Former Montreal Expos reliever Bill Campbell, who pitched in the Northern Saskatchewan League as a teenager, has died at the age of 74. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher writes about the longtime big league pitcher.
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Former Montreal Expos outfielder Nate Colbert has died at the age of 76. Canadian Baseball Network Danny Gallagher writes about the three-time National League All-Star.
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Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, takes a look at five Alberta baseball storylines to follow in 2023.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie takes a look at how Canadian Nigel Wilson (Oshawa, Ont.) defied the odds to win the Pacific League home run title in Japan in 1998.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Scott and James Bullett, Elizabeth Benn, Indigo Diaz, Rob Zastryzny, Arleene Noga, Jason Frasor and Sherry Robertson.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew remembers Roberto Clemente on the 50th anniversary of the baseball legend’s death.
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Saskatchewan Diamondbacks and Team Sask slugger Nolan Machibroda (Saskatoon, Sask.) has signed with the Minnesota Twins. Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew recently caught up with Machibroda to discuss his baseball career and how the contract with the Twins came to be.
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The New York Yankees have acquired minor leaguers INF Caleb Durbin and RHP Indigo Diaz (North Vancouver, B.C.) from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for LHP Lucas Luetge.
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The year 2022 was a watershed year for Montreal's chances of obtaining another big-league franchise to replace the Expos, but it was a negative watershed -- from which there is likely no point of return, writes Danny Gallagher, of the Canadian Baseball Network.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew pays tribute to the former Montreal Expos players who passed away in 2022.
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Canadian Baseball Network columnist Mark Whicker takes a look at the current state of the Boston Red Sox and how the mighty franchise has fallen since its 2018 World Series victory.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor Evan Christie writes about Edward Eishiro Yoshie (Vancouver, BC) the first Canadian to pitch pro ball in Japan in the NPB.
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Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk turns 75 today. Here’s a look at some of his Canadian connections.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew writes about former big league catcher Steve Christmas on Christmas Day. He also discusses some players that were born on December 25 and provides some Canadian baseball notes.
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The Chicago Cubs claimed left-hander Anthony Kay off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.
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First baseman Nolan Machibroda (Saskatoon, Sask.) has signed a free agent deal with the Minnesota Twins. The long-time member of the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) played 96 regular and postseason games for the Weyburn Beavers dating back to 2018.
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He is the “Canadian baseball card guy.”
At least that’s what many collectors and retired Canadian big leaguers call Kelly Sage.
They know that when it comes to finding a baseball card of a Canadian player that the Saskatoon resident is their man.
Sage owns close to 20,000 different Canadian cards – ranging from a 1909 T206 card of Brandon, Man., native Russ Ford to modern cards of Montreal-born Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
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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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