High school baseball is big stuff in the Greater Toronto Area.
More teams than ever. So far, so good.
But a mixture of wet fields from the long winter, also municipal bureaucrats calling the shots on availability of ball diamonds and the various Boards of Education reluctant to turn just one corner of an all-purpose field in to a baseball diamond, is hurting.
Short season becomes even shorter. When inclement weather hits, and exams too, the season gets even shorter. And let’s not forget summer league rep coaches worried that their special players - who might get hurt by playing for school teams.
Not far off, I believe, are leagues thinking of cancelling games and contemplating some kind of tournament format as a replacement.
And it’s nice to see that the folks responsible for a provincial final - they call it the “Prentice Cup” - got serious and returned to the Rogers Centre nurturing a long relationship with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Having the high school final at the home of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame is a nice idea - but doesn’t compare to playing in a professional park.
