Article contentThe designated hitter Nick MacPhail, the coach of the year Dougie Hines and the pitcher with the best ERA Tanner MacLean capped off a great season. Catcher Cole MacLaren was voted best defensive catcher, although I must add P.E.I. had both MacLaren and outstanding Duncan Picketts, the best P.E.I. duo ever behind the plate.Article contentThe Islanders have a bye and will open their New Brunswick semifinal series at home in two weeks time. Let’s get out and applaud our first-ever gold medal baseball senior champions.Article contentBlue JaysArticle contentThe Toronto Blue Jays concluded their home stand against a weak-hitting Minnesota club Wednesday night (a 9-8 win) after so-so performances against the woeful-hitting Pittsburgh Pirates and Miami Marlins. The Twins gave away the Monday extra-inning game by virtue of dreadful base running. No surprise they’ve lost 12 of 14.Article contentArticle contentThe Blue Jays bullpen has been shaky, and I am not sure if the pitching staff is as great as most fans think, or it’s the fact they are facing weak lineups in recent games with two of three hitting less than .200 for the season.Article contentThe Blue Jays will next meet the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati before a showdown with the New York Yankees. The Brew Crew are 83-50 and the Reds are 68-65, so we’ll see how good the pitching staff really is.Article contentGail SheaArticle contentArticle contentShe and I, along with Derek Buntain, won the Mike Currie golf classic about twenty years ago.Article content Former federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea during a media briefing in St. John’s, N.L. in 2010. Shea represented the P.E.I. riding of Egmont from 2008 to 2015. FileArticle contentShe was a wonderful lady. She is the one person most responsible for making Red Shores Summerside similar to Charlottetown.Article contentShe made the SRW transformation part of her election platform. A great, great representative of the people.Article contentHarness racingArticle contentTonight’s 10-dash Charlottetown card gets underway at 6 p.m. and the $3,750 feature has seven including Spack Jarrow who jumps from the non-winners of one to the top class. It sounds worse than it is.Article contentArticle contentThe $680,000 maple leaf trot goes tonight at Mohawk, where Marcus Melander’s duo of Periculum and Aetos Kronos are listed at 2-1. J Mac has Ron Burke’s Chapercraz at 20-1.Article contentThe $690,000 Canadian Pacing Derby has Bythemissle and Ervin Hanver at 2-1 and 9-5, Dexter Dunn has Sabonis at 4-1 and J Mac has Captain Luke at 12-1.Article contentWade Peconi’s Another Great Mass lowered his two year old record to 1.56.1 in winning a gold stake at Mohawk, pushing his freshman earnings over $140,000 for the campaign.Article contentThe McIsaac-Barrieau stake at $70,000 goes today at Woodstock. Malevolent is the heavy favourite.Article contentHockey is just around the corner and the Charlottetown Islanders are playing an exhibition game Sept. 6 at the UPEI rink and this is part of the annual Halliwell equipment drive collecting gear for those needing free skates, shin pads, etc. Fans can bring equipment and donate it in the Halli “well”.Article contentArticle contentFred MacDonald’s column appears every Saturday in The Guardian. He can be reached at fiddlersfacts@hotmail.com.Article content
FIDDLER’S FACTS: Charlottetown Islanders the greatest baseball team in P.E.I. history
