It’s a sad day in our community, as our friend Trevor Freeman has passed at the age of 46 after a long battle with cancer. Trevor, or more affectionately known as “Marv” was a member of our league for over 25 years as a player for the Dust Devils, Twins & Longhorns. But he was more than that to so many others: a friend, a coach, a Travelling Jagr, a son, a husband, and a father. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time.
Rest in Peace Marv.
Congratulations to the Diamondbacks on winning the 2023 FMBA championship, defeating the Dukes in three games. It was a hard fought series, and came down to the final inning of Game 3. Some awesome baseball was played by both teams, who really showed off the best of our City’s baseball community. The title was the Diamondbacks fourth in a row, which is an amazing accomplishment.
This concludes another successful FMBA season. Stay tuned for more info on the upcoming league winter meetings.
Have a fantastic off-season everyone! Stay safe.
Diamondbacks (20-6) vs. Dukes (15-12)
Season Head to Head:
Diamondbacks won season series 2-0, Diamondbacks won 8-7 & 5-1
Playoff Leaders
Diamondbacks:
Alex Bishop .500 Avg, 1.071 Slug%, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 7 R
Nolan Handley .500 Avg, .750 Slug%, 8 H, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 8 R
JP Willner, .417 Avg, .750 Slug%, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 4 R, 2 SB
Dukes:
Evan Gerwing .556 Avg, 1.111 Slug%, 4 2B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 6 R
Eric Buckley .611 Avg, .833 Slug%, 2 2B, 1 3B, 6 RBI, 5 R, 1 SB
Cal Tecklenburg 3-0, 13.2 IP, 8 H, 16 Ks, 1.06 ERA
Preview: The FMBA Championship! Congratulations to both the Diamondbacks and Dukes on a couple of great seasons, and on making it to the ‘ship.
Canadians (18-6) vs. Dukes (13-11)
Season Head to Head:
Canadians won season series 2-0, Canadians won 3-2 & 3-1
Playoff Leaders
Canadians:
Alex Tello .571 Avg, .714 Slug%. 1 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 SB
Ben Franz .571 Avg, 4H, 2 RBI, 1 R, 2 SB
Ethan Bromley 1-0, 7.0 IP, 2H, 5 Ks, 0.00 ERA
Dukes:
Evan Gerwing .857 Avg, 2.000 Slug%,2 2B, 2HR, 9 RBI, 5 R
Eric Buckley .714 Avg, .857 Slug%, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 SB
Cal Tecklenburg 1-0, 6.0 IP, 2H, 5Ks, 0.00 ERA
Preview: This matchup should be a good one. These teams met to open the season, and then played their second a few weeks ago. Both games were tight, low scoring affairs.
Canadians (16-6) vs. Longhorns (11-11)
Season Head to Head
Teams split season series, Canadians won 21-12, Longhorns won 7-3
2023 Leaders
Canadians:
Nathan Damiani .500 Avg, .712 Slug%, 2HRs, 13 RBI, 16 R
Alex Tello .440 Avg, .576 OBP%, 8 SBs, 15 RBI, 21 R
Ethan Bromley 4-0, 28.0 IP, 36 Ks, 1.00 ERA
Longhorns:
Travis Gaudet .447 Avg, .776 Slug%, 3 HRs, 15RBI, 17 R
Aaron Pepin .444 Avg, .750 Slug%, 4 3Bs, 13 RBI, 12 R
Jaime Whitehead 5-1, 49.1 IP, 50 Ks, 2.70 ERA
Preview: This matchup features two of the better offenses in the league, and their two regular season matchups exemplified that.
With Men’s Senior Nationals opening ceremonies starting today in Red Deer, AB, we wanted to recognize several FMBA players past and present who are lucky enough to participate in this year’s event Aug 24-27
Congratulations go out to (in no particular order):
Steven Latos (Giants), Evan Comeau (Diamondbacks), JP Willner (Diamondbacks), Jamie Mitchell (Diamondbacks) as well as former Diamondback Jaret Chatwood who will be playing with the host team Red Deer Riggers.
Meanwhile Alex Bishop (Diamondbacks), Alex Regan (Diamondbacks), Curtis Smith (Wolfpack), & Joe Sergent (Diamondbacks) will all suit up for the Sherwood Park Athletics, joining former Giants Kern Watts & Dayton Heino and former Diamondback Arron Dunsmore.
Good luck gentlemen and congratulations on representing your province!