Tag: Labatt Park
Hometown Guide: History + world record = London hit out of the park
Intimate Labatt Park looms large in baseball history. This is Part Two of Postmedia’s How Canada Wins: Love Where We Live summer series.
Letters to the Editor: July 12, 2025
Free Press readers sound off on the topics of the day including NIMBYism near Labatt Park, opioid deaths and a renters’ activist.
Sport notes: Big race at Delaware, Majors seek all-star votes, swim star shines
A collection of news and notes from across the London-area sports scene
Beer giant cheers as father-son fix brings stolen Labatt Park sign home
Don’t publish//being edited Just in time for Father’s Day, the stolen Labatt Park sign has made its return, rebuilt by the son of the original signmaker. The “Labatt” portion of the sign, which had been bolted to the wrought-iron fence near the entrance to the world’s oldest ballpark, was taken in the early morning hours […]
Play ball! New-look London Majors look to keep pace with IBL elites
Roop Chanderdat is sticking with history and tradition. Though the London Majors will play two Intercounty Baseball League home games this summer as the Forest City Cobra Chickens, there is no name change forthcoming. “We’re the Majors,” the club’s longtime co-owner and manager said. “It’s exciting that an April fool’s joke took off like that. […]