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Win or lose, Michael Roudbari brings the fun to Maple Leafs baseball games By R.S. Konjek It is Friday, June 19, and the Toronto Maple Leafs are about to play a ballgame against the Barrie Baycats. Players warm up on the field and fans gather. A squad of blue-shirted club staffers are at work. Many […]

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A new season of Maple Leafs baseball launches at Christie Pits By R.S. Konjek The world is going to hell, but we still have Maple Leafs baseball. As the cost of living skyrockets, baseball at Christie Pits remains free for everyone.  This is one of the last unspoiled pleasures of our times. The 2026 season […]

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A summer of memorable moments outshines early playoff exit By R.S. Konjek For fans of the game, baseball is the annual accumulation of statistics and memories. Another season of Toronto Maple Leafs baseball has been recorded onto spreadsheets and written into hearts. After finishing a disappointing seventh in the regular season, the Leafs upped their game […]

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Last winter, the Leafs made international headlines when they signed Sato who helped her native country win five women’s world baseball championships. This spring she became not only the first woman to play for Toronto, but the first in Canadian pro baseball history.

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Largest crowd in over a decade packs Christie Pits for Leafs season opener  By R.S. Konjek  She stands on the field near third base. Diminutive and still, she is wearing her crisp white and blue Toronto Maple Leafs baseball uniform. An arm’s length away, a dozen people lean over the fence, cameras trained, phones recording. Ayami […]

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professionalize the whole operation. The ballpark was spruced up, a new sound system installed, and an eye-catching suite of new uniforms was unveiled.

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While Roudbari introduces the contest and seeks out a volunteer to participate, Carvalho ducks into the Leafs’ clubhouse like Clark Kent into a phone booth. Moments later, the figure that emerges is no longer Carvalho, but the Freeze

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Justin Marra slides home to score a run for the Toronto Maple Leafs at Christie Pits on May 12. The Leafs dropped their Intercounty Baseball League home opener to the London Majors, 7-5. COURTESY CRAIG AIKEN

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The familiar sights and sounds of baseball, a staple of summers at the Pits since 1969, will be joined by some new ones.

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