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Butler, Lebel, McKnight elected to Baseball Ontario HOF

A former Major Leaguer and two longtime administrators who dedicated much of their lives to the game make up the Baseball Ontario Hall of Fame Class of 2026.

Former Toronto Blue Jay Rob Butler, longtime Sault Ste. Marie baseball leader Michael Lebel, and longtime Newmarket Baseball Association and Baseball Ontario administrator Don McKnight are the three members of the 2026 class.

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McFarland: Trio of pitchers from Muenster helped Berries to WCBL title

The small community of Muenster had a big hand in the Saskatoon Berries reaching the pinnacle of the Western Canadian Baseball League.

With a population just north of 400, the village is listed as the hometown for three of the team’s busiest pitchers of the 2026 season: Merek Yeager, Adam Korte and Dallen Rude.

Together, they combined to strike out 76 batters in 38 regular season appearances on the hill for the Berries before another five outings and 15 punchouts in the run to the Harry Hallis Memorial Trophy.

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Elliott: Batiste wins HR derby at Area Code Underclassmen Showcase

Ontario Blue Jays OF Mikey Batiste had one hit during the Area Code Underclassmen showcase at Blair Field in Long Beach, Calif.

That does not mean the 2028 draft did not make an impression to evaluators.

Batiste (Mississauga, Ont.) won the Rawlings Home Run Derby as his teammates cheered for him.

Batiste hit eight home runs in the final round for a walk-off performance to defeat runner-up Chase Fillman.

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McFarland: Berries' Murdoch ends collegiate career on sweet note, with WCBL title

“He was good with getting to touch the Harry Hallis Memorial Trophy at some point during the evening.

Ethan Murdoch admits he was standing in behind many of his Saskatoon Berries teammates when head coach Joe Carnahan told him to “get up here” and be the one to accept the hardware and bring it to his teammates.

It was a moment the senior slugger won’t soon forget, just moments after the Berries clinched the two-game sweep of the Sylvan Lake Gulls to capture their first Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) championship.”

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