When you dig into the Winnipeg Free Press and Winnipeg Tribune archives and read the sports pages, it quickly becomes clear that Mike Rogers was one of the most talented players in the province during the 1940s and early 1950s. This was confirmed recently when several of his peers got together with Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame directors to talk about those “glory days.” A shortstop and third baseman, who pitched when necessary, Rogers played from 1940 to 1954 in Winnipeg and finished his career with a top team in Fargo, ND. He was on six Manitoba championship teams and won Western Canadian championships with Globelites in 1944 and 1946 and with Ukrainian Legion Branch 141 in 1952.