Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott and CBN writer Danny Gallagher spoke with several of Rheal Cormier’s teammates to get their memories about the longtime big league lefty and Cap Pele, N.B., native who passed away on March 8 at the age of 53.
Read MoreBaseball Canada’s Adam Morissette shares his annual list of Canadians on Opening Day rosters.
Read MoreOntario Blue Jays, Toronto Mets and Junior National Team alum Zach Pop (Brampton, Ont.) has made the Miami Marlins’ Opening Day roster.
Read MoreHappy birthday to Kevin Nicholson (Surrey, BC) …. probably Canada’s best-ever shortstop.
Read More“With two outs and an 0-2 count to Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Willy Adames in the top of the ninth inning of Game 6 of the World Series, Ellen Harrigan was standing up and cheering with the two other members of her Los Angeles Dodgers “pod” at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. In a season that had presented more than its fair share of personal and professional challenges, the Dodgers senior director of baseball administration and Agincourt, Ont., native refused to let COVID-19 or her recovery from a pulmonary embolism keep her from experiencing history.”
Read MoreCanuck moves and transactions: Albers, Deglan, Henderson, Tiegs
Read MoreToronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo expects big numbers from a slimmed down Vladimir Guerrero (Montreal, Que.).
Read MoreHamiota, Man., native Murray Zuk reflects on his legendary, 50-year scouting career with the Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres.
Read MoreRest in peace, Harold Riopelle, who was Hockey Hall of Famer Brian Kilrea's former linemate.
Read MoreElliott 2020's influentials: Walker, Anthopoulos, Rogers, Freeman, Flett, Shulman
Read MoreElliott: Walker repeats as most influential Canadian in 2020
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and legendary Canadian scout Wayne Norton passed away three years ago today. To honour him, here is Bob Elliott’s article about Norton that was published in February 2018.
Read MoreThe Shrine & Christie Pits in Toronto turned out 24 pros in the 1960s.
Read MoreUBC will be hosting big leaguers Jeff Francis, Justin Morneau and Mike Soroka in a virtual “hot stove” event. They will also be holding a silent auction to raise funds for their program.
Read More“There is a 10-foot extension atop a chain link fence that protects a house on a hill overlooking a ball field in Etobicoke in west end Toronto. It was known by neighbourhood kids in the 1960s as ‘the fence that Smyth built.’ Almost 60 years later, the post-World War II bungalow on the hill has been replaced by a modern ‘monster’ home, but that extended, weather-beaten fence on the edge of Lambton-Kingsway Park still stands. It represents a beginning of the amateur ball legacy of Etobicoke’s own Bob Smyth.”
Read MoreDevon Teeple: On how Devon Teeple deals with OCD
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott’s 9 Innings column discusses Kevin Cash, John Lott, Claude Pelletier, Corey Seager and Blake Snell.
Read MoreJohn Lott, one of Canada’s best and most respected baseball writers, has announced that he is retiring. To honour him, we wanted to re-run this article that Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott wrote about him in November 2018.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott asked legendary scout Claude Pelletier to name his all-Quebec team.
Read MoreAnd then there was one. Houston Astros INF and ABC alum Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.) is the last player born in Canada still active in this postseason. But there’s still a number of Canadians in the executive, scouting and coaching ranks of the remaining playoff clubs. So which team still standing is the most Canadian?
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