“Brianna Brumbaugh was already disappointed to have missed seeing her favourite ballplayer inducted into the Victoria Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.
So when a Google alert informed her that Rich Harden would be in St. Marys, Ont., on June 17 as part of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s class of 2023, Bumbraugh and her wife, Myriem Seabron, packed their dark green Oakland Athletics Harden tees and planned a road trip from their Baltimore home to Ontario.”
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci caught up with Rich Harden (Victoria, B.C.) prior to the former big league right-hander’s induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday. Harden shared that the introduction of a change-up, also known as his “ghost pitch,” was the key to his dominant 2008 season.
Read More“Denis Boucher somehow managed to keep his emotions in check to pitch six strong innings against the Colorado Rockies in his first start with his hometown Montreal Expos in front of more than 40,000 boisterous fans at Olympic Stadium on September 6, 1993.
But almost 30 years later at his induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ont., with a large group of friends and family sitting close by, he found it more difficult to hold back the tears.
“I got allergies, bad allergies today,” Boucher joked as he choked up on stage on Saturday afternoon.”
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column this week is a special Father’s Day/Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame edition.
Read MoreThe roadway through the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s site in St. Marys, Ont., was officially renamed Ferguson Jenkins Way on Saturday morning prior to the 2023 induction ceremony.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew shines the spotlight on Jesse Barfield ahead of the legendary Toronto Blue Jays outfielder’s induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Read MoreThe Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame will induct Jesse Barfield, Denis Boucher, Rich Harden and Joe Wiwchar in a ceremony at the Hall of Fame grounds on Saturday.
The four 2023 inductees will be honoured alongside John Olerud and Jacques Doucet who were elected in 2020 but have not been able to attend the ceremony until this year.
Read MoreFormer Baltimore Orioles manager and longtime baseball coach Dave Trembley is still applying some of the lessons he learned while playing in the Kingston Senior Baseball League in 1974. Canadian Baseball Network writer Patrick Kennedy recently reconnected with Trembley to talk about that year in Kingston.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Fergie Jenkins, Josh Naylor, James Paxton, Michael Soroka, Bonnie Baker and Tony Fernandez.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew shines the spotlight on former Montreal Expos left-hander, current national team pitching coach and 2023 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Denis Boucher (Lachine, Que.).
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew shines the spotlight on 2023 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Rich Harden (Victoria, B.C.).
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Josh Naylor, Cal Quantrill, James Paxton, Nick Pivetta, Jordan Romano and Matt Brash.
Read MoreFormer Blue Jays coach John Sullivan has passed away at the age of 82. Bob Elliott remembers the much beloved coach.
Read MoreFreddie Freeman, who played for Canada at this year’s World Baseball Classic, has been named the National League’s Player of the Month for the month of May.
Read MoreOn Monday, Canadian right-hander Michael Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) made his first major league regular season start since August 3, 2020. It was an inspiring and triumphant return, despite the fact that he allowed four runs in six innings to the Oakland A's. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, has more about Soroka’s long awaited major league return.
Read More“In a historic photo displayed at the National Baseball Hall of Fame that features Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajoie, Canadian Jack Graney is the star.
“How can this be?” you ask.
Well, it’s because Graney, a St. Thomas, Ont., native and outfielder with the Cleveland Naps at the time, is the only player who’s in the photo twice.
Yes, if you look closely at the classic panoramic photo (above) that was snapped of the Naps and a team of all-stars from the other big league clubs at a benefit game for the family of Naps ace Addie Joss at League Park on July 24, 1911, you’ll see Graney twice. He is both third from the left and last on the right.
Joss had died suddenly at age 31 on April 14 of tubercular meningitis, leaving his wife and children behind with little financial security. So, the benefit game was organized to raise money for them.”
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Bob Elliott and many others remember (Mr. Rickey) Rick Hummel, 'The 'Commish', a legendary St. Louis baseball writer, who passed away on May 22 at the age of 77.
Read MoreCanadian infielder Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.) has been called up by the Milwaukee Brewers prior to the first game of their series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
Read MoreRight-hander Michael Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) has been called up by the Atlanta Braves and will start his first regular season major league game in 1,029 days on Monday when he pitches against the Oakland A’s.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Michael Soroka, Edouard Julien, Jamie Romak, Rob Zastryzny, George Bell and Zach Pop.
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