“The decision to get George Selkirk's name on a baseball field in Huntsville, Ont. wasn't a simple exercise.
After close to 10 years of coaxing and prodding by Peter Haynes of Toronto, a Huntsville property owner and president of the Muskoka Hornets Baseball Association, town council voted 7-2 on Sept. 22 to rename the F Diamond the Selkirk Diamond in honour of the New York Yankees legend.”
Read MoreEvan Morrison (Mitchell, Ont.), of the Chatham-Kent Barnstormers, has been named the Intercounty Baseball League’s Rookie of the Year.
Read MoreBob Elliott: Remembering Baseball Canada executive, coach, GM, international administrator Jim Baba (Moose Jaw, Sask.)
Read More“As the dust settles from a whirlwind season that took our family across Tennessee, Alabama, and Ohio, I find myself facing a quieter, unexpected challenge: the stillness.”
Read MoreLondon Majors right-hander Skylar Janisse (Maidstone, Ont.) has been named Intercounty Baseball League Closer of the Year.
Read MoreWelland Jackfish skipper Brian Essery has been named Intercounty Baseball League Manager of the Year.
Read More“Like many Canadian kids who loved baseball, Mitchell Rauckman grew up as a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Even though he is primarily a pitcher himself, the Saskatoon native always enjoyed watching slugger Josh Donaldson.
He’s been to Rogers Centre to watch his favourite team play, always hoping to one day play on the same turf.
Rauckman is one of three Saskatchewan products, along with Matthew Tran and Aiden Kilshaw, who will get the chance to do that in the Canadian Futures Showcase.”
Read MoreOntario Blue Jays switch-hitting slugger Mikey Batiste is garnering a lot of attention from scouts at the Canadian Futures Showcase. His father, Michael, played in the NBA and is a coach with the Toronto Raptors. Bob Elliott spoke with both father and son at the Rogers Centre on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe Welland Jackfish have won the Intercounty Baseball League championship.
Read MoreThe Welland Jackfish defeated the Barrie Baycats 5-1 on Saturday night. The Jackfish are now just one win from winning the Intercounty Baseball League championship.
Read More“It’s admittedly going to sting for a while.
However, Team Alberta has nothing to hang their heads for after returning home with a silver medal in the first-ever women’s baseball event at the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.”
Read MoreBrendan Luther’s one-out single in the bottom of the eighth scored Robert Mullen for the go-ahead run in the Welland Jackfish’s 3-2 victory over the Barrie Baycats on Thursday night. The win gives the Jackfish a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Intercounty Baseball League finals.
Read MoreThey have been pioneers and trailblazers for baseball in communities across the province.
The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum celebrated its 40th induction ceremony with the Class of 2025 in mid-August.
Read MoreThe Ontario Baseball Association has announced its 2025 Hall of Fame inductees.
Read MoreFrancisco Hernandez homered on the first pitch he saw from Deivy Mendez in the bottom of the 10th, and the Barrie Baycats beat Welland 5-4 in Game 2 of the Dominico Cup final.
Read MoreA breast cancer diagnosis once threw a curveball into the lives of Erika and Allan Bezaire.
With Erika now cancer-free, the Bezaires and the Lambton Lions Men’s Baseball Team are throwing one back in support of enhanced care for others undergoing cancer treatment.
Read MoreEric Marriott (Niagara Falls, Ont.) will return as the head coach of the Moose Jaw Miller Express in 2026.
Read MoreRobert Mullen’s bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth scored Jonah Weisner to give Welland a 6-5 win on Sunday over Barrie in Game 1 of the best-of-seven Dominico Cup final.
Read MoreNathan Pisio (Moose Jaw, Sask.) and Merek Yeager (Muenster, Sask.) are this year’s Brennan Luffman Memorial Scholarship recipients.
Read MoreThe 2025 Intercounty Baseball League finals will start on Sunday.
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