Longtime Toronto Blue Jays beat writer and former Toronto Sun baseball columnist Ken Fidlin has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2019 Jack Graney Award.
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Canadian left-hander Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) has signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles.
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University of Kentucky alum and Seattle Mariners’ 2017 first-round draft pick Evan White has signed a six-year, $24-million contract with the Mariners. The deal was negotiated by Canadian Blake Corosky of True Gravity Baseball.
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Elliott: Sport Media honors Matt Devlin, Michael Grange, Terry Leibel, Randy Tieman, Masai Ujiri
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Jim McKean, Blake Corosky, Tom Burgess, Ryan Dempster, Fergie Jenkins and Rowan Wick.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott pays tribute to Martha Cisco, wife of former Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays’ pitching coach Galen Cisco, who recently lost her battle with cancer.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli shares his Top 10 lists for the 2019 minor league season which highlight the statistical leaders in various offensive/pitching categories for all affiliated, independent and foreign league players.
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The Fergie Jenkins Foundation continues to boycott the massive Sport Card and Memorabilia Expo. The foundation is unhappy that the folks running the event twice a year on Airport Road in Mississauga, Ont. blocked the foundation from bringing in former Expos players to sign autographs last May. Because of that friction, the foundation declined to have any players appear at the event this past weekend.
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Derek Jeter and Larry Walker headline the BBWAA’s 2020 National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot that was released on Monday.
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After a thorough analysis, Canadian Baseball Network contributor Neil Munro is predicting that Canadian slugger Larry Walker will be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame this coming January.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Mike Soroka, Dasan Brown, Fergie Jenkins, Jason Bay, Larry Walker, Rob Ducey, George Bell and Brian Milner.
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Pitchers Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) and James Paxton (Ladner, B.C.) are two of the prime contenders for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual Tip O’Neill Award.
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He was a player, a scout, a coach, a teacher and an administrator. Now, the late Jim Ridley, who lived most of his live in Milton will be inducted into the Milton Sports Hall of Fame.
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PBF Redbirds and Junior National Team alum Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year Award voting. The voting results were announced on Monday evening.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher writes that if slugger Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, B.C.) is not elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame this year, in his 10th and final year on the baseball writers’ ballot, the former Montreal Expos and Colorado Rockies star could receive consideration again by the Hall’s Today’s Game Era committee in 2022.
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Bob Elliott shares his memories of former Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Lucas Casaletto takes an in-depth look at the Toronto Blue Jays’ potential pitching staff in 2020 and offers a list of five free agent pitchers that could help the club.
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced on Monday that nine former big league players and one executive will comprise the 10-name Modern Baseball Era ballot to be reviewed and voted upon Dec. 8 at the Baseball Winter Meetings in San Diego.
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The City of Trail, B.C., announced on Monday that a ball field in the town will be named after hometown hero and 2019 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Jason Bay.
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Longtime Yomiuri Giants catcher Shinnosuke Abe made a surprise appearance at Aldergrove, B.C., Scott Mathieson’s retirement announcement in October. Abe, one of best catchers in Japanese ball, hit 406 home runs and was the captain of the Giants and cleanup hitter for most of his career. He was also a long-time batterymate of Mathieson’s.
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