The Ontario government has given teams the green light to play outdoors games starting on June 30. Baseball Ontario shares the details.
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The first baseball game of the year in Newfoundland/Labrador was played at St. Pat’s Ball Park in St. John’s on June 12.
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“The Okotoks Dawgs opened the Western Canadian Baseball League on the weekend, while two the Dawgs Academy teams in action this past weekend. After an opening weekend which saw Dawgs 16U win three of four in Calgary, and 15U Red split, both teams were at home. The 16U Dawgs played hosted the Red Deer Braves, while 15U Red saw the visiting Calgary Bucks Yellow come to town. Deja vu set in, as both teams duplicated their opening weekend records, with 16U going 3-1 and 15U Red splitting their respective weekends.”
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Hamilton Cardinals have signed right-hander Derek Zwolinski (Burlington, Ont.).
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“There’s a ball game played on June 21 in Fairbanks, Alaska, annually on the summer solstice. This ever so rare phenomenon begins at 10 p.m. and is played using only the light from the sun. Never once has artificial lighting been used.”
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The Guelph Royals have opted to sit out the 2021 Intercounty Baseball League season.
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We’re not sure where Max Rowley will be in three years or five years. Yet, on Saturday May 29 he threw the first pitch to open the season in British Columbia. Rowley also knocked in four hits on the day as Cloverdale Red edged Cloverdale Black 12-5 in 13U AA play. Keith Harms picked up the victory for Cloverdale Red, while Riley Walters led the hit parade with three hits.
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Jordan Fortin and Julian MacDonald both threw the first pitches of the 2021 New Brunswick season around 7:30 p.m. on June 2. MacDonald was starting at Ironmen Park for the Chatham Ironmen and he was tagged with the loss in an 8-4 setback to the Metro Mudcats in the New Brunswick Junior League opener. Fortin was pitching for the Saint John Alpines and gained the victory as the Alpines beat the Fredericton Royals in a lopsided opener at Memorial Field.
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The Victoria HarbourCats have agreed to a five-year contract extension with head coach Todd Haney.
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“As it turned out -- all those lonely sessions hitting off the tee, all those 1-on-1 battles with the pitching machine, all those bullpen sessions in front of maybe four or five sets of eyes and all those ground balls on cold days and hot day -- it was all worth it. The date June 12 was almost two years in the making for many in the Okotoks Dawgs Academy. After a year in which Baseball Alberta cancelled its 2020 season -- like most provinces who locked the doors to diamonds -- the Alberta government and Baseball Alberta flashed the green light to start league play throughout the province.”
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The Western Canadian Baseball League is set to begin its season on Friday. Here is a preview of the teams that will be competing in the circuit in 2021.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Welland Jackfish have signed catcher Mike Blanke.
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Chantze Pauls threw the opening pitch of the season for the Sask5 Giants — and the first pitch thrown in anger in the province of Saskatchewan — on the way to a 16-1 romp over the North West Prairie Pirates in Saskatchewan Premier League play on May 30.
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Vauxhall Academy Jets C Cardel Dick (Abbotsford, BC) earned MVP honours with the TG D-Backs in Georgia.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Barrie Baycats have signed former Miami Marlins pitching prospect Juan Benitez.
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Five former Ontario Terriers players had outstanding seasons in the U.S. college ranks this season.
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Troy Coffin threw the final pitch of the Kings County League Intermediate league championship on Sept. 17, 2020 as the Morell Chevies beat the The Alley Stratford Athletics 5-0. And Coffin threw the first pitch thrown in anger in the Dominion of Canada for 2021 in a 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon start on May 16 at Church Field, in Morell, PEI.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Kitchener Panthers have signed infielders Evyn Sherman and Drey Sloat.
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The Toronto Railway Museum’s next online lecture in their 2021 series is called The Crowd Went Wild! Presented by Canada’s premier baseball historian, William Humber, the presentation, which will take place on June 17, will focus on the role the railways played in popularizing baseball in Canada.
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The London Majors have signed right-handed pitcher Mike DeLong.
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