Myles Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.), an infielder with the Ontario Blue Jays, has a good chance of becoming the third Naylor brother - joining Josh and Noah (Bo) - to be drafted by a major league team. The youngest Naylor brother will be eligible for the 2023 MLB draft.

“It wasn’t your typical brother and sister summer vacation. In the end, it all worked out for the best. As soon as Len and Julie Woods heard Ontario was headed into another lockdown in early April, they flew their daughter Emily Woods, 19, who had completed her first year at York University, and younger brother Jordan Woods to Florida. After all, a young man has to pitch. So lefty Jordan Woods (Oakville, Ont.) of the Ontario Terriers and sister Emily embarked on their own two-person vacation. They did experience some problems. Emily is studying for an honours BA but few professors prepared her for the course structure. Emily was too young to rent a car in Florida and too young to check into most hotels for that matter.”

“Down 6-0 before they hit the bat rack, it seemed like the opening night of the 2021 season might an indicator of a long, long year for the Calgary Cardinals.

Aren Nelson threw the first pitch in Alberta roughly around 8:30 a.m. on June 13 at Glen Hansen Field. It did not go real well. Facing the Calgary Longhorns he allowed six unearned runs.

The Cardinals had their own six-run rally in the third to cut the Longhorns lead to 8-6. A three-run rally in the fifth provided the margin of victory in an 11-10 win as Cardinals scored an opening night win over the Longhorns in Wild Rose country in a match-up of the two longest-standing members of the league.”

“What is a teenager to do when the gates to the sandlot diamonds are padlocked?

And amateur scouts can’t show due to the pandemic.

No games. No scouts. No problems for some of Canada’s best draft eligible high schoolers.

When snowbirds flew home from the south early this year, a different group of Canadian showbirds -- younger, more ambitious than retired seniors -- were flocking south.”

Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott pays tribute to Ottawa coaching legend Carl Faulkner who passed away on April 21 at the age of 91.