praise for catcher Isaac Zywczok, outfielder Dylan Pratt and Ryan Christner and Zak Charron. "After a long season of learning skills, practices and games, it is rewarding to see players come together and achieve their goal," said Coach Rob Gold.
