In conjunction with Baseball Ontario’s 100th anniversary celebrations in Hamilton, Baseball Canada handed out their National Awards honouring volunteers, coaches, officials and athletes from across the country on Saturday.
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The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame shares its list of potential 2017 Tip O'Neill Award candidates. This award is handed out to the top Canadian player each year. The winner will be announced on December 5.
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Delegates from all 10 provincial baseball associations including representatives from the coaching, umpiring and administrative areas will join Baseball Canada’s Executive, Board of Directors and office staff in Hamilton, Ont. from November 16 to 19 for the annual Baseball Canada Fall Meetings.
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For the seventh time in eight years the Junior National Team will play a split-squad version of the Toronto Blue Jays during spring training. The seventh annual contest will take place on March 17, at the Blue Jays’ spring home, Dunedin Stadium, in Dunedin, Florida.
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Every summer since he was four, Will MacNeil has been going to the baseball field in his hometown of Antigonish, N.S., to play Challenger Baseball. The program provides kids with physical or cognitive disabilities the opportunity to play the sport. Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge shares Will's story.
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Baseball Canada is the recipient of the Coaching Association of Canada’s Sheila Robertson Award for 2017. Adam Morissette has details about the honour.
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San Diego Padres' prospect Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) and Toronto Blue Jays' farmhand Andrew Case (Saint John, N.B.) are off to hot starts in the Arizona Fall League. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the details.
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Every Thursday evening in the summer, seven-year-old Cullan Chisholm is suited up in his blue “Antigonish Angels” uniform. With his Dad’s help, the two get into the car to make the short drive to the baseball field near their house, in Antigonish, N.S., to participate in Baseball Canada's Challenger Baseball program. Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge shares Cullan's story.
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The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced that the 8th Women’s Baseball World Cup will be played in Viera, Fla., from August 17 to 26, 2018. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the details.
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The Junior National Team was defeated 8-0 by the Atlanta Braves prospects on Wednesday. The loss wraps up their annual Fall Instructional League Camp that served as an introduction to the program for 24 of the 32 players on the roster. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the game details.
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The Junior National Team lost 13-2 to a team of Toronto Blue Jays' prospects in their penultimate Fall Instructional League contest on Tuesday. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the game details
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Right-hander Ben Abrams (Georgetown, Ont.) fired four perfect innings to lead the Canadian Junior National Team to a 2-1 win over a squad of Atlanta Braves prospects in Fall Instructional League Camp on Saturday. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the game details.
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The Junior National Team had a tough time containing an Atlanta Braves’ offence that slugged-out 17 hits en route to a 13-1 win at the Fall Instructional League Camp on Friday. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the game details.
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Cesar Valero (Calgary, Alta.) belted a two-run double as part of a 2-for-3 day at the plate while TJ Schofield-Sam (Brampton, Ont.) went 2-for-3 with a stolen base, but it wasn’t enough as the Junior National Team’s late rally came up short against the Pittsburgh Pirates in an 8-3 loss.
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The Canadian Junior National Team was defeated by a team of Toronto Blue Jays prospects in Fall Instructional League camp action on Tuesday at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
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Despite three shutout innings from starting pitcher Ben Abram (Georgetown, Ont.), the Canadian Junior National Team dropped the first game of their Fall Instructional League camp schedule to the Atlanta Braves on Monday. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the game details.
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It has been an exceptional year for Pitt Meadows, B.C., native Shawn Schaefer. On top of winning gold at national tournaments as an executive and player, he also umpired home plate for a national championship game. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette recently caught up with the versatile B.C. native.
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Baseball Canada has announced the names of 32 athletes that have been invited to the Junior National Team’s (U-18) annual Fall Instructional League Camp in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., that will take place from October 1 to 11.
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Damiano Palmegiani's standout skills were noted at an early age by his father and then by his Canadian coaches after he moved from Venezuela to Surrey, B.C. He has since blossomed into an excellent infield prospect with the Vauxhall Academy Jets and the Canadian Junior National Team. He recently played in Tournament 12 for the second time. CJ Pentland caught up with Palmegiani to discuss the young infielder's experiences on the diamond and his future.
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Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette summarizes the impressive group of Tournament 12 alumni that have been selected in the MLB draft.
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