Carleton Journalism student and competitive varsity swimmer Ella Milloy recently covered the Canadian Futures Showcase at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa. She discovered there are similarities between competitive swimming and baseball.
Read MoreThe Brook Bombers, the smallest market team in the Western Canadian Baseball League, are making significant strides on the field and at the gate. Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, shares the story of the team’s improving fortunes.
Read MoreMakaio Cisneros (Whitby, Ont.), plus relievers Lachlan Harrison (Mississauga, Ont.) and Jack Pineau (Thunder Bay, Ont.) of Canadian Premier were at their stingiest best in a 1-1 tie against the Cincinnati Reds Scout Team. Canadian Premier finished round-robin play in the annual Perfect Game World Wood Bat championship at Juliter, Fla. with a 1-1-1 record.
Read MoreNo one knows for sure what lies ahead for the members of our soon-to-be-announced 22nd annual Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadian College team.
Whomever makes the All-Canadian college team — the best playing the majority of their schedule south of the border in 2021 — they will be carrying on a Canadian tradition: success at the college level that translated into success at the pro level.
Looking back, here are the former all-Canadians — 194 in all — who have reached the next level, or are on their way to proceeding further down the road than most before retiring … Here is a look at how far they went, plus where they pitched or played in 2021.
Read MoreThe newly formed Canadian Premier entry registered their first-ever win at the Perfect Game Scouting Service’s World Wood Bat tournament at Jupiter, Fla., taking down 5-Star Performance National by a score of 9-2.
Read MoreBob Elliott provides an update on how the Canadian players fared on Day II of the Perfect Game Scouting Service’s World Wood Bat tournament at Jupiter, Fla.
Read MoreThe Canadian Premier scored a 9-7 win over the Brewers Langley Blaze in an exhibition game prior to the kickoff of the annual Perfect Game World Wood Bat championship in Jupiter, Fla.
Read MoreGuelph Gryphons third baseman Sam Brown has been named OUA Athlete of the Week.
Read MoreThere are 58 Canadians at the Perfect Game WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla. Bob Elliott has a rundown.
Read MoreThe Ontario Prospects and Toronto Mets are headed south to play some Fall Ball.
Read MoreJackson Soucie didn’t receive any recognition in July during the draft of high schoolers and collegians.
Yet, people are talking about him now.
LHP Soucie (Cambridge, Ont.) was ranked the ninth best junior college prospect on Perfect Game’s top 281 ranked JUCO recruits. That’s ninth out of the roughly 500 schools fielding teams next spring.
Read MoreC-3B Noah Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) hopes to follow in brother 1B Josh Naylor’s foot steps. Josh went 12th over-all three years ago. Most mock drafts have Noah going in the first round in the 2018 MLB Draft which begins on Monday night.
Read MoreThe Mississauga Majors recently won the OBA 16U championships at Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium in Hamilton.
Read MoreMarc-Antoine Bérubé has been named the new executive director of the Montreal-based Baseball Academy of Canada (ABC).
Read More“For all intents and purposes, Amar Mahmood is a late-bloomer in the game of baseball.
The Edmonton product loved the game, but admits he was out of shape in high school and “not very good” on the diamond.
He had been cut from various teams, and was simply playing the game for fun while training at St. Francis Xavier Academy in Grades 10 and 11 then 5 Tool Fieldhouse in Grade 12.
That’s when he met Absolute Human Performance (AHP) founder Taylor Burns, who convinced Mahmood to take a gap year and play with AHP’s first academy team.”
Read MoreLuke Hazlewood remembers his legendary Brampton Centennial high school baseball coach Ken MacKay who passed away on September 16.
Read MoreThe Welland Jackfish have signed field manager Brian Essery to a three-year contract.
Read MoreIan Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recounts the records that were broken in this year’s Western Canadian Baseball League season.
Read More“The London Majors are once again Dominico Cup champions. All it took was an improbable comeback to win the franchise’s second straight Intercounty Baseball League title and eighth overall. Trailing 7-3 entering the top of the ninth inning of Game 6 Thursday night at Christie Pits, London reeled off five runs to stun Toronto 8-7.”
Read MoreThe Intercounty Baseball League has announced its 2022 All-Star teams.
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