The Toronto Maple Leafs are a team of the

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, based in

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. They play their home games on "Dominico Field" at

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. They are also known

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as the Intercounty Maple Leafs or the Intercounty Leafs to disambiguate themselves from the

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team. Home games usually take place on Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons, and are free for the public to attend. The games are popular with people in the neighbourhood, who enjoy the warm weather, picturesque setting, and of course the baseball game itself. Hotdogs are sold behind the

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fence and Alan "Al" Ross sells raffle tickets to raise money to support the team.

History

The Maple Leafs

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team began to play in 1969, the second season after the original Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team of the AAA

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moved to Louisville, Kentucky. In their inaugural year, the new Leafs lost 23 games, finishing 18 games out of first place. But they have never ended a season that far back since then. They have been in first place 19 times in the subsequent years and have the best winning percentage of any active team in the League. The team was owned by husband and wife Jack and Lynne Dominico for the first 40 years of its existence and was then owned exclusively by Jack after Lynne's passing on November 8, 2008, until his passing on January 12, 2022. The Intercounty Baseball League Championship is also named in their honour, the Jack and Lynne Dominico Trophy.

Championships

Since its inception, the team has won the Jack and Lynne Dominico Trophy as Intercounty Baseball champions eight times, the first in 1972. During the 2002 season, the Leafs were undefeated at home, a first for the league. They also won the championship that year. They have also achieved many individual awards and All-Star nominations. *Championships (8): 1972, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2007

Former players

Former

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player

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once played for the Intercounty Leafs as did former

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outfielder

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(2001–2002). Rich's brother,

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, who was also a former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder, also played with the Leafs (2001–2005), as did former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Paul Spoljaric (2002–2007).

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(2009–2014,

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(2009–2010), and Angel Castro (2015) round out ex-big-leaguers that have played for the Leafs.

Front office

* Damon Topolie (VP of Baseball Operations & General Manager) * Garrett Takamatsu (Field Manager) * Roger Lajoie (VP of Business Operartions) * Ryan Eakin (Director of Communications and Game-Day Operations)

Current roster

*SP Angel Castro *SP Zach Sloan *SP Marek Deska *SP Sebastian Kahn *SP Diego Dominguez *RP

*RP Franklin Hernandez *RP Dylan Jacober *RP Chris Nagorski *RP Sam Greene *RP Ryan Wells *RP Adam Marra *RP Rhys Montgomery *C Justin Marra *C Brady Cerkowynk *1B Jordan Castaldo *1B Damon Topolie *2B Garrett Takamatsu *2B Dan Marra *SS Jose Vinicio *3B Johnathan Solazzo *INF Aiden Mcaskie *INF Blake Simpson *INF Nikko Khannisho *OF Greg Carrington *OF Connor Lewis *OF

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*OF Grant Tamane *OF Ryan Santos *OF Luca Boscarino *OF Glenn Noronha *OF Dawson Parks

References

External links

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