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Canadian Osborne learning every day in first camp with Marlins

Toronto Mets and Canadian Junior National Team alum J.D. Osborne is listed on the Miami Marlins minor-league roster sheet handed out to the media as C/Util, meaning he can play other positions. But Osborne is focused on becoming a better catcher in his first camp with the Marlins and he's trying to learn something new about the position every day. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher recently caught up with Osborne in Jupiter, Fla.

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Soroka, Quantrill, O'Neill crack Baseball America's Top 100 MLB Prospects

For the second consecutive year, three Junior National Team alumni have cracked Baseball America’s Top 100 MLB Prospects. Right-handed pitchers Mike Soroka (Atlanta Braves) and Cal Quantrill (San Diego Padres) made the list at numbers 27 and 52, respectively while outfielder Tyler O’Neill (St. Louis Cardinals) came in at number 86. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the details.

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Ex-Blue Jay Richmond reflects on "that play" and Halladay

It has to be the most amazing defensive play ever made by a Canadian pitcher in a professional game. And when you approach Vancouver native Scott Richmond to ask him about “that play,” he knows immediately what you’re referring to. The Canadian Baseball Network caught up with Richmond at the recent Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet & Fundraiser to talk about "that play" and the veteran right-hander's professional career.

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Classy Mr. Albers readies for Japan leaving Grade 8 class behind

You might think that after a player’s best major league season that they would celebrate with a long vacation to a tropical island, but Andrew Albers has done the complete opposite. The 32-year-old lefty returned to his hometown of North Battleford, Sask., to not only face the bitterly cold Canadian winter, but also teach a class of Grade 8 students at his old high school.

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