Following Matt Langford’s retirement, the Burlington Bulls now announce the departure of their second original Bull, #3 Jeff “Sticky” McNair. Not only was Jeff an original to the 2005 OSBA Bulls, but he has been with the team since its original Junior iteration in 2001. He has been a mainstay in the Bulls outfield and has been involved in many of the biggest games in Bulls history including the finals vs Durham in 2005 where he was the lead off hitter in Brad Guy’s absence. McNair leaves the Bulls, but not baseball entirely. He will continue to coach and play for the Burlington Bears GHBL team, but could not make the time commitment to weekends to remain with the OSBA team. A career .265 hitter with a .360 OBP and 29 Stolen bases and 13 Sac’s (he is the Bulls all time leader in this category).McNair’s career year came in 2006 when he hit .302. He also always posted solid playoff numbers with a career .298 playoff average. McNair began with the Bulls in CF and the moved to RF with the arrival of Mike Howden. When Kip Keith joined the team, McNair took on the unique role of “roving outfielder” where he would play 5-6 innings a game splitting time between left, centre and right field. His arm was above average, so strong in fact, no cut off man could contain him. McNair’s defence helped the Bulls out in many circumstances and he was best known for his ability to slide and snare texas leaguers McNair was also a tournament regular for the team playing in 24 tournament games over his 4 years. Throughout his career, he was an ironman who never missed a single game due to injury, The Bulls will mist both McNair’s contributions on the field, but also his consistently supportive demeanour. McNair had an infectious passion for winning, the same passion that helped the Bulls for many years, will hopefully help McNair guide his Bears team to another successful season. Bulls wish best of luck to McNair and thank him for all his effort over many winning seasons in a Bulls uniform.
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