The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame will induct Jesse Barfield, Denis Boucher, Rich Harden and Joe Wiwchar in a ceremony at the Hall of Fame grounds on Saturday.
The four 2023 inductees will be honoured alongside John Olerud and Jacques Doucet who were elected in 2020 but have not been able to attend the ceremony until this year.
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Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew shines the spotlight on former Montreal Expos left-hander, current national team pitching coach and 2023 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Denis Boucher (Lachine, Que.).
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew shines the spotlight on 2023 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Rich Harden (Victoria, B.C.).
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Read MoreThe Minnesota Twins have sent infielder Edouard Julien (Quebec, Que.) back down to the triple-A St. Paul Saints.
Read MoreOn Monday, Canadian right-hander Michael Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) made his first major league regular season start since August 3, 2020. It was an inspiring and triumphant return, despite the fact that he allowed four runs in six innings to the Oakland A's. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, has more about Soroka’s long awaited major league return.
Read More“In a historic photo displayed at the National Baseball Hall of Fame that features Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajoie, Canadian Jack Graney is the star.
“How can this be?” you ask.
Well, it’s because Graney, a St. Thomas, Ont., native and outfielder with the Cleveland Naps at the time, is the only player who’s in the photo twice.
Yes, if you look closely at the classic panoramic photo (above) that was snapped of the Naps and a team of all-stars from the other big league clubs at a benefit game for the family of Naps ace Addie Joss at League Park on July 24, 1911, you’ll see Graney twice. He is both third from the left and last on the right.
Joss had died suddenly at age 31 on April 14 of tubercular meningitis, leaving his wife and children behind with little financial security. So, the benefit game was organized to raise money for them.”
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Canadian infielder Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.) has been called up by the Milwaukee Brewers prior to the first game of their series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
Read MoreRight-hander Michael Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) has been called up by the Atlanta Braves and will start his first regular season major league game in 1,029 days on Monday when he pitches against the Oakland A’s.
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Read MoreSportsnet’s Hazel Mae will return as emcee of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony on June 17 in St. Marys, Ont.
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Read MoreCanadian Josh Naylor belted go-ahead home runs in the eighth inning in three consecutive games for the Cleveland Guardians over the weekend. With that, the Mississauga, Ont., native became the first player in the expansion era (1961 to present) to hit go-ahead homers in the eighth inning or later in three consecutive games, according to ESPN Stats.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew has a special Mother’s Day “But What Do I Know?” column this week in which he salutes his mom. He also discusses James Paxton, Michael Soroka, Roy Halladay, Matt Stairs, Joey Votto and Matt Stairs.
Read MoreKingston Thunder alum Matt Brash (Kingston, Ont.) has become a key member of the Seattle Mariners’ bullpen and his “filthy slider” has people around the majors talking. Canadian Baseball Network writer Patrick Kennedy recently caught up with Brash, while he was in Toronto for the Mariners’ series against the Blue Jays.
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Read More“He is still Canada’s Teddy Ballgame.
It’s an unlikely moniker for Ted Bowsfield when you consider he grew up in Penticton, B.C., at a time when he was lucky to find a ball game, let alone dream of playing alongside the “other” Teddy Ballgame.
Yet somehow the Canadian southpaw overcame seemingly insurmountable odds – not to mention a hometown with no Little League program (in the 1940s and 1950s) and a high school with no baseball team – to pitch at Fenway Park with Ted Williams in his outfield.”
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew offers some mid-week Canadian baseball news notes about Matt Brash, Denzel Clarke and Nolan Machibroda.
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