“When opposition batters head to the plate to face Reece Helland, they are entering the danger zone.
Not only are they facing MidAmerica Nazarene’s top bullpen gun, who is an intense presence on the bump, but he also enters the game with a formidable tune.
You guessed it: the Kenny Loggins classic “Danger Zone” from the movie Top Gun.
Over his four years with the Pioneers, Helland has accumulated a 13-6 record and a 4.47 earned-run average in 84 games, with one start, and 16 saves.”
Read MoreThe Intercounty Baseball League’s Guelph Royals have signed catcher Matthew Ward (Mississauga, Ont.).
Read MoreThe Western Canadian Baseball League is getting Hall-of-Fame recognition for two of its best and brightest people.
Read MoreHere are the pre-season Intercounty Baseball League power rankings.
Read MoreThe Jays Care Foundation announced their 2025 Field of Dreams recipients on Sunday.
Read MoreThe Intercounty Baseball League’s Guelph Royals have re-signed infielder Carson Burns (Orangeville, Ont.).
Read MoreTwo of former Montreal Expos infielder Mark Grudzielanek’s sons are eligible for the 2025 MLB draft.
Read MoreThe Abbotsford Cardinals have retired the No. 47 in honour of their longtime director of player development Corey Eckstein, who is now the president of the Ontario Blue Jays.
Read MoreIan Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, provides a 2025 preview of the reigning Western Canadian Baseball League champions, the Okotoks Dawgs.
Read MoreElliott: Perfect Game hosts 12 teams from four provinces in national tournament
Read More“Roughly an hour and a half north of Toronto, Orillia is home to many things, including the Ontario Provincial Police headquarters, former Ontario Premier Leslie Frost, and singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who passed in 2023.
The city is central to a few surrounding communities, such as Oro-Medonte, Severn, Rama, and Washago. Teens come into the city to go to school, participate in sports, or other activities that the smaller communities don’t host.
Known as the “Sunshine City,” Orillia, with its population of a little over 33,000, lives up to this name during the summer months when the local ball diamonds are full from the afternoon until the lights get shut off near midnight. “
Read MoreFormer professional pitcher and founder of The GM’s Perspective blog, Devon Teeple, laments the loss of the situational player in baseball.
Read More“Aidan Murphy will be more than a few miles away from Brampton’s Dave Dash Memorial Field when he kicks off his 2025 season.
The Brampton Royals 3B-RHP will trade in his royal blue Brampton jersey for this year as he travels overseas to play pro ball in Germany for the Fussen Royal Bavarians. The 25-year old will get right into it as he is slated to start as soon as he arrives in Germany.”
Read MoreThe Guelph Royals have signed reliever Gaku Ueda. He joins the Royals as their first announced import for the 2025 season.
Read MoreThe field for the second annual CABC Gold Bat invitational tournament is set for June 13-15 in Sarnia, Ont.
Read MoreThe Western Canadian Baseball League’s Fort McMurray Giants have announced that Josh Iannetti will be their new GM.
Read MoreThe Toronto Maple Leafs have signed outfielder/pitcher Ben Sitarenios (Richmond Hill, Ont.).
Read MoreThe Intercounty Baseball League’s Toronto Maple Leafs have signed right-hander Jeremy Newton (Toronto, Ont.).
Read MoreThe Intercounty Baseball League’s Guelph Royals have re-signed outfielder Ashton Patterson (Kitchener, Ont.).
Read MoreThe Victoria HarbourCats are proud to announce that the Chicago White Sox have recalled infielder Chase Meidroth. He is the eighth former HarbourCat to play in the majors.
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