Calgary Outlaws were an independant minor league baseball team in the Canadian Baseball League. Based in Calgary, Alberta, they shared Foothills Stadium with the Calgary Dawgs. In 2003, the only Canadian Baseball League season, they had best record when the league was suspended at the All-Star break and were thus awarded the Jenkins Cup. While the Canadian Baseball League vowed to regroup and return in 2004, their assets were quietly sold off during the offseason and the Calgary Outlaws (not to mention the rest of the league) never returned. Part of the History of baseball series. ... The Canadian Baseball League, Canadas first professional baseball league, was an Independent minor league that operated in 2003. ... Motto: Heart of the new west Area: 712. ... The Calgary Dawgs are a team in the Western Major Baseball League Formed in 2003 they won the league championship in 2004 which was only their second season. ... The Canadian Baseball League, Canadas first professional baseball league, was an Independent minor league that operated in 2003. ...
Calgary's tourism board would like you to believe that the city is still a haven for cowboys of the wild west - it would only be partially true.
Assuming you are not in Calgary to ride mechanical bulls, the best place to find a bucking good time is 1 Street SW, the heart of the city's nightclub district.
Calgary's 17 Avenue SW offers a mix of brew pubs, martini bars and swank lounges for those with upscale tastes who choose to avoid the noisy club scene.
Calgary is divided into its quadrants at Centre Ave and Centre St. Being north of Centre Ave means you are in the northern quadrants and being east of Centre St means you are in the eastern quadrants.
Although Calgary is generally a very safe place, walking at night should be avoided in the East Village and Victoria Park areas of downtown (generally speaking, this is the area adjacent to the Stampede Grounds and north to the Bow River).
Calgary's 2005 murder rate of 2 murders per 100,000 inhabitants was, for example, less than one-tenth the murder rate of Chicago and one-twentieth that of Baltimore.