Panthers Put Community At Top Of Lineup by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com Before the Intercounty Baseball League (est. 1919) made the call on July 9 to cancel any plans for a truncated season during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kitchener Panthers – one of the IBL’s charter clubs

              by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com No one is immune from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. But when the Intercounty Baseball League (est. 1919) cancelled the 2020 season, you had to feel badly for the Hamilton Cardinals, who even now can’t catch a break. With a solid new

Family Time More Important Than Reilly’s Records by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com Before the coronavirus pandemic turned the world upside down in late winter, Guelph Royals DH Sean Reilly was more excited about the upcoming Intercounty Baseball League season than he had ever been during his entire 23-year career. Then, like the rest of the

  London Werewolves' Legacy Fun At The Forks Story & Photos: Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com In sports, as in life, we often do not appreciate what we’ve had until it’s gone. This certainly holds true of the London Werewolves who played in the independent Frontier League and called Labatt Park home from 1999 to 2001. During

                    by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com Joe Serratore (left) with fellow umpire Jim Cressman. Photo: London Sports Hall of Fame. After almost 50 years of officiating local baseball, fastball and football, Joe Serratore knows more than anyone that you can’t change the decision of

            THE INTERVIEW Late-Summer 2018 Ted Giannoulas - The Famous Chicken with LondonOntarioSports.com Editor Jeffrey Reed After decades of working as an ink-stained scribe, few things shock me anymore. But in the early-1980s during an interview at a downtown hotel with London’s Ted Giannoulas – The Famous Chicken – I

by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com There are certain moments in everyone’s childhood summers which stand the test of time, and help shape the rest of our lives. Most stem from the family unit – a father and mother playing catch with a son or daughter, fishing at the lake or simply long chats at the

  by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com In local circles, the Mendham name is baseball royalty. Today, the family tradition continues with Brantford Red Sox catcher-third baseman David Mendham, one of this season’s top Intercounty Baseball League rookies. Dave Mendham, grandfather of Brantford Red Sox rookie David Mendham. Photo: Mendham Family. In the 1950s

  by Jeffrey Reed, Editor, LondonOntarioSports.com No other game comes close to baseball when it comes to serving up statistics. So, as the Intercounty Baseball League (est. 1919) celebrates its 100th season this year, fans will play an endless game of pepper with stats from the past century. Major League Baseball has pitched its own

CAMBRIDGE, ON – The Intercounty Baseball League unveiled today its complete list of the Top 100 IBL Players of All-Time. Top 100 players will be honored during the IBL 100th Season Banquet in Kitchener, ON on February 24. The 100 Greatest IBL Players is a centerpiece in honoring 100 years of IBL baseball. A panel comprised