Toronto Mets and Junior National Team alum Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) is among the non-roster invitees to the Oakland A’s major league spring training camp.
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Right-hander James Taillon, whose parents are Canadian, has officially signed a four-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.
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When Alex Rodriguez signed a 10-year, $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers in December 2000, people were worried that Major League Baseball would die — that the exorbitant contracts being handed out would kill the game. Well, that never happened, and the contracts being handed out by major league owners this off-season would have Rodriguez asking to renegotiate his deal, writes Canadian Baseball Network columnist Mark Whicker.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Ernie Whitt, Edouard Julien, Miguel Cienfuegos, Aaron Myette, Larry Walker, Rob Ducey, Jack Morris and Pete Ward.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie explains how Matt Stairs’ short tenure in Japan in 1993 helped show the Canuck slugger the ropes in pro ball.
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“Youth across Canada will be provided the opportunity to learn from and be inspired by the journey of one of this nation’s most prolific athletes in the sport of baseball, Ferguson “Fergie” Jenkins. The project was jointly undertaken by two national sport heritage institutions, as the iconic baseball player celebrates his 80th birthday.”
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Chicago White Sox executive Marco Paddy has been named International Scout of the Year.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Josh Naylor, Justin Morneau, Fergie Jenkins, Dalton Pompey, Don and Randy Mattingly and Willie Canate.
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Chicago Cubs broadcaster Pat Hughes has been named the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2022 Ford C. Frick Award winner for broadcasting excellence. Legendary Montreal Expos play-by-play man Jacques Doucet and iconic Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Jerry Howarth had been finalists for the honour.
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Elias Makos, one of Montreal's most respected talk-show hosts and the administrator of the @montreal_expos Twitter handle, is forlorn with news baseball may not return to the city to replace the Expos, writes Canadian Baseball Network contributor Danny Gallagher.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie provides a rundown on new Boston Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida.
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Former Montreal Expo Warren Cromartie hasn’t stopped working to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal, writes Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher.
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Longtime Detroit Tigers beat writer John Lowe has been voted the winner of the BBWAA Career Excellence Award.
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Toronto Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.) has won the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2022 Tip O’Neill Award, as top Canadian player.
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The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the winner of the 2022 Tip O’Neill Award, for the top Canuck player, on Tuesday.
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Five-time All-Star and 1995 World Champion Fred McGriff earned election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday via the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee process, it was announced today on MLB Network.
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Bob Elliott shares memories of longtime Canadian Press and Montreal Expos beat writer Richard Milo, who was named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s Jack Graney Award on Thursday.
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Andre Dawson heads the list of former players coming to the Expos Fest autograph festival and gala April 22, 2023.
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Canadian Baseball Network columnist Patrick Kennedy reflects on catching a young Taylor Cole in Kingston back in 2010, as the former big league righthander contemplates hanging up his spikes.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” discusses Alex Anthopoulos, Abraham Toro, the Tip O’Neill Award, Fred McGriff, Charles Leblanc, Jacob Robson, Don Mattingly and Gaylord Perry.
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