After five games of pool play, pairings are set for the semi-finals in the 18U Perfect Game Canadian National Championship Tour at Thames Centre.
The host Great Lake Canadians beat the Ontario Nationals 11-2 to qualify. Three teams finished pool play with 4-1 record, while Great Lakes was 3-1-1.
Read More“As Alexandre Giguère’s fly ball nestled into the right fielder Roen Douglas’s glove, the third base dugout emptied as if someone had set off the fire alarm.
No fire here inside Royal Field.
And no hits either.
Lefty Michael Ham, 17, had pitched a complete-game, seven-inning, no hitter for the Great Lake Canadians against the Academy Baseball Canada on Day III of the Perfect Game 18U Canadian National Championship Tour. “
Read More“Will Hynes was everything as advertised and more as the 18U Perfect Game Canadian National Championship Tour began Wednesday afternoon.
The top-rated high school pitcher in Canada pitched six scoreless as his Ontario Blue Jays beat the Mississauga Tigers 7-0.”
Read More“It was easy to wonder what was going on upstairs sitting at a table for the annual Ottawa and District Sports Hall of Fame induction diner.
We mean away, way up in the clouds.”
Read MoreWho are the top sporting families from Kingston, Ont.?
Bob Elliott, a Kingston native himself, attempts to answer this question.
Read MorePlease welcome to the world, Weston Isaac. Weston is the son of Kelly and Ryan Isaac, their first born. Ryan is the managing partner of the Canadian Baseball Network.
Congratulations to Kelly and Ryan!
Read MoreBob Elliott pays tribute to Leaside Maple Leafs legend Buck Reed who has passed away at the age of 78.
Read MoreWinnipeg Jets coach Scott Arniel, who hails from Kingston, Ont., has been taught well how to perform under pressure.
Read MoreBob Elliott shares his list of the top 50 six-figure signing bonuses that Canadian players have received from major league teams.
Read MoreMajor leaguers Michael Saunders (Victoria, BC) and Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) were drafted by legendary Canadian and Seattle Mariners scout Wayne Norton (Langley, BC). Saunders was there last week when Doug Mathieson’s Langley Blaze travelled to Arizona to play Seattle Mariners’ first and second-year pros in the annual Wayne Norton memorial game.
Read More“Ryan McDonagh’s goal when he boarded a plane from to Phoenix on March 16?
“Improve my stock for this year’s draft,” said McDonagh from Surprise, Ariz. this week.
Well, McDonagh won’t hear his name called on July 13 -- unless it is over a loudspeaker as the P.A. announcer says:
“Now pitching for youuuuur Surprise Royals ... No. 63 ... Ryan McDonagh.”
Read MoreHere it is. Our 2024 list of the 135 most influential Canadians in baseball.
Read MoreThe Ontario Blue Jays and ABC are tied for the most players from a Canadian organization on this year’s Rawlings PG Regional Pre-season All-Americans list.
Read MoreBefore Canadian sandlot teams headed south for March break -- to strut their stuff in front of recruiters and pro scouts -- they continued their indoor winter workouts. Bob Elliott summarizes what players showed well at their winter workouts in front of scouts.
Read MoreToronto Blue Jays manager of player personnel Jon Lalonde (Midland, Ont.) has been named the 2024 Canadian Baseball Network Scout of the Year.
Read MoreFormer Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 74th annual Conn Smythe Dinner, a fundraiser for Easter Seals held on February 26.
Read MoreToronto Blue Jays’ 2024 first-round pick Trey Yesavage was given a $4.18 million signing bonus by the club. That’s the third highest in franchise history. Bob Elliott has a rundown of the top Blue Jays’ draft signing bonuses.
Read MoreFieldhouse Pirates alum and Chicago Cubs outfield prospect Owen Caissie (Burlington, Ont.) is the winner of the Canadian Baseball Network’s Randall Echlin award, handed out each year to the top Canuck hitter in affiliated ball.
Read MoreFormer Toronto Blue Jays P.R. executive Mal Romanin has teamed with a silent partner to bring a summer collegiate franchise to St. Catharines, Ont., that will compete in the Perfect Game League. The team, the Niagara Ironjacks, unveiled its first player signing at a press conference on Wednesday.
Read MoreFive Canadian college players -- three pitchers -- are ranked amongst the top 250 top prospects on DIBaseball.com for this July’s draft.
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