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McFarland: Pitching for Canada at WBC fulfills dream for Macko

“He’s waited longer than he had hoped to represent Canada.

And when he finally gets the opportunity to do it at the World Baseball Classic, Adam Macko plans to soak it all in.

Ever since receiving the call from Baseball Canada Men’s National Team director Greg Hamilton, the 25-year-old has been thinking about stepping into the clubhouse and putting on the red, white and black for the first time.”

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McFarland: Wilkinson gets WBC call from Canada

“It’s almost time to set sail.

He might be the youngest player on Baseball Canada’s roster at the World Baseball Classic, but Matt Wilkinson is always willing to enter uncharted waters.

The 22-year-old has excelled at every level of baseball he’s played, from Little League in his hometown of Ladner, B.C. and high school at Dawgs Academy in Okotoks to the Western Canadian Baseball League and at Central Arizona College.”

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Elliott: Canada hopes for WBC pop from Matt Davidson

“Matt Davidson has hit 385 home runs in his first 17 pro seasons.

That’s a barrel full, a career for a lower case sultan of swat. So, you would think it might be difficult for the newest mystery member of Canada’s World Baseball Classic team to pick his favourite long ball?

“Most memorable?” repeated Davidson, the former Chicago White Sox bopper said from Peoria, Ariz. “Probably in 2018 ... opening day, I hit three in the same day, the third one was pretty special.”

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Antonacci: Baba’s Canadian ball hall honour “means the world” to his children

“It seems everyone involved in Canadian baseball has a Jim Baba story.

Stubby Clapp’s favourite harkens back to the day the future Pan Am Games hero fell short in his first attempt to the make the men’s national team.

“I was the last one cut off the team, and Babs was the one who gave me the news,” Clapp recalled during a Feb. 5 press conference announcing him and Baba as 2026 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees.

“I’ve always razzed him about it, but it was probably the absolute best news I could’ve got at that time,” Clapp continued.”

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