Two Toronto Blue Jays stars and a 15-game winner with the Cleveland Guardians are the top candidates for the 2022 Tip O’Neill Award.
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame presents this award annually to the player judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to baseball’s highest ideals.
Read MoreHouston Astros All-Star right-handed pitcher Justin Verlander has been named the 2022 American League Cy Young Award winner, as announced by the Baseball Writers Association of America tonight on MLB Network. Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah finished third in the voting.
Read More“Former Expo Ellis Valentine told Jeffrey Lenkov many years ago he would be a prime minister of Canada at some point.
It didn't turn out that way but that same Lenkov, a Montreal native, is representing one-time Expo Pete Rose in his latest bid to be reinstated by the commissioner's office and placed on the Cooperstown Hall of Fame eligibility list.”
Read MoreBefore former Canadian big leaguer Mike Kilkenny passed away in 2018, he shared some amazing stories about his experiences in Major League Baseball with writer Mike Arsenault, including one about his friendship with FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
Read MoreABC and Junior National Team alum Edouard Julien (Quebec City, Que.) has been named the Arizona Fall League’s Breakout Player of the Year.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses James Paxton, Jim Adduci, Mike Soroka, Larry Walker, Wayne Norton and Pat Hentgen.
Read MoreJennifer Rogers, the daughter of former Montreal Expos ace Steve Rogers, has carved out an impressive career in media relations and marketing in Major League Baseball.
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreLarry Shenk offers some reflections on the Philadelphia Phillies’ National League pennant winning 2022 season.
Read MoreCanadian Jim Adduci (Burnaby, B.C.) has been named to the Chicago Cubs coaching staff as an assistant hitting coach.
Read MoreOn Monday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the eight-player ballot that will be considered by its Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2023. The Contemporary Era Committee will meet on Dec. 4 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in San Diego, Calif.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network columnist Mark Whicker picks his 2022 MLB Award winners.
Read MoreDusty Baker won his first World Series as a manager on Saturday night with the Houston Astros. We thought we would resurrect this story about Baker that Bob Elliott wrote 10 years ago after the much-loved baseball lifer had recovered from a stroke.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Scott Thorman, Brock Dykxhoorn, Fergie Jenkins, James Paxton, Steve Rogers and Charlie Montoyo.
Read MoreFormer Montreal Expos ace Steve Rogers has won the Major League Baseball Players Association’s prestigious Curt Flood Award. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher has the details.
Read MoreWith the Philadelphia Phillies two wins from a World Series title, Kevin Glew takes a look at Mike Schmidt, the greatest Phillie of them all, and the legendary third baseman’s best performances against the Montreal Expos.
Read MoreToronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) has won his first Gold Glove Award.
Read MoreLarry Downes, who was a teammate of Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson (Corunna, Ont.) on Canada’s first Olympic baseball team in 1984, shares his memories of Thomson.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Terry Puhl, Rob Thomson, Scott Thorman, Stubby Clapp, Lefty Wilkie and Ron Fairly.
Read MoreToronto Blue Jays legendary broadcaster Buck Martinez and former Montreal Expos ace Steve Rogers are two of the finalists for the MLBPA’s Curt Flood Award, which is presented annually to “a former player, living or deceased, who in the image of Flood demonstrated a selfless, longtime devotion to the Players Association and advancement of players’ rights.”
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