Enhanced facility helps Canadian ball hall usher in exciting new era

It’s a promise Adam Stephens is ecstatic to have finally kept. For years, the chair of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame board of directors had opened the annual induction ceremony in St. Marys, Ont. by promising attendees that the museum would soon get a much-needed facelift. On Saturday, Stephens could finally say it has happened. Earlier this spring, the Hall opened its “beautiful, brand new museum” and hundreds had the opportunity to tour through it before and after Saturday’s 2019 induction ceremony which honoured an all-Canadian class consisting of Gord Ash, Jason Bay, Ryan Dempster, and Rob Thomson.

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Thomson celebrates ball hall honour with family, fellow Olympians

As a major league coach, Rob Thomson is used to working behind the scenes, quietly sharing words of wisdom with managers and imparting advice to young players. But for one day, the baseball lifer from the blue collar town of Corunna, Ont. was in the spotlight as a 2019 inductee into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Canadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci spoke with Thomson prior to his induction on Saturday.

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Proud Canadian Dempster humbled by ball hall induction

The last time Ryan Dempster (Gibsons, BC) appeared in a competitive baseball game, he wore the Maple Leaf across his chest as a member of Team Canada at the 2017 World Baseball Classic. On Saturday in St Marys, Ont., one of the best Canadian pitchers of all time wore the Maple Leaf once again, this time on a blazer announcing him as a newly minted member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Canadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci spoke with Dempster prior to the ceremony.

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