“It might be a while before “Dancin’ Dane” Tofteland is a nickname that sticks.
But don’t be surprised to see the Albertan from just outside Grande Prairie bust a move or two when he suits up in the brand new Banana Ball circuit next summer.
Selected in the seventh round of the league’s inaugural draft by the Loco Beach Coconuts, Tofteland is coming off a successful collegiate career at Indiana State University and a three-year run in the Pioneer League.”
Read MoreFormer Baseball Alberta executive director Randy Strocki died on November 13 at the end of 72.
Read More“She’s had a taste of representing Canada and Taylor Schueller now wants more.
The Saskatoon native was among four from her province – including Victoria Bateman, Makenna Dobrowolsky and Addie Ziebart – named to the Baseball Canada Women’s National Team development camp in Cary, North Carolina in mid-October.”
Read More“It could have been easy for Orv Franchuk to dislike or even hate baseball right from the very start.
Growing up on the farm near Wandering River, he remembers being six or seven years old when his older brother would drag him outside to play “catch.”
The youngster would get placed in front of the garage door while his hand-eye coordination developed, which made for some bruises on his shins and shoulders.
“I’d be crying and go into the house and get cleaned up by mom,” Franchuk told Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast. “My dad would push me back out there.”
Read MoreFrom hanging in the West to competing with the very best, players from the Western Canadian Baseball League put their skills on display in the majors this year.
Read MoreIn 2025, the Toronto Blue Jays “captivated a nation,” writes Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories.
“Toronto may have been the epicentre for the outpouring of support but the bandwagon was filling up fast across the country.”
Read MoreThe Canadian Baseball Network has released its trio of All-Canadian Teams and Western Canadian Baseball League players figure prominently in the honours.
Read More“A baseball player’s mind can ask a million different questions when they are summoned to the manager’s office.
Is this just a standard check-in? Am I performing well enough? Do I need to make some changes? Am I getting promoted? Am I getting let go?
When Gavin Logan was called in for a chat with Hillsboro Hops skipper Mark Reed in mid-June, he wasn’t entirely sure what to think.”
Read More“The baseball season just keeps getting longer for Aiden Kilshaw – not that he minds at all.
Originally from Swift Current and now living in Saskatoon, he has seen opportunity after opportunity come his way over the last few months.
The young prospect has been determined to make the most of every one of them.
Little did he know, Kilshaw was setting himself up for one of the biggest announcements of the season: the Baseball Canada Junior National Team Fall Instructional League roster.”
Read MoreThe Western Canadian Baseball League has unveiled its 2025 All-Star Teams.
Read More“The smile on her face and tears in her eyes were more than enough to tell what was going through Sydney Barry’s mind.
The Fort McMurray native also couldn’t help but laugh in retelling the story of how she found out she was on the Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL) draft-eligible list.”
Read More“There was a time when Addie Ziebart (Saskatoon, Sask.) found herself wondering if she should quit baseball.
Now, she finds herself on the cusp of potentially being drafted into the new Women’s Pro Baseball League (WPBL) in November, finding herself on the emerging league’s top draft-eligible players list.”
Read MoreFour baseball legends are among the 2025 Alberta Sports Hall of Fame inductees that will be honoured on Saturday.
Read MoreVauxhall Academy outfielder Rogan Rivard (Bonnyville, Alta.) is hoping to take his game to the next level with Team Red at the Canadian Futures Showcase, and potentially catch the eye of college scouts as he eyes high school graduation in 2027.
Read More“Like many Canadian kids who loved baseball, Mitchell Rauckman grew up as a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Even though he is primarily a pitcher himself, the Saskatoon native always enjoyed watching slugger Josh Donaldson.
He’s been to Rogers Centre to watch his favourite team play, always hoping to one day play on the same turf.
Rauckman is one of three Saskatchewan products, along with Matthew Tran and Aiden Kilshaw, who will get the chance to do that in the Canadian Futures Showcase.”
Read More“It’s admittedly going to sting for a while.
However, Team Alberta has nothing to hang their heads for after returning home with a silver medal in the first-ever women’s baseball event at the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.”
Read More“They are onto the scent of being the top high school program in North America.
After capturing an incredible record of 60 wins, five losses and one tie during the season, the Dawgs Academy 18U Black team in Okotoks has risen to new heights in the eyes of Perfect Game.
The U.S.-based organization has touted the Dawgs as the number two high school program on the continent in its annual end-of-season rankings.”
Read More“Ethan Pittman’s final inning in a Fort McMurray Oil Giants uniform will be one he’ll remember for the rest of his life.
Holding onto a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning at the Baseball Canada 18U Nationals in his hometown, the graduating senior had to face the top of the Manitoba batting order.
He struck out Josh Randle and got Jackson Thiessen to fly out to centre field.
Up against infielder Tyler Mollons, Pittman got a first-pitch strike and two foul balls before twirling his second punch-out of the inning to help the Oil Giants capture the bronze medal.
The hometown crowd at Legacy Dodge Field in Fort McMurray erupted in celebration.”
Read More“Some were calling it “the pool of death.”
Pool ‘A’ for men’s baseball at the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador featured a few juggernauts including B.C., Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec.
Then there was Saskatchewan.
Despite winning gold in 2017 and bronze in 2022, the province is still thought of, by some, as an underdog of sorts.”
Read MoreIan Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recaps five key moments from these year’s Western Canadian Baseball League playoffs.
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