When pitcher Mike Martin of the victorious St. John’s Capitals recorded the final out of the 1958 All-Newfoundland Championship to defeat the Corner Brook Barons 8-2, he made sure to keep the game ball. Almost 60 years later, scuffed and scarred from that winning day, the ball is a vivid reminder of the diamond wars from so long ago. For well over half a century, the Caps and the Barons, pitting east against west, have squared off for baseball supremacy, Giving no quarter, their rivalry is unparalleled in provincial sports.
