The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame will present Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) with its Tip O'Neill Award on Friday. It’s the seventh time in eight years that Votto has taken home the honour. Canada’s baseball shrine presents this award annually to the Canadian player judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to baseball’s highest ideals.
Read MoreKevin Glew's weekly "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Gary Carter, John Hiller, Michael Saunders and James Paxton.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci caught up with Corunna, Ont., native Rob Thomson during spring training to discuss the challenges that the Canadian baseball lifer faces in his new role as Philadelphia Phillies' bench coach. Thomson has already impressed manager Gabe Kapler with his work ethic and his ability to connect with the players.
Read MoreThe Baltimore Orioles signed Victoria, B.C., native and former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Michael Saunders to a minor league deal on Monday.
Read MoreKevin Glew's weekly "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Rusty Staub, John Axford, Michael Saunders, Joey Votto, Bartolo Colon and Phil Niekro.
Read MoreEtobicoke, Ont., native Joey Votto has won this year’s Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, sponsored by the Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity, headquartered in Oxford, Ohio. Phi Delta Theta presents the award annually to a big league player who best exemplifies the giving character of Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig, a member of the Fraternity’s Columbia University chapter.
Read MoreVictoria, B.C., native Nick Pivetta will make his regular-season debut on Friday when his Philadelphia Phillies take on the Atlanta Braves. The young right-hander has made it his goal to top 200 innings this season. Canadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci caught up with Pivetta during spring training.
Read MoreBaseball Canada's Adam Morissette shares that five Canadians are on major league rosters to begin the season.
Read MoreKevin Glew's weekly "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Vladimir Guerrero, John Axford, Jim Adduci, Deck McGuire, Ryan Goins, Joey Votto and Bartolo Colon.
Read MoreBoDog Sports provides Over/Under bets for the Toronto Blue Jays and 29 other clubs.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher recently caught up with St. Louis Cardinals prospect Tyler O'Neill (Maple Ridge, B.C.) to talk about the young outfielder's career and whether the muscular slugger's weight-training regimen has played a role in his recent injuries.
Read MoreAfter a solid season split between the Detroit Tigers and their triple-A affiliate in 2017, OF-1B Jim Adduci (Burnaby, BC) is again bidding for a big league job with the Tigers this spring. Canadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci recently caught up with Adduci.
Read MoreWayne Parrish takes us back to the day Dr. Stephen Hawking paid off a bet with Dr. John Preskill, of the California Institute of Technology, by giving him a Toronto-Published Total Baseball encyclopedia.
Read MoreKevin Glew's weekly "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Stubby Clapp, Rusty Staub, Larry Landreth, John Axford and Dustin McGowan.
Read MoreTop prospects Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. combined for six hits to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 9-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Fla.
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A look back at Justin Morneau's career from before his draft day to this winter when he retired to join the Miinnesota Twins front office.
Read MoreKevin Glew's weekly "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Rusty Staub, Braden Halladay, Jackie Robinson, Nick Pivetta, Larry Walker and Adam Lind.
Read MoreWindsor, Ont., native Joe Siddall is stepping out of the radio booth and moving in front of the cameras this season to join Sportsnet's Blue Jays Central broadcast as studio analyst.
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