The Oshawa Dodgers are thrilled to announce the signing of Derek Minacs. Derek is an Oshawa resident who played his minor Baseball in the Oshawa Legion Minor Baseball Association.

Derek played his University baseball on a scholarship at Samford University in Birmingham Alabama. He was a member of the Ontario Youth team that won a Gold Medal in Trios Rivers, and was then selected to play for Team Ontario at the Canada Summer Games in Kamloops were they won a Silver Medal.

After Derek played Junior Baseball in Oshawa for the legendary Jim Lutton he played 4 years with the North York Seniors were they won 2 Elimination Tournaments, 2 OBA Championships and a Bronze Medal at the Senior Canadian Championships. He then returned to Oshawa to play 1 year with the Oshawa Tony's senior team and last year played on the Northumberland Whiskey Jacks Senior Team.

Derek's coach in Junior and his 4 years with North York was his dad Gary. Derek will be reunited with his Hall of Fame Dad Gary this year as Gary enters his second year with the Dodgers as Infield coach and First Base coach.

Coach May had this to say "Look at his r�sum� WOW !!!!, Derek is a veteran that knows what it takes to win at the senior level. This signing is one of the best we have ever had. You can't get that experience without playing. I talked to Gary about Derek signing and he asked if they could play an inning or two together in the Infield and I said that sounds like a great idea." Gary played an inning at second base last year with the Dodgers to make it 6 decades he has played Baseball. "He made a sweet play at second to end the inning," says May.

Coach Gary Minacs had this to say when Derek signed his playing certificate, "It will be a thrill to see my son play for the Dodgers. I can't wait until we get to play together in the same infield this year. What more could a father ask for."

Troy May
Owner and CEO
Oshawa Dodgers
Intercounty Baseball Club