The Start Of The PBL
Posted March 08, 2019
When did the Powerline Baseball League start? It was a question that I wanted to try and answer with a level of certainty that would be able to better show that the league is one of the oldest leagues in the province of Alberta. So much of PBL history has been left to stories and estimates. No piece...
Is There Provincial Interest Anymore?
Posted February 21, 2019
Being crowned provincial champion in any capacity is always something to be proud of. In minor baseball it is the feather in the cap for a successful season that starts in the spring, runs through the dog days of July and August and ends with being named the best team in the province. In 2018 Baseba...
PBL Franchises: 1980-2018
Posted February 15, 2019
Here is a trip down memory lane for Powerline Baseball League fans and players, since 1980 there have been 25 different, or different enough, teams in the league. This ranges from one and done teams like the Camrose Mets or the Ross Creek Oldstars, all the way to a team like the Bardo Athletics who ...
Scoop On The PBL
Posted February 06, 2019
In the 1990’s Powerline Baseball League fans would receive their baseball news from a local sports writer simply known as Scoop. The stories would appear in the Tofield Mercury and be primarily focused on the hometown Tofield Lakers, featuring in-depth breakdowns of league games and even tourn...
The End for Bardo
Posted January 25, 2019
On July 18, 2016 the Bardo Athletics played their last Powerline Baseball League game at the Bardo Recreation Grounds and in team history. Due to a request from a local baseball fan, here is a look at that final game and final season of the Bardo Athletics....
The 2018 Season In Review
Posted January 09, 2019
The new year has arrived, we are now only five months away from the 2019 season, so it’s perfect opportunity to revisit the successful 2018 Powerline Baseball League season....
A Great Game, His Last Game
Posted December 19, 2018
July 25, 2011. The Ryley Rebels are at the Bardo Recreation Grounds to take on the Athletics in the Powerline Baseball League’s Playoff Play-In game. Winner moves on to the post season to take on the Leduc Milleteers and the loser takes a hike for the off season. At the time, it was a big game...
The Champion Blue Jays
Posted December 11, 2018
No not those Blue Jays. We are talking about the Holden Blue Jays. It has been 25 years since the Toronto Blue Jays were last called champions, and 26 years since the Holden Blue Jays were awarded the Powerline Baseball League Championship....
The Pride Of Bardo
Posted December 04, 2018
There is not a better doorway into the Powerline Baseball League past than Bardo. The history of Bardo dates back to 1892 with the community celebrating its Centennial Anniversary in July 1994. The majestic Bardo baseball field sits in the countryside and became home to the long running Bardo Sports...
Tofield, Home of the Alberta Junior Baseball Champions
Posted November 29, 2018
This year I spent some time looking for old baseball stories from the Powerline Baseball League area to try and paint a picture of the league's history. Hopefully we can find more stories of baseball in the area and share them. One story I found was that of the Tofield Legionnaires and their suc...
