Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott recalls David Ortiz’s slow start to the 2010 season, which had many speculating that the slugger was in the twilight of his career. But Ortiz would prove his naysayers wrong. Over the next seven seasons, he would average 31 home runs and nearly 100 RBIs.
Read MoreAlejo Lopez honed his skills with the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Okotoks Dawgs before making his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 2021. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recently caught up with Lopez and shares the young infielder’s story.
Read MoreCanadian Terry Puhl (Melville, Sask.) has been elected to the Houston Astros Hall of Fame.
Read MoreFormer Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Read MoreReal-estate specialist William Jegher, who was a key behind-the-scenes contributor to the Montreal Baseball Group's push for the split-agreement with Tampa Bay, recently expressed his disappointment over Major League Baseball’s decision not to support the initiative. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher has the details.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Rheal Cormier, Jackie Robinson, Matt Stairs, Fergie Jenkins, Terry Puhl, Clark Gillies and Jack Graney.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Patrick Kennedy recalls a pre-banquet press conference in Edmonton from early in his journalism career in which he met his boyhood idol Mickey Mantle, who was a guest at the event alongside a slugger from another sport, Canadian boxer and Olympic silver medallist, Willie deWit.
Read MoreIt was 33 years ago today that the Montreal Expos signed Matt Stairs (Fredericton, N.B.) as an amateur free agent.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Dave Van Horne, Travis Snider, Scott Thorman, Joey Votto, Larry Walker, Michael Saunders and Gary Carter.
Read MoreThe province of Quebec is well-represented on the Canadian Baseball Network’s 2021 list of the 100 Most Influential Canadians in baseball. Jacques Lanciault has the details.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Alex Anthopoulos, Brock Dykxhoorn, Rob Zastryzny, Fergie Jenkins, Larry Walker, Matt Maysey, Mark Eichhorn and Duke Snider.
Read MoreCanadian left-hander Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) has signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets.
Read MoreFormer Montreal Expos outfielder Larry Biittner passed away on Sunday at the age of 75. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher remembers the onetime Expos outfielder and pinch hitter.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Joey Votto, Tyler O’Neill, Larry Walker, Jamie Romak, Edgar Martinez and Reggie Cleveland.
Read MoreOn December 8, St. Thomas, Ont., native Jack Graney was named the winner of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2022 Ford C. Frick Award, which is presented annually for broadcasting excellence. With the honour, Graney becomes the first winner of the award to have been born in Canada. Cleveland Guardians team historian Jeremy Feador teaches us more about Graney.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Derek Aucoin, Fergie Jenkins, Rich Butler, John Lott, Mark Kotsay, Rob Ducey and Carlton Fisk.
Read MoreFour Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees have passed away in 2021.
Read MoreFor over a century, Jim Thorpe, has been denied the full celebration of his accomplishments. In January 2022, a case study from The Doug Williams Center (DWC), will be available for download at dougwilliamscenter.com, to support a Bright Path Strong (BPS) petition to reinstate Thorpe as the sole gold medalist for the pentathlon and decathlon he decisively won in the 1912 Olympics.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Fergie Jenkins, Jordan Romano, Jeff Francis, Ryan Dempster, Rich Harden, Larry Walker and Dave Winfield.
Read MoreStephen Bronfman and Montreal mayor Valerie Plante met Tuesday to discuss a new baseball park south of downtown in the Peel Basin and apparently the meeting went smooth. Bronfman, the son of former Expos majority owner Charles Bronfman, heads a group of investors under his Montreal Baseball Group umbrella seeking Major League Baseball's return to Montreal. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher shares more details from today’s meeting.
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