“It was an all Mississauga Tigers final in the Connie Mack qualifier tournament at Meadowvale Park.
And guess what?
The Mississauga Tigers 18U, coached by Greg Byron, scored an 8-6 win over the Mississauga Tigers 22U. By winning the six-team tournament, Byron’s team is off to the Connie Mack championship in Farmington, N.M.”
Read MoreBob Elliott shares his memories of covering newly inducted Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer John Olerud, including one embarrassing story in which he called Olerud’s father very early in the morning.
Read MoreElliott: Clubhouse confidential -- Don Welke’s scouting report on John Olerud from summer of 1989
Read MoreBob Elliott writes that there are six Canadians playing in the MLB Draft League.
Read MoreCanadian Women’s National Team member Zoe Hicks talks about her baseball odyssey that has taken her from Boissevain, Man., to a role in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
Read MoreFormer Blue Jays coach John Sullivan has passed away at the age of 82. Bob Elliott remembers the much beloved coach.
Read MoreBob Elliott and many others remember (Mr. Rickey) Rick Hummel, 'The 'Commish', a legendary St. Louis baseball writer, who passed away on May 22 at the age of 77.
Read MoreBob Elliott caught up with Don Mattingly at the Rogers Centre earlier this week to talk about, among other things, the night Donnie Baseball became Donnie Football in New York.
Read MoreBob Elliott shares the “love story” behind Jorge Valdes Jr. (Oakville, Ont.), the speedy Junior National Team outfielder who is one of the fastest 2023 draft eligible prospects in the country.
Read MoreBob Elliott writes that eight big league teams have spent more than the Toronto Blue Jays over the years on Canadian high schoolers or collegians in the MLB draft.
Read MoreOutfielder Matt Evans (Tillsonburg, Ont.) led a quintet of Great Lake Canadians named to the Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason Canada/Puerto Rico Region all high school senior first team. The Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason All-Region selections comprise players from nine regions around North America. Canada and Puerto Rico are in the same group and Great Lake -- run by Adam Stern, Chris Robinson and Jamie Romak -- had five first team selections.
Read MoreFor the first-time in the history of the Canadian Baseball Network’s Canadians in College list, there are more than 1,000 Canadians playing in U.S. colleges. So who was No. 1,000? It is CF Layton Cuvilier (Hantsport, N.S.) who plays for the Sussex Community College Skylanders.
Read MoreThanks largely to the efforts of Baseball Canada CEO Jason Dickson, the Canadian National Team will have a chance to qualify for the 2023 Pan Am Games after all, writes Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott.
Read MoreAhead of tonight’s World Baseball Classic final featuring the United States against Japan, Bob Elliott shares some final thoughts and stories from this year’s very successful tournament.
Read MoreTy Hamilton (Orleans, Ont.) led the way with a two-run run homer as the Langley Blaze fell 7-4 to the class-A Mariners minor leaguers in the annual Wayne Norton game at the Peoria Sports Complex, the Seattle Mariners’ spring home, in Peoria, Ariz.
Read MoreBob Elliott writes that in the end it came down to two things that were lacking for Canada at the World Baseball Classic: not enough major leaguers and not enough pitches for strikes.
Read MoreThe OKotoks Dawgs, Mississauga Tigers, the Langley Blaze and others are headed south in March.
Read MoreAfter Canada’s 5-0 win over Colombia at the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday, Bob Elliott writes that there are two new Canadian names that belong on the country’s Mount Rushmore of the international stage.
Read MoreAt 19, left-hander Mitch Bratt (Newmarket, Ont.) became the youngest player ever to pitch for Canada at the World Baseball Classic on Monday night. He started against a powerful U.S. squad that featured big league MVPs Mookie Betts, Mike Trout and Paul Goldschmidt as their first three hitters. Things didn’t go well for Bratt in Canada’s 12-1 loss, but after the game, the young lefty was offered words of encouragement by many, including Trout. Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares his game story from Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz.
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