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Christie Pits

Recreation in Christie Pits

Willowvale Park also known as Christie Pits is a multi use recreational facility that includes one of Toronto's prettiest baseball diamonds. This park serves as the home field for the Toronto Maple Leafs Inter-County Baseball team. Additional facilities at Willowvale Park include the Alex Duke Memorial Pool and water slide, basketball courts, and a large children's playground. Winter activities in the park include skating, hockey and tobogganing.

The following article is courtesy of
www.torontoneighbourhoodnews.com
Summer 2009 edition

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS BASEBALL IN FULL SWING

Looking for an affordable outing this summer; look no further than Christie Pits Park at Bloor and Christie Streets, the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team. What a great way to soak in summer’s sunshine sitting on the hillside of Christie Pits Park enjoying an ice cream and marveling at the crack of the bat as the baseball soars onto this field of dreams.

The Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team founded in 1969, are part of the Intercounty Baseball League , which is thought to be Canada’s oldest amateur men’s league. The Intercounty Baseball league has been described as “Semi-Pro baseball. The profile of this league whose alumni include major league baseball hall of famers Ferguson Jenkins and Denny McLain, has risen in recent years with four players being drafted by major league baseball in 2007.

During its illustrious history the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team has featured a few former major league baseball players of their own on its roster including former Blue Jays Rich and Rob Butler and pitcher Paul Spoljaric.

This years team had a tremendous season with an overall record of 24 wins and only 12 losses. Now the Toronto Maple Leafs are competing in the playoffs and looking to bring home a league championship. For a complete schedule of dates and times for Toronto Maple Leafs baseball you can visit their website www.leafsbaseball.com

 

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