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Manager Slim Thorpe welcomes Cuban born Roberto Zayas to Lloydminster in 1954, hoping the speedy centerfielder can help the Lloydminster Meridians escape the basement of the Western Canada Baseball League in the coming season.

Roberto Jeronimo Zayas
born Havana, Cuba   Sept. 30, 1929
played for the Lloydminster Meridians 1954 to 1958
[photo courtesy of the Lloydminster Regional Arcives]

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The 1954 Lloydminster Meridians
Back row: (l-r) Darrell Martin, Johnny Ford, Arne Thunander, Rick Herrera, Jerry Quane, Max Weekly, Tom Mulcahy, Ed Tanner, Ron Webb.
Front frow: (l-r) Oswaldo Garcia, Allan Babb (batboy), Chuck McGuigan, Roberto Zayas, Bob Rosell


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1954 Lloydminster Meridians

[photo from www.attheplate.com ]

for more on the baseball history of the era see the excellent website

http://www.attheplate.com/wcbl/index.html