When the Toronto Baseball Association -- the TBA -- was in trouble at Ontario Summer Games it turned to JKJ.
Jordan Kubin-Jacobs hit a three-run lead to give Toronto a 10-8 win over York-Simcoe to take the gold medal for coach Jeff Sawchuk.
Read MoreVancouver-born catcher Lamar King, who plays for the Calvert Hall Cardinals in Maryland, is getting a lot of attention from scouts. Bob Elliott shares King’s story.
Read MoreOntario Terriers alum Jordan Woods (Oakville, Ont.) has signed a free agent contract with the Kansas City Royals. Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts has the details.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Lethbridge Bulls on Tuesday night by a score of 12-5.
Read MoreThe 15U Terriers went 5-0 to claim The Player’s Championship in St. Louis, Mo., this past week.
Read MoreThe Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame is holding a books and magazine sale.
Read More“The love affair between this town and baseball reached new heights Saturday night in the Western Canadian Baseball League East-West all-star game.
The game had a lot of everything but mostly drama and college-like excitement, in front of a crowd of 6,000 at Seaman Stadium. Like a pair of triples ... The East scoring five in the eighth for an 8-6 lead ... The West scoring two in the bottom of the ninth to forcing extras ... The West throwing out the possible lead run at the plate in the 10th with the West dugout emptying as if some one had yelled “FIRE!” ... and finally a walk-off single through a drawn-in, five-man infield.”
Read More“Matt Stairs must feel at home in Alberta.
The former big league slugger, who was at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta., as a special guest at the Western Canadian Baseball League’s All-Star Game on Saturday, has a brother that lives in Calgary and he and his wife, Lisa, were staying with his ex-sister-in-law in Okotoks.
It was also in Alberta with the Oakland A’s triple-A Edmonton Trappers in 1996 that Stairs turned his professional baseball career around. At age 28, after seven seasons in the minors with only short stretches of big league action, he decided to open up his batting stance.”
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Sylvan Lake Gulls 4-1 on Sunday.
Read MoreSylvan Lake Gulls infielder Ethan He delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the West All-Stars a 9-8 win over their Eastern counterparts in the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game that was played in front of a jam-packed Seaman Stadium on Saturday night.
Read MoreWeyburn Beavers slugger Nolan Machibroda (Saskatoon, Sask.) won the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game Home Run Derby on Saturday at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta.
Read MoreIan Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, shares the starting lineups for the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game, as well as details about the home run derby, which will take place at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta., today.
Read MoreConnor Crowson (Okotoks, Alta.) had five hits and McCoy Peace (Kamloops, B.C.) had a home run and six RBIs to help propel the Okotoks Dawgs to a 16-7 win over the Edmonton Prospects on Friday night.
Read MoreBrendan Luther (Mississauga, Ont.) will be more than a Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star shortstop on Saturday night at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks. No, like Hank Williams, Jr., the Okotoks Dawgs infielder, is carrying on a family tradition as he suits up for the West All-Stars, writes Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief, Bob Elliott.
Read More“He is Alberta’s Big Maple.
That’s a fitting nickname for Okotoks Dawgs ace Graham Brunner, who stands 6-foot-2 and weighs 225 pounds.
“My weight/strength coach (Ryan Swenson) at Illinois State this year called me that (Big Maple) because we didn’t have too many Canadians and I’m a heavier set guy,” explained Brunner. “So I kind of ran with it.”
The 22-year-old lefty, whose Twitter handle is @BigMaple29, has done the nickname proud while fellow Canuck southpaw James Paxton (Big Maple in major league circles) recuperates from Tommy John surgery.
Brunner is 6-0 with a 3.04 ERA in eight starts for the first-place Dawgs and his performance has earned him a selection to the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game, which will take place at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta., on Saturday.”
Read MoreIan Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, takes a look at the East and West rosters for the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game which will take place at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta., on Saturday.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs are mourning the passing of Doug Mitchell, a legendary lawyer and supporter.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs lost 9-1 to the Lethbridge Bulls on Wednesday night.
Read MoreFormer Okotoks Dawgs players Gavin Logan (Oyen, Alta.) and Jacob Melton were selected in the 2022 MLB Draft.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Sylvan Lake Gulls 2-0 on Tuesday night.
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