Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares the story of how former baseball catcher turned future Hockey Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla made fan Jonas Wright’s day.
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Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) won his first Silver Slugger Award on Thursday.
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On Remembrance Day, the Canadian Baseball Network remembers Penetanguishene, Ont., native Phil Marchildon who was both an ace big league pitcher and a Second World War hero.
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Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) has been named winner of the Cincinnati Reds’ Joe Nuxhall Good Guy Award.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) has been named the winner of the American League Hank Aaron Award.
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Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Soroka and assistant trainer Mike Frostad, who are from Calgary and Medicine Hat respectively, have been savoring their team’s 2021 World Series title. Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, has the details.
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San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, (Sudbury, Ont.), whose club posted the best record in the game during the regular season, has been named the recipient of MLB’s 2021 Executive of the Year Award.
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Atlanta Braves World Series-winning general manager Alex Anthopoulos was a fan of his hometown Montreal Expos when he was growing up and he began in the pro baseball ranks as an unpaid intern with the club.
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Elroy Face has won the fight against COVID-19. Now 93, Face is the oldest living Expos player. He arrived home in suburban Pittsburgh Nov. 6 after spending two weeks in hospital and two weeks in a physical-rehabilitation clinic, recovering from a rough battle with COVID-19.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Neil Munro compares Markham, Ont., native Jordan Romano’s breakout 2021 season as the Toronto Blue Jays’ closer to that of other great seasons by Canuck big league relievers.
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Langley Blaze and Junior National Team graduate Tyler O’Neill won his second consecutive Gold Glove Award for National League left fielders last night.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Alex Anthopoulos, Tyler O’Neill, Jordan Romano, Josh Naylor, Cal Quantrill, Dave Wainhouse, Roy Halladay and Maury Wills.
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum today announced the 10-person ballots that will be considered by its Early Baseball Era Committee and Golden Days Era Committee for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2022. These Era Committees will both meet on Dec. 5 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in Orlando, Fla.
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The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame will be holding their 2021 induction ceremony virtually on November 16. Here is information about the inductees and how you can register to watch it for free.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott writes a letter to Atlanta Braves legendary manager Bobby Cox after his club won their first World Series since 1995 last night. Cox has only been to Truist Park once since suffering a stroke in early 2019.
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Mike Marks shares his story of tracking down Boston Red Sox players for autographs at a Toronto hotel as a kid … how he successfully obtained a Jerry Remy autograph, but declined to ask Remy’s “dad” to sign. But turned out Remy’s dad was someone more famous … a Hall of Famer. Sadly, Remy passed away on Saturday at the age of 68 after battling lung cancer.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Jamie Romak, Tyler O’Neill, Stubby Clapp, Claude Raymond, Jean-Pierre Roy, Fred McGriff, Adam Hall and Rocky Nelson.
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Elliott: R. I. P. Tim Thompson, ex-Toronto Maple Leaf
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Langley Blaze and Junior National Team graduate Tyler O’Neill has been named a finalist for the National League Gold Glove Award for left fielders.
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Three players born in Canada were among the finalists for the 2021 Silver Slugger awards, announced by Louisville Slugger on Monday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) and Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) are finalists at the first base position in the American League and National League respectively, while Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, B.C.) is a finalist among National League outfielders.
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