The St. Catharines Blue Jays were a

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team which played at Community Park in

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. They were the Short-Season A affiliate of the

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in the

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History

The team began play in 1986 as the Blue Jays, though were later renamed the St. Catharines Stompers in 1995. The team left St. Catharines after the 1999 season to become the Queens Kings in 2000. On 4 July 2007, it was reported in the

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the Stompers were going to return in the summer of 2008. Former team owner, Terrence O'Malley was quoted as saying: "the Stompers are back ... We'll be playing at Community Park beginning next summer." This article prompted a number of responses, though, in the end, this turned out to be only a satirical piece. The Blue Jays won the New York-Penn league title in 1986.

Notable players

Managers

* Cloyd Boyer 1986 * Joe Lonnett 1987 * Eddie Dennis 1988 * Bob Shirley 1989 * Doug Ault 1990–1991 * Joe Cannon 1992–1995 As Stompers * Rocket Wheeler 1996–1997 * Duane Larson 1998 *

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1999

References

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