Nielsen honoured with induction into HOF
A local legend on the diamonds will be making his way into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in August.
Lorne Nielsen, who was born in just outside of Scott, and resides in Wilkie will be inducted in the 2018 class on August 18, 2018. When Nielsen was young, his favourite sport was baseball and he would hang a tire from the rafters of his old red barn and spend hours hitting it with a bat. To this day, he still prepares to play Twilite baseball by hitting a ball on a tether.
Nielsen told battlefordsNOW what his initial reactions were when he found out he was selected into the 2018 class.
“It’s a very special thing to happen,” he said. “The first thing that you think about is a lot of people along the way that you’ve shared your baseball career with. You have very fond memories of coaches and players and even the kids you’ve coached along the way.”