The Okotoks Dawgs beat the Fort McMurray Giants 8-0 in the first game of their Western Canadian Baseball League playoff series on Monday night at Seaman Stadium.
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Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, provides a rundown of the Western Canadian Baseball League’s regular season stats leaders.
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The Ontario Blue Jays have had five big leaguers in 2023, which Bob Elliott believes might be the most from a Canadian elite program at one time.
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Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, shares his Western Canadian Baseball League postseason preview.
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“Go after the opposition. Win. Repeat.
That’s the mindset they need to have going into Game 1 of the World Cup Tuesday at Thunder Bay, according to Women’s National Team right-hander Alli Schroder.
Canada is in a talented pool of teams, first playing Mexico and then taking the field against Hong Kong-China, USA, Korea and Australia.”
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Victoria HarbourCats Player of the Year Tyler Davis had a clutch two-out RBI in the top of the eighth, and Jack Johnson had an RBI double in the top of the ninth, to give the HarbourCats all they runs they needed, in an eventual 3-0 win over the Edmonton Riverhawks Sunday afternoon in the final game of the West Coast League regular season at Re-Max Field in Edmonton.
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The Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Lethbridge Bulls 7-1 in their regular season finale on Saturday night.
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The Okotoks Dawgs lost 6-1 to the Lethbridge Bulls on Friday night.
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“Pier-Olivier Boucher is a late bloomer.
That’s how Lance Rhodes, his former coach at Southern Illinois University, describes the Quebec-born outfielder who was selected in the 10th round of this year’s MLB draft by the Atlanta Braves.
And the description seems apt when you consider that Boucher didn’t start playing baseball until he was 12, didn’t make his first elite competitive team until he was 16 and didn’t have a single offer to play college ball after high school.
None of this, however, deterred Boucher from pursuing his dream of playing professional baseball.”
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COBA has announced their award winners for the past week.
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London Majors catcher Eduardo De Oleo has been named Intercounty Baseball League Batter of the Week after a five-homer week. Meanwhile, Guelph Royals right-hander Claudio Custodio (was named Pitcher of the Week, following a dominant six-inning performance against Hamilton on July 29.
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The Victoria HarbourCats defeated the Nanaimo NightOwls 4-1 Thursday night in West Coast League (WCL) action at Wilson's Group Stadium in Victoria and in the process, set a new WCL record for home wins with 25.
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The Okotoks Dawgs beat the Swift Current 57s 13-2 on Thursday.
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The Okotoks Dawgs made it two wins in a row after defeating the Swift Current 57s 9-3 on Wednesday night.
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The Okotoks Dawgs ended their three-game losing streak with a 10-7 win over the Lethbridge Bulls on Tuesday.
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Former Richmond Collegiate Institute Saint and Mississauga Tiger, Brady Cerkownyk (Etobicoke, Ont.) recently became a Detroit Tiger when signed with the club after being selected by them in the 15th round of the 2023 MLB draft. Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew recently spoke with Cerkowynk, who is in Lakeland, Fla., awaiting his first pro assignment.
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SS Brendan Lawson (North York, Ont.), of the Ontario Blue Jays, and RHP Tate Carey (Windsor, Ont.), of the Great Lake Canadians, are the two Canadians competing at the East Coast Pro Showcase in Alabama.
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Ontario Blue Jays INF Brendan Lawson (Toronto, Ont.) is the only Canadian that has been selected to participate in the Perfect Game All-American Classic.
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Strong family support has been one of the keys to right-hander Matt Duffy’s success. It’s also a key reason why Duffy was selected in the fourth round of the 2023 MLB draft by the Boston Red Sox. He has since signed with the club. Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge recently spoke with Duffy about his baseball odyssey so far.
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Ontario Blue Jays and Junior National Team alum Myles Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) became the third Naylor in professional baseball after he was selected 39th overall by the Oakland A’s in the 2023 MLB draft and quickly signed with the club. Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge recently spoke with the youngest Naylor about what it was like growing up with two very competitive older brothers.
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