“Levi Moon never thought he’d ever get bitten by the travel bug.
What started as a one-year experiment for the Red Deer native has turned into several seasons of jet-setting around Europe playing baseball.
After stops in Germany, Austria and Australia, he has spent the past two summers in Sweden with the Stockholm Monarchs.”
Read MoreThe Welland Jackfish will host the 2024 Intercounty Baseball League All-Star Game.
Read MoreWebber Wildcats’ Simon Baker (Cochrane, Alta.), the MVP of this year’s Canadian Futures Showcase, has signed a letter of intent to join the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
Read More“The ice water drenches 11-year-old bat boy Xavier Maccagno, courtesy of his 18 older brothers.
If there are screams, it’s excitement, and perhaps it’s a bit colder than expected.
Not to go tell mom or dad. He was screaming in excitement, not as an upset sibling sounding the alarm to tell on his older “brothers” that he got water poured on him.
Yes, 18. It was saved for him, with love from Maccagno’s new family, the Mississauga Tigers. Refreshing at first, he said. Then when the wind picks up and the adrenaline wears off, just cold.”
Read More“Tigers on three,” a young boy’s voice yells out. “One, two, three, … “TIGERS,” the players scream.
The huddle of Ontarians plus one Albertan at Legacy Dodge Field in Fort McMurray exudes passion, and the Albertan, 10-year-old Xavier Maccagno, is an important contributor to it. He’s loud. He’s got a personality larger than the space from the backstop to the centre field wall.
And he’s there to help the Mississauga Tigers win it all at the Baseball Canada’s 2022 18U Nationals in Fort McMurray.”
Read More“Excitement swirls around the infield of Shell Place in Fort McMurray, Alta. like the dirt on a windy day.
It’s supposed to be short sleeved, but the maroon jersey, with “BADGERS” across the front in white lettering, is so big on Xavier Maccagno it’s more like three quarter sleeved. Probably because it’s meant for someone triple his age. There’s no time to manufacture another one for the smiley six-year-old, a last minute addition to the London Badgers 18U dugout. It’s game time.”
Read MoreThe Langley Blaze, Abbotsford Cardinals and White Rock Tritons will partner with Perfect Game Scouting Service to host the West Coast Canada Challenge next season.
Read MoreThe Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame has unveiled its 2024 induction class.
Read MoreFormer Terriers catcher Josh Cote (Midland, Ont.) has been named to the CBN All-Canadian College Third Team.
Read More“Harold Northcott still has it.
Nearly 30 years after first stepping onto the rubber at Eastern Oregon University, the Clive, Alberta native found himself pitching in relief at the Mountaineers Alumni Game.
And just like he did all those years ago, Northcott left opposing batters shaking their heads as he worked a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout, fly out and ground out.
The lefthander was back at his alma mater as he was being inducted into the EOU Athletics Hall of Fame, where he compiled an 18-9 record while earning the nickname “The Giant Killer” for big wins over PAC-10 schools like Washington State University and Eastern Washington University.”
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich takes a look five players from the Canadian Baseball Network Draft List to keep an eye on for the 2024 MLB draft.
Read MoreIt’s been said LHP Nathan Currah has some zip on his fastball.
He was clocked at 84 mph at the Perfect Game WWBA Northeast Qualifier.
The former Mississauga Tigers and Terriers LHP Currah (Georgetown, Ont.) will soon have a Zip on his uniform, too. He has committed to the University of Akron Zips.
Read MoreEric Spearin, the owner of the Hamilton Cardinals has been named the Intercounty Baseball League’s Executive of the Year. In his first full season as managing partner of the Cardinals, the club set team records for attendance, merchandise sales, and TV viewership.
Read MoreBaseball historian and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Bill Humber was officially invested into the Order of Canada in a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ont., on Thursday.
Read MoreThe Edmonton Prospects will be back in the Western Canadian Baseball League next summer, but they will at least begin the season playing in Sherwood Park rather than in their brand new park in Spruce Grove. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, has the details.
Read MoreThe Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game will return to Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta., for a third consecutive year in 2024. Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, has more details.
Read MoreThe B.C. Sports Hall of Fame’s class of 2024 has a decidedly baseball flavor.
Former big league slugger Justin Morneau (New Westminster, B.C.), late Women’s National Team star Amanda Asay (Prince George, B.C.), legendary big league scout Wayne Norton (Port Moody, B.C.) and the 1998 Langley Little League All-Stars were among the 2024 inductees announced on Wednesday.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs will host the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game at Seaman Stadium again in 2024.
Read More“It was a simple picture.
Three lifelong baseball men.
We were going to slap a cutline (the words which appear underneath each picture to identify who is in the picture ... from left to right) on it and post it on the Canadian Baseball Network website.
But we looked at again.
And again.
These three iconic British Columbia boys should not be dispatched with a simple cutline.”
Read MoreThe Western Canadian Baseball League’s Edmonton Prospects will play at least part of their 2024 season in Sherwood Park, Alta., after experiencing some delays in the construction of their new stadium in Spruce Grove.
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