The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced that the Baseball Americas Olympic Qualifier scheduled for March 22 to 26 in Surprise and Tempe, Arizona has been postponed due to player, personnel and spectator health and safety measures to counter the spread of the coronavirus. The Canadian Senior National Team was set to participate in this tournament to attempt to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

A Philadelphia Phillies prospects squad managed by the legendary Ernie Whitt made the trek from their spring home in Clearwater to face the Junior National Team and came away with a 6-3 win.

Simon Lusignan (Varennes, Que.), Vic Domingo (Vancouver, BC) and Caleb Clark (Orillia, Ont.) had solid outings on the mound for the Junior National Team but it was the Fort Lauderdale Stars who came away with a 4-0 win as spring training action continued at Baseball City.

David Calabrese (Maple, Ont.) drilled a solo home run in the seventh inning while Joshua Jones’ (Blainville, Que.) RBI double in the bottom of the ninth scored the tying run as the Junior National Team played to a 3-3 tie with the Fort Lauderdale Stars.

Junior National Team grad Dasan Brown (Oakville, Ont.) went 2-for-5 and had an RBI triple to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-4 win over Junior National Team in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Sunday afternoon. Ontario Terriers LHP Connor O’Halloran (Mississauga, Ont.) allowed just one run in three innings for the Junior National Team in the loss.

Several of the Junior National Team’s spring training games will be broadcast on RadioStPete.com this spring.

Baseball Canada has announced two staff changes to the federation’s head office in Ottawa.

Canada will be among the nations competing in the 2021 World Baseball Classic. Baseball Canada’s Adam Morissette has the details.

Women’s National Team Director André Lachance, as part of a team of five coaches, will be taking 32 athletes to Cuba on Sunday for an action-packed, seven-day baseball and cultural experience that will give participants a new appreciation for baseball and Cuban culture.

Baseball Canada congratulated members of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2020 induction class on Tuesday.

Canada’s men’s national baseball team will face Colombia on March 22 in Tempe, Arizona to open Group B play at the Americas Baseball Qualification Event for Tokyo 2020, as the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced the groups, schedule and locations for the eight-team tournament on Thursday.

Baseball Canada announced on Thursday that Jim Baba, Trevor Grieve and Shari Reiniger have been selected as officials by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) for the baseball competition at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Lisa Turbitt (Burlington, Ont.) is set to make history in March when she will become the first female umpire to work a World Baseball Classic event.

Baseball Canada congratulated Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, B.C.), who is currently a coach for the organization’s senior national team, on his election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on Tuesday.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) released their updated baseball rankings on Thursday. The Canadian national women’s team program is ranked second in the world, while the men’s is ranked 12th.