With the 2024 MLB draft set to begin Sunday, Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew offers some fun facts and firsts about Canadians in previous drafts.
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Cleveland Guardians slugger Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) has been selected to the American League squad for the MLB All-Star Game that will take place on July 16 at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas.
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Happy Canada Day to you! Let’s celebrate with a hodge podge of Canada Day baseball facts that Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew has gathered over the years.
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It’s Dr. Fergie Jenkins now, thanks to an honorary degree bestowed upon the baseball great by Brock University last week. Canadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci has the story.
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“Before he sent baseballs over the wall at Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park, Russell Martin blasted long drives over his uncles’ heads at a Montreal sandlot.
“My brother got to pitch, and I had to play the outfield. So, I was always the one chasing the ball, because he was always hitting it over the fence,” Keith Martin recalled with a smile.
“So, I had to go run after it, which I didn’t really like.”
The Canadian catcher has a large extended family on his father’s side, but his first cousin, Erika Martin, said Russell is the only star athlete in the bunch, making him a top draft pick in the family’s annual Thanksgiving ballgames.”
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Cleveland Guardians slugger Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) will be presented with the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2023 Tip O’Neill Award today at Rogers Centre.
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“For over 14 years, Russell Martin (Montreal, Que.) was on the biggest stage in professional baseball, appearing in front of hundreds of thousands of fans every time he stepped onto the field.
Today, the former Toronto Blue Jays backstop took on another stage, one that saw him earn one of the highest honours for a Canadian baseball player in the smalltown of St. Marys, Ont.
Martin was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame as part of their 2024 class, joining a prestigious group of individuals who had a positive impact on Canadian baseball. Splitting his time between the Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Yankees from 2006 to 2019, he retired as one of the top catchers from north of the border.”
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The Boston Red Sox have reinstated Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, B.C.) from the 10-day injured list.
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The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame will celebrate its 39th annual induction on Aug. 17, 2024 in Battleford, Sask. Heading the class of 2024 are former major leaguers Andrew Albers (North Battleford, Sask.) and Dustin Molleken (Regina, Sask).
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Seattle Mariners reliever Matt Brash underwent Tommy John surgery on Wednesday. The Kingston, Ont., native will miss the rest of this season and most likely the first couple of months of the 2025 campaign.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Cal Quantrill, Tyler O’Neill, Tyler Black, Cade Smith and Russell Martin.
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On Thursday night, Boston Red Sox outfielder Tyler O’Neill homered in his fifth consecutive Opening Day game to set a new major league record.
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“How did Canada’s greatest major league pitcher fare on Opening Day?
Pretty darn well.
Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.) posted a 2.58 ERA and threw three complete games in 11 Opening Day starts during his major league career.”
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich recently spoke with Junior National Team alum Michael Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) who will get the start for the Chicago White Sox in their second game of the regular season.
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Verge: Still chasing a dream born in Etobicoke; Votto may start at Dunedin
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National team alum and longtime big league reliever John Axford (Port Dover, Ont.) officially announced his retirement on Tuesday night.
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The Mississauga Tigers, Etobicoke Rangers and Langley Blaze will soon embark on their annual spring trips to the south.
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Ontario Blue Jays and Junior National Team alum Jordan Balazovic (Mississauga, Ont.) has been invited to big league spring training by the Minnesota Twins.
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Elliott: In this corner, the challenger ... Joey Votto
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“When Russell Martin was growing up in Montreal, his father used to take him to a handful of Expos games at Olympic Stadium each year.
The price for a hot dog at the Big O was a little steep, so his dad, who made a living as a busker playing his saxophone in Montreal subway stations, often packed sandwiches.
“My dad was a great storyteller, and he would make up these stories like, ‘Here comes Russell Martin at the plate. There’s a shot deep to right field.’ He would make up stories about me hitting homers in the games,” recalled Martin. “He kind of helped me create this visual that I could get there someday.”
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