“Well, if there was any doubt, the West Virginia Black Bears are Canada’s team in the MLB Draft league.
Especially since the Junior National Team vacated the league after playing a five-game partial schedule, of course.
The Black Bears have the most Canucks of any of the six teams with Connor Hicks of the Southeastern Fire, University of British Columbia Thunderbirds’ Jonny McGill and Scott Rienguette from Kansas State Wildcats.”
Read More“The G7 Leaders’ Summit was held in Alberta last week.
We saw the police presence at the airport, helicopters circling and extra security staying at the hotel. And maybe in a few years we’ll see how successful the meeting at nearby Kananaskis was.
The results came in a few years ago from the Okotoks Dawgs 2018 summit. The Edmonton Prospects had eliminated the Dawgs in the summer college league playoffs by a 2-1 score in the decisive game. That meant three Dawgs playoff exits courtesy of Edmonton in three strait summers.
Dawgs founding father John Ircandia called a meeting for the next morning Aug. 4, a Saturday. More than one coach wondered “could we be all fired?”
Read MoreBob Elliott pays tribute to former big league reliever, longtime Toronto Blue Jays doctor and his friend Ron Taylor.
Read MoreOkotoks Dawgs catcher Chase Logan (Oyen, Alta.) got to celebrate his big brother Gavin’s promotion to the Arizona Diamondbacks’ triple-A Reno Aces in the Dawgs’ coaches room at Seaman Stadium after Wednesday’s game. Bob Elliott was there to document the scene.
Read More“The joint was jumping.
Speakers at Seaman Stadium were blasting “Heave Away” by The Fables, the Celtic rock band from St. John’s, Newfoundland, as reliever Chase Tucker took his warm-up tosses.
The Fort McMurray Giants had a man on third as Tucker (Mount Pearl, Nfld.), replaced Josh Mills and made his first pitch.
Tucker heaved it all the way to the backstop with the runner scoring easily from third.
Lord liftin’ as a Newfoundlander might say.”
Read More“This really is Wild Rose country.
It says so on every license plate in the province.
And it has said so for years at Seaman Stadium, home of the Okotoks Dawgs.
Aidan Rose plays second base for the Okotoks Dawgs in the Western Canadian Baseball League. And before that Rose (Calgary, Alta.) joined the Dawgs Academy at age 12 from the Rocky Mountain Little League. So, this season with the college team represents his 11th in a Dawgs uniform.”
Read More“Four of the top eight performers at the Perfect Game Canadian National Championship Tour in 18U and 16U divisions wore Ontario Blue Jays uniforms.
The successful event was staged at Royal Field and Field of Dreams Park in Thames Centre, as well as various other parks in the London area.”
Read MoreAfter 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.
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