Each year at the Canadian Futures Showcase, we try to highlight a few players by asking them the same questions. The answers reveal as much about the players as arm strength or exit velocity.
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Bob Elliott summarizes how the Canadians performed during the third day of the 27th annual Perfect Game World Wood Bat tournament in Jupiter, Fla.
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“The Blue Jays drew 44,814 fans to Rogers Centre for Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Monday.
Yes, it was a sellout.
No, the building was not 100% full of Blue Jays fans.
“I’d rather see Matt win a World Series ring, he trumps the Blue Jays for me,” said Randy Casford, Matt Brash’s former coach with the Kingston Thunder.
Casford was in section 115 along with his two sons -- Cole and Kyle, former Brash teammates -- plus Jamie and Sandra Brash, proud parents of the Mariners’ outstanding reliever.”
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“In 2012 we saw for the first time the young player we had heard so much about.
On a night off, I was helping coach Andy Lawrence with his Mississauga Bengals bantams.
One night we played the Mississauga Tigers at Rivergrove Park and up stepped Josh Naylor. He homered first time up. He hit a ground-rule double second time up.
When he came up the third time with first base open, I asked Lawrence what he wanted to do.
“We’ll pitch to him, he can’t hit every ball over the fence,” Lawrence said.”
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Bob Elliott summarizes how the Canadians performed during the second day of the 27th annual Perfect Game World Wood Bat tournament in Jupiter, Fla.
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Bob Elliott summarizes how the Canadians performed during the first day of the 27th annual Perfect Game World Wood Bat tournament in Jupiter, Fla.
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The Canadian Baseball Network has unveiled its 26th All-Canadian college Third Team.
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Xavier-Raphaël Brault (Repentigny, Que.), William Henderson (Mississauga, Ont.) and Robert Omidi (Mississauga, Ont.) helped Canadian Premier to a 5-4 win over the Royals Scout Team in an exhibition game prior to the Perfect Game World Wood Bat championships tournament at Jupiter, Fla.
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Elliott: Duncan, Canada Premier -- 54 Canucks in all -- at Jupiter for PG's WWBA
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New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is on the verge of winning his third American League MVP award, but he’s still looking for his first World Series ring. And it’s looking less likely that he’ll get it this year after the Yankees lost 13-7 to the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 of the ALDS at Rogers Centre on Sunday.
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“How competitive is Toronto Blue Jays reliever Louis Varland?
Competitive enough to sit down at his laptop and write a letter.
And another.
And another.
Varland’s older brother, Gus Varland, was pitching for the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears. Did he plan on following in his brother’s footsteps as a legacy?
Far from it.”
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Elliott: Hutar holds 'em as Guelph strands bases loaded in bottom of 9th
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Legendary scout Dick Groch, best known for scouting Derek Jeter for the New York Yankees, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 84.
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Each year, Bob Elliott asks some pro scouts and coaches to evaluate the best players at the Canadian Futures Showcase. Here’s what they had to say this year.
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Two Canadian teams - the Canadian Premier and the Brewers/Langley Blaze - will be competing in the upcoming 27th annual Perfect Game World Wood Bat tournament in Jupiter, Fla.
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Each year at the Canadian Futures Showcase, we try to highlight a few players by asking them a series of questions. Here are the second four players that Bob Elliott connected with.
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Each year at the Canadian Futures Showcase, we try to highlight a few players by asking them a series of questions. Here are the first four players that Bob Elliott connected with.
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“The high school scene saw a seismic shift when the Toronto Blue Jays created Tournament 12 in 2014.
Later, it was renamed the Canadian Futures Showcase and it rolled into action earlier this month as the Blue Jays again showed they are solid corporate citizens.
Whether the player is from Comox, B.C., North York, Ont., or Dartmouth, N.S., the registration is the same for all players attending the event.
And now comes Baseball Canada’s Road to Okotoks, a true team national championship for 2026 for 19U players. It will be king of the hill, the best of all the events.”
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Bob Elliott: Remembering Baseball Canada executive, coach, GM, international administrator Jim Baba (Moose Jaw, Sask.)
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Ontario Blue Jays switch-hitting slugger Mikey Batiste is garnering a lot of attention from scouts at the Canadian Futures Showcase. His father, Michael, played in the NBA and is a coach with the Toronto Raptors. Bob Elliott spoke with both father and son at the Rogers Centre on Tuesday.
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