 For the previous decade the clubhouse was being used by the City's Parks and Recreation Department as a storage facility.The clubhouse was officially named the Roy McKay Clubhouse on August 1, 1996, in honour of Eddie's mentor, Roy McKay (1933-1995), a former Majors batboy in 1945, pitcher, manager and coach who was born on August 1, 1933.Eddie was supportive of the heritage designation of Labatt Park under the "Ontario Heritage Act" in 1994 as the world's oldest baseball grounds in continuous use in its original location.