Hamilton Thunderbirds’ second baseman Jon Saprosantos was selected to the Intercounty Baseball League’s second team allstars. He was the only T-Bird to make the allstar squads announced on Tuesday along with the 2009 winners of the Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year Awards.
The 2009 Rawlings IBL Player of the Year Award winner is [...]
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Saprosantos lone T-Birds on IBL all-star squads
August 18th, 2009
T-Birds close the book on 2009 IBL season
July 30th, 2009
The Hamilton Thunderbirds closed out the 2009 senior Intercounty Baseball League season the way they started it – losing.
But they went out gamely on Wednesday night, falling 6-5 to the London Majors. The loss was the 11th one-run defeat for the T-Birds this season, Hamilton’s post season fate had been determined the previous night [...]
Weekend play could decide T-Birds playoff hopes
July 25th, 2009
The Hamilton Thunderbirds are pulling out the book of clichés: Backs against the wall; no tomorrow; do or die.
And with good reason.
Losing a heartbreaking 1-0 senior Intercounty Baseball League contest in London to the Majors on Friday night, the Thunderbirds find themselves two games behind the Mississauga Twins, who hold the final playoff spot. Hamilton [...]
T-Birds not going out without a fight
July 23rd, 2009
They won’t go quietly.
Hamilton Thunderbirds, holding on by their fingernails for the final playoff spot in the senior Intercounty Baseball League, dropped an 8-7 decision to the Brantford Red Sox on Wednesday night to remain a game and a half back of the eighth place Mississauga Twins. Hamilton has two games remaining while the Twins [...]
Key game slips away from Thunderbirds
July 21st, 2009
The Mississauga Twins won a crucial game Monday night as Zach Dickson drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the visiting Hamilton Thunderbirds, 11-10, in the lone Intercounty Baseball League game.
Mississauga (8-24) pulled 1 1/2 games ahead of the Thunderbirds (7-26) for the eighth and final playoff spot [...]