NEWS & VIEWS Montreal should follow Vancouver's path for pro baseball (www.canadiansbaseball.co Montreal has no minor Vancouver had an AAA Mike m). Only 30 years of age, he league calibre baseball park team, but that ended in has since moved up the lad- to speak of, but I am sure 1999 and they returned at a Cohen der as general manager and an existing one somewhere lower tier. would be the ideal guy to on the island could be “Vancouver is a great VANCOUVER- When I help bring professional retrofitted. “We all grew up baseball city,” Takefman visited British Columbia baseball back to Montreal. with the Habs in our DNA,” says. five years ago, former With no disrespect Takefman told me between As for his current role as Dollard des Ormeaux and intended towards the innings of a recent mid- GM, Takefman said: “I am Hampstead resident Jason Montreal Baseball Project week July game. “But look not a title guy, but I guess Takefman was the head of and ExposNation, I do not how well the Impact and being GM is pretty cool. ticket sales for the short believe we will get a major the Alouettes do as well. When the job became season rookie “A” level league squad again anytime Baseball can still work vacant I approached our Vancouver Canadians soon. However, the CanAM there. I think the Can AM team president and told “A” Ball League is looking League would be a good him I really wanted the job. at Montreal for expansion fit.” A month later it was mine.” and from what I saw again Would Takefman return Being the GM of a minor SEARS DECARIE LIQUIDATION in Vancouver last month home if he were given the league club is not like the Décarie Square, (on the first floor) Côte Saint-Luc we should embrace this opportunity to start up big leagues, where trades opportunity. Vancouver has such an operation? 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He spent Pointe Claire resident Tony Proudfoot is in Vancouver, Wally Buono and Wayne Jim Miller was the kind of kid who liked the next decade working in the hotel well known to many of us. Proudfoot Conrad. They offered their support to the to be involved in the community. While industry, had five year stint with played for the Montreal Alouettes, went cause as well. Tony was very appreciative.” attending Courtland Park Elementary McDonald's in Western Canada and then on to become a physical education Conrad actually owns a uniform compa- School he served as a paper boy for the moved to Vancouver, where he has been teacher at Dawson College and was a gen- ny and serves as a supplier for the Rosedale local weekly newspaper, was a troop ever since.