It could be called Canada’s first junior national team, and Bob Davisson, then a naïve, 16-year-old left-hander from Oakbank, Man., was part of it.
Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew recently spoke with Davisson about that trailblazing squad of 14 teenagers, selected from four provinces, that travelled to Cuba in September 1964 to compete in the World Junior Amateur Baseball Championships.
Read MoreBaseball Canada and the Thunder Bay International Baseball Association (TBIBA) are pleased to announce the game schedule for the five-game, Canada vs USA Women’s Baseball Friendship Series that is set to take place in Thunder Bay, Ont., from July 28 to August 1.
Read MoreThe Phillies waited until the ninth inning to get their offence going including a two-run homer and scored three times in the frame to hand the Junior National Team a 3-2 loss.
Read MoreFor the first time since 2019 the best 17U players from 10 provinces will gather for a national championship tournament. Typically known as the Canada Cup, this year the tournament will be part of the Canada Summer Games being held in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Read MoreWhite Rock Tritons right-hander Chase Marshall (Surrey, BC) fired five scoreless innings, but the New York Yankees prospects scored to go ahead run in the top of the ninth to come away with a narrow, 2-1 win.
Read MoreThe New York Yankees FCL club took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth before the skies opened up cancelling the remainder of the game as they handed the Junior National Team a rain shortened defeat.
Read MoreIn the first game of the Junior National Team Pre-Draft Training camp, on Tuesday, Reece Usselman (Langley, BC) and Kaleb Thomas (Hagersville, Ont.) limited the Philadelphia Phillies Florida Complex League (FCL) squad to just one run while Cameron Chee-Aloy (Toronto, Ont.) belted a home run as part of a 3-for-5 game at the plate to lead the juniors to a 7-1 win.
Read MoreBaseball Canada has announced the names of the 30 athletes who’ve been invited to attend the Junior National Team’s Pre-MLB Draft Training Camp based in Dunedin, Fla., from May 31 to June 11.
Read MoreThe Junior National Team out-hit the Philadelphia Phillies DSL team seven to six, but it wasn't enough in a 5-3 loss on Saturday morning in the last match-up of the 2022 Dominican Professional Academy Camp.
Read MoreThe Junior National Team out-hit the San Francisco Giants DSL squad six to four, but it wasn't enough in a 6-3 loss on Friday morning in the first game of a doubleheader.
Read MoreNothing came easy for the Junior National Team on Thursday, as they fell 12-5 to the Boston Red Sox DSL squad.
Read MoreThe Junior National Team had a tough time defensively containing the Kansas City Royals DSL on Wednesday and lost 7-1.
Read MoreThe Junior National Team’s offence exploded for nine runs in their 9-7 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers DSL team on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe Junior National Team was edged 2-1 by the Toronto Blue Jays DSL squad in the first game of a doubleheader on Monday.
Read MoreThe Junior National Team defeated the DSL Cubs 3-1 on Sunday in the latest game in their Dominican trip.
Read MoreTo honour the late Amanda Asay, Baseball Canada will formally retire her No. 19 from the Women’s National Team program at a ceremony in Nelson, B.C. prior to a Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Academy Youth Baseball Clinic being held in her memory on Sunday.
Read MoreThe Junior National Team tied the Milwaukee Brewers DSL squad in the third game of their Dominican trip.
Read MoreThe Canadian Junior National Team tied the San Diego Padres DSL team 4-4 in the first game of their Dominican trip.
Read MoreBaseball Canada and USA Baseball announced today plans for a five-game Women’s Baseball Friendship Series set to take place from July 28 to August 1 in Thunder Bay, Ont.
Read MoreBaseball Canada has announced the names of the 30 athletes who’ve been invited to attend the Junior National Team’s Dominican MLB Academy Tour from May 11 to May 21.
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