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Grads and Team Canada

LEE DELFINO
Former Legionaires shortstop Lee Delfino was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1998 MLB amateur draft. He was their third pick of the draft that year. He was the only player they selected in the top 10 rounds who did not sign, going on to college at East Carolina. The Blue Jays again drafted Delfino, this time in the 6th round of the 2011 MLB Amateur draft. He played played five seasons of pro ball in the minor leagues in the Jays organization. Delfino hit .444 and slugged 1.056 with 10 runs and 10 RBI in the 1997 World Junior Championship to help Canada win a Bronze Medal. As a freshman at East Carolina University in 1999, Delfino hit .317 with 12 homers to earn second-team Freshman All-American honours by Baseball America, behind first-teamer Jeff Keppinger at shortstop. While Canada sent a mostly-pro squad to the 1999 Pan American Games (including fellow Legionaires grad Andy Stewart on that team), they included the young Delfino as their shortstop. Delfino hit .348 in the event, during which Canada was the only unbeaten team in round one before falling to Cuba in the semi-finals. They won Bronze, Canada's first Medal ever at a major international event.  Delfino later played for Canada in the 2001 Baseball World Cup and the 2005 Baseball World Cup. 
 
ANDY STEWART
Andy Stewart was signed professionally by the Kansas City Royals after graduating from the Oshawa Legionaires. He worked his way through the Minor league system and recorded a hit in his major league debut for the Royals against the Chicago White Sox. Stewart hit a double in his first major league plate appearance in September 1997. He was a major part of Team Canada that captured the Bronze Medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, slamming two key homeruns and leading the team in batting. He was also part of Canada's 2004 Olympic Baseball Team in Athens, Greece, where he batted .416 after a four year layoff coaching in the Toronto Blue Jays and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations.
 
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