Wilson: Vauxhall "family" was at Macko's MLB debut with Jays
Adam Macko is a major leaguer.
From first discovering baseball in the first grade at school in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia; to winning a Little League championship in Ireland; to teaching himself how to pitch by watching YouTube videos of David Price and Justin Verlander; to training in Vauxhall in southern Alberta, Macko has now realized his dream of playing Major League Baseball (MLB).
The left-handed pitcher has taken an unlikely path to the bigs and ended up on the sport’s biggest stage at Yankee Stadium in New York for his MLB debut.ew York for his MLB debut.
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Mariners place Brash on 15-day injured list
The Seattle Mariners have placed reliever Matt Brash (Kingston, Ont.) on the 15-day injured list with right lat inflammation.
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Betts: Smith makes memories at Rogers Centre a decade apart
Cleveland Guardians closer Cade Smith (Abbotsford, B.C.) has 23 big league saves on his resume, but Friday night’s save represented his first in Canada against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
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Munro: Soroka's win on Friday was 60th by Canadian pitcher vs. Blue Jays
When Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Michael Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) registered a win against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, it represented the 60th win by a Canadian pitcher versus the Blue Jays. Canadian Baseball Network contributor Neil Munro has a summary.
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Glew - BWDIK: Hicks, Lopez, Naylor, Pivetta, Quantrill, Soroka, Young
Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Michael Soroka, Cal Quantrill, Nick Pivetta, Josh Naylor, Liam Hicks and Otto Lopez.
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Glew: Who is Joe Erautt?
Like Tristan Peters, Joe Erautt was Canadian and his first MLB RBI came on a walk-off hit with the Chicago White Sox.
But who exactly was Erautt?
Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew did some research to find out.
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Glew - BWDIK: Caissie, Clarke, Easter, Hicks, Orr, Romano, Sabrowski
Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Liam Hicks, Owen Caissie, Erik Sabrowski, Jordan Romano, Pete Orr and Denzel Clarke.
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Shushkewich: Denzel Clarke returns home for season opener
Canadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich caught up with Athletics centre fielder and Toronto Mets alum Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) prior to his team’s season opener against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Friday.
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Glew: How did Fergie Jenkins pitch on Opening Day?
“How did Canada’s greatest major league pitcher fare on Opening Day?
Pretty darn well.
Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.) posted a 2.58 ERA and threw three complete games in 11 Opening Day starts during his major league career.”
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ICYMI - Elliott: Logan Allen, Canada's WBC mystery man
If the name Logan Allen is not known in households from New Westminster or Etobicoke, it is with good reason. He will make his debut wearing red and white at this year’s World Baseball Classic. You see the left-hander’s father Norman, grew up in Lachine, Que. playing hockey before moving to University of Florida, home of the Gators.
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Glew, Elliott, 2025 Influentials: Rogers, Pivetta, Guerrero, Anthopoulos, Naylor — Honourable Mentions Updated, A to Z
Glew, Elliott, 2025 Influentials: Rogers, Pivetta, Guerrero, Anthopoulous, Naylor
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Elliott: For a change Canada has experiened WBC starters
Bob Elliott takes a look at Canada’s 2026 World Baseball Classic roster.
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Elliott: Canada hopes for WBC pop from Matt Davidson
“Matt Davidson has hit 385 home runs in his first 17 pro seasons.
That’s a barrel full, a career for a lower case sultan of swat. So, you would think it might be difficult for the newest mystery member of Canada’s World Baseball Classic team to pick his favourite long ball?
“Most memorable?” repeated Davidson, the former Chicago White Sox bopper said from Peoria, Ariz. “Probably in 2018 ... opening day, I hit three in the same day, the third one was pretty special.”
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Angels promote Florko to big league staff
The Los Angeles Angels have promoted Derek Florko (Abbotsford, B.C.) to their big league staff as an assistant hitting coach.
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Elliott: Logan Allen, Canada's WBC mystery man
If the name Logan Allen is not known in households from New Westminster or Etobicoke, it is with good reason. He will make his debut wearing red and white at this year’s World Baseball Classic. You see the left-hander’s father Norman, grew up in Lachine, Que. playing hockey before moving to University of Florida, home of the Gators.
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Peters traded to White Sox
The Tampa Bay Rays have traded Okotoks Dawgs alum Tristan Peters (Winkler, Man.) to the Chicago White Sox.
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ICYMI, Kennedy: Hoynes wins BBWAA award, grandson of Kingston HOFer Bill Cook
Paul Hoynes, 74, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and then Cleveland.com, won the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s Platinum Pen Award (renamed from Career Excellence Award) Tuesday in Orlando at the annual winter meetings. One other writer from Kingston, Ont,. was the first Canadian to win the award — but we forget his name. There could be more on the horizon: Richard Griffin (Kingston, Jamaica) and Jeff Blair (Kingston, Ont.). Last year, Patrick Kennedy wrote about Hoynes’ Canadian grandfather.
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ICYMI _ Elliott: Josh Naylor's parents knew early how good he was
This story has been among our top 10 reads every year — and it was 10 years old in June. It will make its 10th appearance when we run our 10 most popular reads from 2025.
It’s not that well written, but it’s been well read.
We run it again to honour Naylor winning his second Tip O’Neill award, presented by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys.
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Elliott: Quick Naylor, Junior National Team’s top hitter, arrives with M's
“In 2012 we saw for the first time the young player we had heard so much about.
On a night off, I was helping coach Andy Lawrence with his Mississauga Bengals bantams.
One night we played the Mississauga Tigers at Rivergrove Park and up stepped Josh Naylor. He homered first time up. He hit a ground-rule double second time up.
When he came up the third time with first base open, I asked Lawrence what he wanted to do.
“We’ll pitch to him, he can’t hit every ball over the fence,” Lawrence said.”
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Guerrero Jr., Naylor, Pivetta, Smith among All-MLB Team nominees
Four Canadian-born players - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.), Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.), Nick Pivetta (Victoria, B.C.) and Cade Smith (Abbotsford, B.C.) - are among the nominees that you can vote for for the 2025 All-MLB Team.
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