Lethbridge Bulls Explained

League:Western Canadian Baseball League
City:Lethbridge
Mascot:T-Bone
League Titles:2015, 2021
Ballpark:Spitz Stadium
Coach:Chance Wheatley
Founded:1999
Division:West Division

The Lethbridge Bulls are a Summer college baseball team playing at Spitz Stadium in Lethbridge, Alberta. The team is a member of the Western Canadian Baseball League,[1] a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the prairie provinces of Canada.

History

The team was founded in 1999 by Doug Jones, mayor of the town of Oyen.[2] Kevin Kvame has been the President and General Manager of the Bulls since 2005 and was the GM for the 3 preceding years as well.[3] Kregg Snook became the current head coach in 2019.[4] [5] He was the team’s pitcher in 2014 and 2016. The club played out of Henderson Stadium following the relocation of the Pioneer League franchise Lethbridge Mounties and Lethbridge Black Diamonds to Missoula in the fall of 1998 becoming the Missoula Osprey and then the Missoula PaddleHeads.

Current

The Bulls have won the Western Division title on 4 occasions and the League Championship twice, in 2015 and in the 2021 shortened season due to COVID-19.[6] They have been 1st overall in the regular season of the WMBL on 3 occasions.

2011 Highway Shooting

In 2011, two players from the Lethbridge Bulls (20-year old Mitch Maclean and 22-year-old Tanner Craswell) from Prince Edward Island lost their lives due to a triple murder-suicide along the Alberta Highway 2 near Claresholm Alberta.[7] It has since been referred to as the “Claresholm highway shooting”.

See also

References

² Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/killer-rammed-suv-in-alberta-shooting-1.1026077 - CBC (2011)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Team. 2021-05-06. Western Canadian Baseball League. en-US.
  2. Web site: Badlands' Doug Jones: "Can't talk now, having a heart attack". 2021-05-06. Canadian Baseball Network. en-US.
  3. Web site: Bulls Front Office. 2021-05-06. www.bullsbaseball.com.
  4. Web site: Running of the Bulls. 2021-05-06. Western Canadian Baseball League. en-US.
  5. Web site: Bulls Hire Kregg Snook as Head Coach. 2021-05-06. www.bullsbaseball.com. en.
  6. Web site: Jensen. Randy. 2020-03-31. City sports programs have impressive histories. 2021-05-06. The Lethbridge Herald.
  7. Web site: Ferris. Danica. Lethbridge Bulls host 8th annual memorial game for 2011 shooting victims. 2021-05-06. Global News. en-US.