“Extending his baseball season wasn’t exactly at the top of Max Hartman’s mind.
He was deep into his summer school classes when he received an unexpected phone call from Baseball Canada Junior National Team head coach Greg Hamilton.
The 18-year-old St. Albert, Alta., native was being invited to the team’s camp in Ajax, Ont., where a team would be chosen to represent Canada in the 18U Friendship Series against the United States in Florida.”
Read MoreRegistration is now open for Baseball Canada’s eNational Championships with Provincial and Regional qualifiers taking place on October 30 and November 7 before an eNational Champion will be determined on November 14.
Read MoreJunior National Team pitchers Matt Grabmann (Dartmouth, N.S.) and Turner Spoljaric (Lisle, Ont.) competed in the Baseball Factory All-America Game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City over the weekend among some of the top high school baseball players in North America.
Read MoreWomen’s National Team pitcher Alli Schroder discusses how coaches have helped her during her career in this Q&A from Baseball Canada.
Read MoreIn 2021, 14 communities across Canada were recipients of a Jays Care Foundation “Field Of Dreams” grant providing funding to design, refurbish and build safe spaces for children and youth to play baseball, develop life skills and learn from positive role models. On Wednesday, Jays Care announced that the Field Of Dreams grant application process is now open and available for communities for 2022.
Read MoreA fifth-inning rain delay ended up bringing the Friendship Series to a premature close as both Canada and the United States settled for a 1-1 tie in game seven of the seven-game series.
Read MoreA day after handing the United States their first loss of the Friendship Series, the US stormed back to defeat the Junior National Team, 9-0, at Pirate City in the penultimate game of the series.
Read MoreTyrus Hall (Victoria, BC) drove in two runs on a second inning triple, Joshua Jones (Blainville, Que.) added an eighth inning RBI while four Canadian pitchers combined to limit a powerful USA lineup to just two runs and four hits en route to a 3-2 victory in game five of the Friendship Series.
Read MoreTropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, was not friendly to the Junior National Team as the squad fell to the United Sates, 15-1, in game four of the Friendship Series.
Read MoreA solid effort put forth by the Junior National Team fell short as USA benefited from three home runs to come away with a 6-2 win in game three of the Friendship Series at Ed Smith Stadium.
Read MoreA second-inning grand slam highlighted a six run inning for Team USA as they went on to defeat the Junior National Team 10-2 in game two of the Friendship Series at Ed Smith Stadium.
Read MoreA five-run first inning was too much to overcome for the Junior National Team as Team USA took game one of the seven-game series, 14-2 at Ed Smith Stadium.
Read MoreBaseball Canada has announced its roster that will travel to Florida for their seven-game Friendship Series against Team USA from September 3 to 9. Among the 30 players heading south are three Ontario Terriers. Outfielder Cameron Chee-Aloy, catcher Colin Cymbalista and left handed pitcher Jordan Woods will wear the red and white in the Sunshine State.
Read MoreBaseball Canada is pleased to announce the names of 30 athletes selected to represent Canada in a seven-game Friendship Series against the United States’ 18U National Team in Sarasota, St. Petersburg and Bradenton, Florida from September 3-9.
Read MoreCanada Red rode the arms of Carson Hindmarsh (Saskatoon, Sask.), Nick Frers (North Vancouver, BC) and Jack Pineau (Thunder Bay, Ont.) and mustered enough offence to come up with a 3-2 win over Canada Grey in the final intrasquad contest of training camp.
Read MoreFieldhouse Pirates right-hander Owen Millar (Burlington, Ont.) was unhittable over five innings for Canada Red at the Junior National Team camp in Ajax, Ont, on Monday. Miller started and did not allow a hit or a run and struck out five batters. Canada Red and Canada Grey eventually settled for a 1-1 tie.
Read MoreJacob Zibin (Langley, BC), Cameron Chee-Aloy (Toronto, Ont.) and Louka Daoust (Repentigny, Que.) all homered while Turner Spoljaric (Lisle, Ont.) tossed 4 1/3 strong innings on the mound to lead Canada Red to a 9-4 victory over Canada Grey.
Read MoreLouka Daoust (Repentigny, Que.) and Sam White (Aurora, Ont.) both homered while Boston Warkentin (Delta, B.C.) struck out seven batters over 4 2/3 innings to lead Canada Red to an 11-4 victory over Canada Grey at the Junior National Team Training Camp in Ajax, Ont.
Read More“MLB.com and Baseball America have both released updated Top 30 prospects lists for each of the 30 MLB clubs and have also unveiled new Top 100 prospect lists giving fans a preview of the next wave of MLB stars and who could be impacting their favourite team’s lineup in the not too distant future.
For Canadian baseball fans, these lists offer a glimpse into which players from north of the border are ones to keep an eye on as they chase their big league dreams.”
Read MoreJoshua Jones (Blainville, Que.) belted a game-tying, two-run homer in the top of the eighth to pull Canada Grey even with Canada Red as both sides played to a 6-6 tie as the Junior National Team Training Camp in Ajax, Ont., reached the halfway mark on Thursday.
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