The year was 1938 and “Buddy” Condy happened to be in the right place at the right time. One of the Springhill Fencebusters, of the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League, had not managed to get off of work on time. Coach “Blondie” Burden looked around for a suitable replacement, but could only see 15-year-old Buddy. With two outs in the second inning, it was the pitcher, Edgar Cormier’s, turn to bat. Much to Condy’s chagrin, Cormier got on, loading the bases. The 650 fans that night might have been 65,000 as far as Buddy was concerned. To make matters worse, the count went to 3-2. The fastball came down the middle and Buddy Condy hit a grand slam home run in his very first at-bat in senior baseball. It was to be the first of many.

After the war years, Condy played for his beloved Fencebusters, but then played for a series of teams in the Halifax and District League as he pursued his medical degree at Dalhousie University. In 1947, his Halifax Arrows won the H&D League, the Maritime championships, and was voted MVP. Condy led the league in home runs and RBI’s while batting .311. He won the batting title again in 1949 and 1950. In 1951, he came second despite batting a sizzling .409. His lifetime batting average, in the best baseball league Nova Scotians shall ever see, was .356.

Today, the odd baseball player is accused of corking his bats. Condy was alleged to have made his heavier. The story best describing the reverence with which Condy was held in the Nova Scotia baseball world occurred when a new Middleton pitcher asked veteran umpire, Squirm Noiles, how to best pitch to him. Noiles, ironically, had been the umpire behind the plate on that fateful day when Condy hit the grand slam in 1938. He looked the rookie in the eye and told him to “pitch the ball low and behind him.” He was described by all who were fortunate enough to watch him as the most consistent long-ball hitter the province has ever seen.

Condy turned down lucrative Major League offers to practice medicine in Halifax. Buddy Condy was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 1980.