With a spot in the Lima 2019 Pan American Games already locked up, the Senior National Team played for third place at the Pan Am Qualification Tournament but fell to Nicaragua, 14-12, in 10 innings.
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Canada’s gold medal hopes at the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament are done after a three-run homer in the 10th inning gave the Dominican Republic a walk-off win on Saturday and a spot in Sunday’s championship contest.
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Colombia scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to break a 6-6 tie and hung on to beat the Canadian Senior National Baseball Team, 8-6, at the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament.
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The Canadian Senior National Baseball Team will get an opportunity to defend their back-to-back (2011, 2015) Pan American Games gold medals after earning a spot in the Lima 2019 baseball competition following Colombia’s win over Panama on Wednesday at the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament in Brazil.
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A four-run sixth inning highlighted by a Wes Darvill (Langley, BC) solo home run helped Canada to a 5-1 win over Panama to open the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament at the Yakult Baseball Academy on Tuesday.
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He is as well-travelled as just about anybody over the course of his 10-year career in professional baseball, but Brazil is a new one for veteran infielder Wes Darvill (Richmond, BC). The 27-year-old has played 10 seasons in professional baseball and is a member of Canada’s Senior National Team for the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament taking place this week in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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After a short training camp in West Palm Beach, Fla., the Canadian Senior National Team is set to embark on a journey to São Paulo, Brazil for the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament that will take place from January 29 to February 3. The seven-nation event will see the top four squads secure a berth in the Pan American Games baseball competition that will be held in Lima, Peru in July.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott asked 36 players, coaches and executives at the Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet on Saturday who was the best player in attendance. Thirty of the 36 (83.3%) answered Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, B.C.)
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Receiving the Stubby Clapp Award at the Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet on Saturday was extra special for North Vancouver, B.C., native Rowan Wick. The 26-year-old right-hander appeared in 14 games for the triple-A Memphis Redbirds, managed by Clapp (Windsor, Ont.), in 2017, to help the club to a Pacific Coast League championship.
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Canadian left-hander Andrew Albers (North Battleford, Sask.) says the struggles he endured when he pitched in the Korean Baseball Organization in 2014 helped him become an all-star for the Orix Buffaloes of the Nippon Professional Baseball circuit in 2018.
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Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column focuses on the Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet and Fundraiser that was held on Saturday evening in Toronto.
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Baseball Canada will host some of its most distinguished alumni, corporate partners and friends at the Northern Lights Ballroom inside the Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel on Saturday for the annual Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet and Fundraiser.
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On Wednesday, Baseball Canada unveiled its roster for the Pan Am Qualifier that will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil starting on January 29.
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The top hit getter for the Canadian Baseball Network in 2018 was the city of Toronto — like in 2017, followed by Mississauga.
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Ontario Blue Jays graduate Eric Wood (Pickering, Ont.) has signed with the Chinatrust Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.
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Former major leaguers, triple-A players and even retired players will suit up for Canada way south of the border down Sao Paulo way next month. The goal will be a third straight Pan Am Games gold medal after Canada won in Mexico in 2011 and Ajax in 2015. Canadian Junior National Team gave us baseball in December winning the 18U Pan Am qualifier and now the Team Canada seniors head to Sao Paulo, Brazil for the Pan Am Game Qualifier Jan. 29-Feb. 3.
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Baseball Canada announced on Monday that Aaron Myette (New Westminster, BC) has been named manager of the Women’s National Team program taking over from André Lachance who stepped down after leading Canada to a bronze medal at the WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup in August.
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Former Canadian Junior National Team member Tanner Spencer (Craik, Sask.) has been named the new head coach of the Moose Jaw Millers.
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Add Super Bowl champion Luke Willson to the list of distinguished guests who will attend the Baseball Canada National Team Awards Banquet and Fundraiser on January 12, 2019 at the Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel.
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The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced on Wednesday the competing nations that will participate in the international federation’s flagship event, WBSC Premier12, from November 2 to 17, 2019 with Canada (No. 10) among the 12 countries listed.
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