The Intercounty Baseball League’s Kitchener Panthers have traded Andy Leader (Kitchener, Ont.) to the Guelph Royals for pitchers Danny Garcia and Jorge de la Cruz Paez.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts summarizes the top performances by Terriers players from the past week.
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The Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Fort McMurray Giants 10-2 in the first game of their road trip.
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“On a night where the last thing on everyone’s mind was a ball game, the Newmarket Hawks and Thornhill Reds locked horns in Greater Toronto League action at Don McKnight Field in Newmarket.
Newmarket scored an 8-1 win, but the game offered an opportunity for players, coaches and fans to remember good friend and teammate Daniel Lehmkuhl.
Prior to the game last night, the teams held an on-field ceremony to pay tribute to Lehmkuhl’s life.”
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The Okotoks Dawgs lost 9-4 to the Lethbridge Bulls at Seaman Stadium on Wednesday. It was their second loss of the season.
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Canadians Nathan Flewelling (Innisfail, Alta.), LP Langevin (Quebec, Que.), Brendan Lawson (Toronto, Ont.), Dante Nori (Toronto, Ont.), Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) and Josiah Romeo (Caledon, Ont.) will be among the prospects participating at MLB Draft Combine, which begins today at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz.
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The Mississauga North Tigers are headed back to the Connie Mack World Series in Farmington, New Mexico.
Howard Birnie, the “King of Leaside,” was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday. Canadian Baseball Network writer Trevor Fitzpatrick was there to listen to Birnie’s induction speech and he wrote this story.
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Six new members will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in a ceremony on the Hall of Fame grounds on Saturday. Former Toronto Blue Jays all-stars Russell Martin (East York, Ont.) and Jimmy Key will be inducted alongside national team infielder and trailblazing coach Ashley Stephenson (Mississauga, Ont.) and national team pitching legend Rod Heisler (Moose Jaw, Sask.). Onetime Blue Jays president and CEO Paul Godfrey, who played a significant role in bringing Major League Baseball to Toronto, and longtime Toronto Leaside baseball executive Howard Birnie will also be honoured.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott writes about 2024 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Rod Heisler and his tremendous “Fruit of the Loom” pick-off move.
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The Okotoks Dawgs beat the Edmonton Prospects 22-1 on Friday night at Seaman Stadium. It was the Dawgs’ second consecutive win over the Prospects.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts summarizes the top performances by Terriers players from the past week.
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The Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Edmonton Prospects 7-2 on Thursday night at Seaman Stadium.
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The Okotoks Dawgs picked up another big win against the Brooks Bombers at Seaman Stadium in front of 4,321 fans on Wednesday night.
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“There is not a better feeling in the game than winning the final game of the season.
And conversely, there is probably not a worse feeling than losing when you are a victory away from playing in the championship final.
Tucker Zdunich felt the latter after his Reinhardt Eagles dropped the final two games of the AVISTA NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Id. The Eagles won three straight before losing back-to-back games to the Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs. A win in either would have put them in the title game.
No matter now. What was then was then. The page in his diamond book had been turned and he returned home to where he has played the previous 10 years going all the way back to bantam -- the Okotoks Dawgs.”
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The Newmarket Hawks of the Greater Toronto Baseball League captured the first annual Canadian Amateur Baseball Central Gold Bat Invitational Tournament title Sunday night in Sarnia, Ont.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Hamilton Cardinals have signed local pitchers Zach Cameron (Hamilton, Ont.) and Steven Hospital (Oakville, Ont.). Both pitched for the Niagara Purple Eagles this season.
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Big offensive innings and strong pitching performances led the Terriers 15U team to their first tournament championship of the season.
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The Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Lethbridge Bulls 12-4 on Sunday in front of more than 5,000 fans at Seaman Stadium.
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“It was a baseball-bashing bonanza in Brooks.
When the dust finally settled – shortly before 11 pm on Tuesday, June 4th at Elks Field – the Lethbridge Bulls and Brooks Bombers had produced a Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) record 57 runs during the 31-26 victory for the Bulls.”
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