Langley Blaze and Junior National Team graduate Tyler O’Neill has won the Fielding Bible Award for major league left fielders.
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Two previous winners of the coveted Dick Howser Trophy, Mike Zunino and Mark Prior, made waves in the 2020 World Series. This award is presented annually by The Game Headwear to the standout NCAA Division I baseball student-athlete who best exemplifies the ideals of the late Howser who was a Florida State All-America shortstop and manager of the 1985 world champion Kansas City Royals.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor Matt Snoei writes that it was difficult not to be “romantic about baseball” after little-known Tampa Bay Ray Brett Phillips supplied the game-winning hit for his club in their walk-off win in Game 4 of the World Series.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew recently caught up with former Montreal Expos pitcher Larry Landreth to talk about his baseball career that began in the sandlots of Stratford, Ont.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Tyler O’Neill, Jamie Romak, Joe Siddall, Fergie Jenkins, Phil Marchildon, Lefty Wilkie and Jack Kent-Cooke.
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Right-hander Bill Atkinson (Chatham, Ont.) had help from his mom and his community to play parts of four seasons with the Montreal Expos from 1976 to 1979. Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew recently caught up with Atkinson to talk about his career.
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Langley Blaze and Junior National Team graduate Tyler O’Neill has been named a finalist for a Gold Glove Award for National League left fielders.
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Baseball Canada’s Adam Morissette provides a list of the Canadian players participating in the Fall instructional league camps of major league teams.
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Hamilton, Ont.-based author Scott Morissey’s book of World Series trivia was recently published. It is called 114 World Series in One Book: Fun, Interesting and Amazing Facts.
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The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame has compiled a list of all of the Canadians that have played for the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers over the years.
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Former Grand Rapids Chicks and Fort Wayne Daisies third baseman Betty (Petryna) Allen Mullins passed away on September 4 at the age of 89, according to the official All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Twitter account. Born on November 26, 1930 in Liberty, Sask., Mullins played parts of two seasons in the AAGPBL.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Stubby Clapp, Abraham Toro, Alex Anthopoulos, Ed Sprague, Fergie Jenkins, George Selkirk and Bobby Mattick.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew remembers Whitey Ford and takes a look at some of the legendary left-hander’s Canadian connections.
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame is remembering inductee Joe Morgan. The legendary Big Red Machine member passed away on Sunday at the age of 77.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Alex Anthopoulos, Abraham Toro, Roberto Alomar, Claude Raymond, Whitey Ford, Jason Bay and Marco Estrada.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott pays tribute to Kay Johnston who recently passed away. She was the wife of Elwood Johnson, who was Steve Yzerman’s Pee Wee hockey coach.
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame is remembering inductee Whitey Ford who passed away today at the age of 91.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci shares his memories of meeting Bob Gibson and fellow Hall of Famers Bob Feller and Fergie Jenkins on one special Mother’s Day at Christie Pits in Toronto in 1994.
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And 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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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares the story of how reliever Jack Lamabe helped Bob Gibson win the MVP of the 1967 World Series.
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