Erindale workhorse Dan Estey has been named COBA Major executive of the year.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares the story of how former baseball catcher turned future Hockey Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla made fan Jonas Wright’s day.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott writes about how former big leaguer and fellow Calgary native Chris Reitsma has helped Atlanta Braves ace Mike Soroka.
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A plaque paying tribute to the late great Roy Halladay was unveiled at Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater, Fla., last week. Jack Russell Stadium is the former spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott asks the Toronto Blue Jays alumni on hand at this year’s Tournament 12 about the best prospects they saw.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott talked to T12 players Tanner Dawe (London, Ont.) and Nick Gravel (Fall River, NS) about their respective baseball journeys. He also shares who the scouts were talking about at T12 on Friday.
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Fieldhouse Pirates OF and Team Red standout Owen Caissie (Burlington, Ont.) revealed today that contrary to online listings, he is eligible for the 2020 MLB draft. He had been listed in different sources as eligible for the 2021 draft. Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott also shares who the scouts are talking about at T12 in this article.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott talks to ex-big leaguer and life saver Lou Pote about the former Angels pitcher’s son, Conor, who is participating in this year’s Tournament 12.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares the story of the long road that young prospect Williams Camacho Soto had to travel to get to Tournament 12 and the help the infielder had to get there.
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The Toronto Blue Jays selected Alek Manoah in the first round, 11th overall, in the 2019 MLB draft and then gave the 6-foot-6, 260-pound right-hander the largest signing bonus ($4,547,500 US) in franchise history.
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Roy Halladay gave the Toronto Blue Jays a lot of things during the 2003 season. Like 22 wins, nine complete games, two shutouts, 266 innings, 204 strikeouts and 3,627 pitches. The American League Cy Young award winner also gave the Blue Jays clubhouse something new ... the Slow Clap. Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott has the story.
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The hallowed oak halls of Cooperstown are not the only place where one can see a Roy Halladay plaque. The late 2019 Hall of Famer has a plaque, along with other Philadelphia Phillies greats, at Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater, Fla., the former spring training home of the Phillies.
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Canadian Baseball Network founder Bob Elliott says thank you to Savannah Blakley and Angela Burger who saved his life.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor in chief Bob Elliott caught up with Roy Halladay’s sister who visited Rogers Centre on Monday. Halladay’s sister, Merinda, has many fond memories of his Hall of Famer brother, including how competitive he was — whether it was shooting hoops, throwing tennis balls or playing Nintendo.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott spoke with Toronto Blue Jays strength and conditioning coach Donovan Santas to get his memories of 2019 National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Roy Halladay. Santas remembers Halladay riding the exercise bike so intensely that the belt on the bike would smoke.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott recalls how 2019 Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera had a gentle touch, with his cutter and with fans.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares a Toronto Blue Jays’ scouting report on Roy Halladay from April 27, 1995.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares some of his memories and Orlando Hudson’s memories of Roy Halladay ahead of the former Toronto Blue Jays ace’s induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott writes nine that Canadians were added to CBN’s list of players receiving six-figure bonuses after being selected in the MLB draft.
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Ontario Blue Jays grad RHP Jordan Balazovic (Mississauga, Ont.) worked a scoreless inning in the Futures Game on Sunday night at Progressive Field in Cleveland.
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