Todd Devlin

Todd Devlin has had a lifelong passion for baseball. Born and raised in Brantford, Ontario — the home of Wayne Gretzky, you’d think he’d be a hockey fan (like any true Canadian). But, for reasons unknown, baseball has always been his calling.

A singles hitter, he made a career out of hitting hard ground balls through the left side of the infield until the transition to wooden bats made this much harder. Nevertheless, he managed to play five years for the McMaster Marauders varsity baseball team from 2000-04, hitting about .250 while setting a league record for HBP’s. The result was a trio of second-place OUA finishes and a lot of good friends (and a business degree, to boot).

After graduating, Devlin spent time as an intern in both the Triple-A Ottawa Lynx and Toronto Blue Jays communications departments before serving a stint as the communications officer at ‘Athletes for Africa’, a Toronto-based non-profit organization.

Devlin longs for the glory years of 1992-93 when the Blue Jays were champs and his biggest responsibility was taking out the garbage from time to time. Sure, he’s become a bit disillusioned by the steroid era and the obscene amounts of money that players are paid these days. But neither takes away from enjoying the game itself. And that’s what baseball is all about — the sounds and smells at the ballpark on a hot, sunny afternoon.  

In April 2009, Devlin obtained a Master of Arts in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario, and he is currently working as a freelance writer based out of London, ON.

Contact the author: todddevlin23@hotmail.com