Bo Naylor and Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) made baseball history on Friday night when they homered in the same inning for the Cleveland Guardians to become the first Canadian brothers to go deep for the same major league team in the same inning.
Read MoreIt was a down year for Canadians in the MLB draft. Just nine were selected. Bob Elliott talked to various scouts and talent evaluators to try to understand why the number was so low.
Read MoreBob Elliott shares his thoughts from the third and final day of the MLB Draft.
Read MoreBob Elliott can attest to the fact that Junior National Team infielder Myles Naylor, who was chosen 39th overall by the Oakland A’s in the 2023 MLB draft on Sunday, can throw hard. For many months, he had a bruise on his ankle to prove it.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Myles Naylor, Josh Naylor, Jim Ridley, Dave Stieb, Joey Votto, Edouard Julien and Matt Brash.
Read MoreA new mural of former major league outfielder and legendary broadcaster Jack Graney was unveiled in his hometown of St. Thomas, Ont., last week.
Read MoreJunior National Team alum James Paxton (Ladner, B.C.) has been named American League Pitcher of the Month for June after going 3-0 with a 1.74 ERA in five starts for the Boston Red Sox.
Read MoreA young Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.) once contemplated a career in architecture, or as a hockey player, until a local teacher and scout named Gene Dziadura steered him towards baseball. Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge recently caught up with Jenkins to talk about his Hall of Fame career on the diamond.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Michael Soroka, James Paxton, Cal Quantrill, Joey Votto, Rene Tosoni and Brock Dykxhoorn.
Read MoreOn Canada Day, Bob Elliott unveils the Canadian Baseball Network’s 23rd annual All-Canadian team.
Read MoreHappy 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.
Read More“It’s always a special occasion when a Canadian suits up for the Toronto Blue Jays, both for the fan and the player, an idea that is not lost on closer Jordan Romano.
Raised in Markham, Ont., and a product of the Junior National Team and the Ontario Blue Jays, Romano recently spoke to the Canadian Baseball Network about representing Canada on the big league stage.
“Being Canadian and growing up and watching players like John Axford and Ryan Dempster all the time, to be in mentioned in the same categories as those guys as a big leaguer now is something really special to me,” said Romano.”
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge recently caught up with former big leaguer and legendary Canadian baseball coach John Upham (Windsor, Ont.) to talk about his long and influential career in the sport.
Read MoreCleveland Guardians catcher Bo Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) and Chicago Cubs outfielder Jared Young (Prince George, B.C.) each belted their first major league home runs on Wednesday.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Joey Votto, Jordan Romano, James Paxton, Matt Brash and Carlos Delgado.
Read MoreOttawa, Ont., native Rachel Steinberg will be covering the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals series in London, England this weekend for PA Media (Press Association).
Read More“Brianna Brumbaugh was already disappointed to have missed seeing her favourite ballplayer inducted into the Victoria Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.
So when a Google alert informed her that Rich Harden would be in St. Marys, Ont., on June 17 as part of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s class of 2023, Bumbraugh and her wife, Myriem Seabron, packed their dark green Oakland Athletics Harden tees and planned a road trip from their Baltimore home to Ontario.”
Read MoreFormer Ontario Blue Jays right-hander Jordan Balazovic (Mississauga, Ont.) made his major league debut with the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Fergie Jenkins, Josh Naylor, James Paxton, Michael Soroka, Bonnie Baker and Tony Fernandez.
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