From the Desk of the GM - August 5, 2009

"Favourite Goldeyes Memory - Part II"

From Mickey Steen

“The number 1 memory would be that June 1994 evening when under the guidance of Sam Katz, Professional Baseball returned to Winnipeg after way too many years away. Having to call the football stadium a ballpark was a little far fetched but the best at the time.
Number 2 – June of 1999 and walking into an actual ballpark, Canwest Global, seeing construction workers still busy but looking out onto a baseball diamond, what a fantastic feeling.
Number 3 – Goldeyes beating Fargo anytime, but do recall 1997 1st round of the playoffs, Goldeyess losing the first 2 at home and then going into Fargo and winning 3 straight, how sweet it was.
Number 4 – The Goldeyes team of 2001 was probably one of the best Winnipeg fans had the opportunity to watch, Cappuccio, Ortiz, Robertson, Sachs, Myrow, Raffy, "Tiny" Thomas, to name a few.
Number 5 – The Winnipeg Goldeyes Organization, right from the beginning in 1994 to todays 2009 group, an outstanding job and each and every one of you should be proud of a job "done well".

Could keep going but better cut it off here. Well done.

p.s. Also a great memory was former Goldeyes player, Nolan Lane, playing with Gary, coming in to Canwest in 2002, hit a home run, took himself out of the line-up and retired as a player."

From Rocky McLellan

“One of my favorite Goldeyes memories occurred on Friday, June 24, 2005, it was the 33rd game of the season and the Goldeyes were playing the St. Paul Saints, who had decided to have their championship ring ceremony that night, and the Goldeyes came away with a 4-3 victory. I was elated with that particular victory since championship ring ceremonies are usually held during the home opener of the following season.”

Feel free to keep sending me your Goldeyes memories, I will be posting them as the season continues.

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Until next time…