Home Run Sports is proud to be listed on Bob Elliot's 100 Most Influential Canadians in Baseball. Here is what Bob Elliot at the Toronto Sun had to say:

"Baseball is full of David vs. Goliath stories whether it is the majors (the Yankees vs. K.C.), a college campus (Slippery Rock at Michigan) or the local sandlot. And then there is Home Run Sports, the Winnipeg sports store which was founded in 1986 and started battling multi-nationals for sporting good sales from its De La Seigneurie Blvd. office.

The store began dealing almost exclusively with baseball and softball. It has branched out with additional stores in Calgary, Okotoks and Mississauga. Neiles was one of the best infielders in the province and served as president of the Manitoba Junior League."