Josh Anderson, of the Montreal Canadiens, and Mark Jankowski, of the Carolina Hurricanes, were baseball teammates in Georgetown during their youth. They are now facing off in the NHL’s Eastern Conference Finals.
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Toronto Mets alum Jonah Tong (Markham, Ont.) has been recalled by the New York Mets.
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Toronto Mets alum and A’s outfielder Denzel Clarke (Pickering. Ont.) will be sidelined until after the MLB All-Star break after he suffered a significant hamstring strain during his rehab assignment with the triple-A Las Vegas Aviators.
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The Seattle Mariners have activated right-hander Matt Brash (Kingston, Ont.) from the 15-day injured list.
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Adam Macko is a major leaguer.
From first discovering baseball in the first grade at school in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia; to winning a Little League championship in Ireland; to teaching himself how to pitch by watching YouTube videos of David Price and Justin Verlander; to training in Vauxhall in southern Alberta, Macko has now realized his dream of playing Major League Baseball (MLB).
The left-handed pitcher has taken an unlikely path to the bigs and ended up on the sport’s biggest stage at Yankee Stadium in New York for his MLB debut.ew York for his MLB debut.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Cade Smith, Erik Sabrowski, Otto Lopez, Liam Hicks, Michael Soroka, Tyler Black and Fred McGriff.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses his mom, Fergie Jenkins, Liam Hicks, Otto Lopez, Paul Beeston, Bobby Cox and Josh Naylor.
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Allan Simpson (Kelowna, B.C.), who founded Baseball America in his garage, has named one of SABR’s 2026 Henry Chadwick Award winners.
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“The 1975 Atlanta Braves had Phil Niekro, Dusty Baker and Tom House.
Darrell Evans was their top home run hitter, with 22. They also went 67-94 and drew 534,672 fans. More than once, the team would trail by eight runs after three innings, and Skip Caray, the play-by-play man, would intone, “Ladies and gentlemen, if you promise to keep patronizing our advertisers, you have my permission to watch something else.”
When the Braves went up for sale, mental health professionals watched closely to see who would be interested. Ted Turner was. It figured. “
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Junior National Team and Ontario Blue Jays alum Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.) has signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies.
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Toronto Blue Jays reliever Louis Varland has been voted American League Reliever of the Month for March/April.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Liam Hicks, Otto Lopez, Tyler Black, Fergie Jenkins, Ryan Dempster and Edouard Julien.
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The Seattle Mariners have placed reliever Matt Brash (Kingston, Ont.) on the 15-day injured list with right lat inflammation.
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The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ont., is opening for the season today.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher was at Expos Fest on the weekend.
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The Philadelphia Phillies have fired manager Rob Thomson (Corunna, Ont.).
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Mark Whicker highlights some of MLB’s leading developments in April, a month he deems baseball’s least meaningful month.
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Reliever Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.) has been designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Angels.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Liam Hicks, Michael Soroka, Erik Sabrowski, Cade Smith, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bob Emslie.
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Cleveland Guardians closer Cade Smith (Abbotsford, B.C.) has 23 big league saves on his resume, but Friday night’s save represented his first in Canada against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
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