The Fieldhouse Pirates came just close enough to the top of the leaderboard and to the championship trophy to leave the last Canadian Premier Baseball League season hungry for more, and they can’t wait to get the fourth year of the circuit underway to start their quest for just that.
Read MoreIf all the ducks align, Vancouver Island could have two West Coast League (WCL) baseball teams playing by the 2020 or 2021 season. The ownership group of the Victoria HarbourCats, which includes John Wilson, Rich Harder, Ken Swanson and Managing Partner Jim Swanson, gave full notice to the WCL - the top collegiate summer baseball league in the western half of North America - of intentions to place a team in Nanaimo, playing out of historic Serauxmen Stadium.
Read MoreOkotoks Dawgs Academy players got a surprise visit over the weekend from Milwaukee Brewers scouts.
Read MoreNathan Doleman and his teammates in Iowa live by the saying, ‘Become one per cent better each day.’ Doleman is a Courtenay-raised baseball player who attends Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls. An Okotoks Dawgs Baseball Academy grad, the 19-year-old shortstop/second baseman is entering his sophomore year with the Division 2 Panthers, who compete in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference, and the National Junior College Athletic Association.
Read MoreCanadians are all over the Perfect Game’s top 300 Junior College list. In all, nine Canucks are in the top 299 JUCO players south of the border, led by OF Noah Myers (Wyoming Ont.) of the Wabash Valley Warriors, Perfect Game’s pre-season choice as the No. 1 pick.
Read MoreThe North Delta Blue Jays of the British Columbia Premier Baseball League (BCPBL) have announced that they will retire jersey number 56 worn by their former left-hander Jonathan Cote who passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. The team will also erect a banner in his memory, and have established the Jonathan Cote / North Delta Blue Jays Scholarship.
Read MoreAdaptation has proven to be no problem for southpaw Conor Lillis-White (Etobicoke, Ont.) to this point in his career, and he’s facing more as he heads south to Arizona for his fourth spring training as a professional, but his first as a member of the Chicago Cubs organization.
Read MoreAcademy Baseball Canada grad RHP Conor Angel (Lachine, Que.) will transfer from Northwest Florida State to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns.
Read MoreAs the Canadian Premier Baseball League prepares to head into its fourth year of play, the circuit has announced that it will be using BBCOR bats at all levels of play, beginning in the 2019 season.
Read MoreThe Ontario Blue Jays are getting ready for their fourth season in the Canadian Premier Baseball League.
Read MoreThe 41st season of Seneca College’s Baseball Spring Training for Fans course, hosted by Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee, Bill Humber, is set to begin on Saturday. And you can still sign up for it. It runs six Saturdays, from January 19 to March 2 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Read MoreThe Humber Hawks are enjoying their triple crown season from last fall. The Hawks won the regular season league title, conference championship and national championship under coach Matt Ferreira. Humber will stage its Prospects Camp this Saturday, Jan. 19th at Pro Teach Baseball, located at 25 Whitlam Ave, Etobicoke, Ont.
Read MoreCincinnati scout Reds Bill Byckowski (Georgetown, Ont.) is the 2018 Canadian Baseball Network Scout of the year and the winner of the Jim Ridley award.
Read MoreSpruce Grove, Alta, native and former Parkland Minor Ball Association player Jesse Poniewozik signed with the Edmonton Prospects of the Western Major Baseball League on Christmas Day.
Read MoreOkotoks Dawgs managing director John Ircandia is No. 15 on the 2018 CBN Most Influential Canadians in baseball list. Canadian Baseball Network contributor Jonathan Hodgson talks to Ircandia about his accomplishments and about his role in building the powerhouse Dawgs franchise.
Read MoreCalgary native Jordan Procyshen will strap on the catcher’s gear again this spring with new colours, as he announced on his personal twitter page on Wednesday that he has signed a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Read MoreLong-time scout and baseball executive Tom Valcke is headed to China in 2019. He has accepted a position as executive director of Zhongshan Panda Baseball and Softball Corporation.
Read MoreIn 2017, Greg Cullen was a fixture at the top of the Okotoks Dawgs’ lineup. In 2018, he led the country in batting average at Niagara University and was drafted in the 15th round by the Atlanta Braves. Coming off his first pro season, Cullen spoke to Dustin Saracini about his love for Okotoks and how everything seemed to click this past summer.
Read MoreFormer Canadian Junior National Team member Tanner Spencer (Craik, Sask.) has been named the new head coach of the Moose Jaw Millers.
Read MoreThe Great Lake Canadians announced their 2018 award winners at their first annual banquet held in Dorchester, Ont., on Friday night.
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