By Ken Babcock

Baseball Oshawa

We learned Friday of the terrible news surrounding one of our baseball families.

Baseball Oshawa collectively is one big supportive family. Words cannot describe the shocking and senseless tragedy that has struck our wonderful community and impacted our organization. The baseball community is hurting. Oshawa is hurting.

The Traynor family was heavily involved in the community and that included Chris Traynor an assistant coach for many years in our house league and more recently this year with our Oshawa Legionaires 12U Rep team. His son Joseph Traynor was a member of that same team led by coach Brian Weatherbee.

Chris and Loretta’s older boys Sam and Bradley played ball for many years with Baseball Oshawa. We pray for Loretta’s speedy recovery and Sam’s well being.

On behalf of Baseball Oshawa’s board, executive, coaches, players and families I wish to extend the most sincere and heartfelt prayers to the entire Traynor family (Chris, Loretta, Bradley, Sam, Adelaide and Joseph) and to all those affected by this horrible tragedy.

Loretta is recovering at Sunnybrook Hospital, while Sam was away at school attending Queen’s University in Kingston when the tragedy happened.

The Association has also reached out to Weatherbee and the players, coaches and parents on our 12U rep team to provide support. We have arranged for Durham Regional Police Service and Durham Health grief counselling for our 12u team on Sunday at Kinsemen Stadium. After that they’ll work out with the 18U team.

We will also continue to seek out appropriate ways to lend help and support to the Traynor family in the days, weeks and months ahead.

A Go Fund me page has been set up for the Traynor family.