In honour of our Blue Jays and their run at the World Series, this week we have local legend James “Pud” Patterson in his c. 1910 Tigers baseball uniform. Unfortunately, we can’t confirm if he could hit a Dinger like Springer or knock it out of the park like Vladdy, but we’re sure he was quite the ball player.

After playing with the Tigers, Pud became a local war hero in Niagara-on-the-Lake. During the First World War, he went overseas with the 92nd Highlanders. He survived the Battle of the Somme but was later buried by a shell explosion. Fortunately, he survived the war and would become known for his work as a local fisherman in town. From catching fish to catching fly balls, something tells me this seasoned angler would have been belting out the Blue Jays chant in between the sea shanties if he were here.