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About: Alberta Dugout Stories

We believe in the beauty of baseball, and the purity of the game.

We believe in the history of baseball, and the preservation of it.

We believe in the future of baseball, and that Alberta is contributing to it.

We believe that as special and perfect as baseball is, it is a game and at the heart of that is having fun.

We believe in storytelling and that our role is telling compelling and worthy stories.

Welcome to our dugout. We hope you like the view.

Read all of our stories here.

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