Top 60 All-Time Greatest Jays: #22 Ernie Whitt
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Ernie Whitt was born June 13, 1952, in Detroit, Michigan, not far from Tiger Stadium. The
Red Sox picked him in the 15th round of the 1972 amateur draft, one pick before Jason Thompson, a terrific first baseman for the Tigers and
Dodgers. Ernie was blocked from making the Red Sox by future Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk and was left unprotected in the 1976 expansion draft, and we grabbed him up.
Whitt got 41 at-bats in our first season and got into a couple of games in 1978. In 1979 he spent the whole season in the minors, then in 1980, he was finally given a role in the majors at the age of 28. Ernie was the left-handed half of a catching platoon with
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Beer and books benefit Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society A combination of beer and books is benefiting local Black history and spreading the story of the 1934 Chatham Coloured All-Star team s road to a provincial baseball championship to a wider audience.
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Though politicians are more usually the targets of jabs, Elgin–Middlesex–London Tory MPP Jeff Yurek is getting in some needling of his own these days.
A pharmacist in civilian life, Jeff joined the front line last week at Western Fair’s Agriplex as a volunteer health-care worker giving COVID-19 vaccinations for the London-Middlesex and Southwestern health units.
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“Last Friday, I had my first shift and look forward to being able to help out at the St. Thomas clinic as soon as it’s ready,” he is quoted. That’s expected to open mid-month at St. Thomas Elgin Memorial Centre.