Canadian Cerantola fits in well at Mississippi State in freshman season
Each summer, many baseball players have to make the tough choice to either come to college or sign a professional contract after being selected in the MLB Draft. Great Lake Canadians alum and Oakville, Ont., native, Eric Cerantola, however, not only faced that dilemma but also had to choose which sport he wanted to play. He was drafted by both the Tampa Bay Rays in baseball and the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League. Logan Lowery, a writer with the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, writes that Cerantola choose neither and instead opted to head to Mississippi State to pitch at the collegiate level for the Bulldogs.
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Three Ottawa Champions players to compete in Pan Am Games
Three players from the Ottawa Champions have been selected to participate in the Pan Am games in Lima, Peru from July 27 to August 4. Pitchers Phillippe Aumont (Gatineau, Que.) and Evan Rutcykj (Windsor, Ont.) will compete for Canada while outfielder Steve Brown will play for Colombia.
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Okotoks Dawgs to host Women's National Invitational Championships
The Town of Okotoks and the Okotoks Dawgs Baseball Club are ready for the national stage as the Women’s Canadian National Invitational Baseball Championships are scheduled to take place at Seaman Stadium and Tourmaline Field from Thursday, July 4 to Sunday, July 7.
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Baseball Canada unveils Pan Am team that will defend back-to-back titles
Baseball Canada has announced the roster for the national team that will defend their back-to-back Pan Am Games titles in Lima, Peru beginning in late July.
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Millas to participate in 2019 Under Armour All-America Game
Langley Blaze and Junior National Team right-hander Theo Millas (Burnaby, B.C.) will participate in the 12th annual Under Armour® All-America Baseball Game that will take place on July 22 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
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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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Brown, Sanford, Brash, Burgmann, Macko go on day two of MLB Draft
Five Canadians were selected on the second day of the 2019 MLB Draft. Baseball Canada’s Adam Morissette has the details.
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Canuck prospect Dasan Brown ready for what’s to come after MLB draft
Canadian Baseball Network contributor Cam Black-Araujo recently caught up with Oakville, Ont., native Dasan Brown who is the top Canadian prospect heading into this year’s MLB draft which begins on Monday.
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Baseball Canada: 2019 MLB Draft Guide
Baseball Canada’s Adam Morissette provides a guide to the 2019 MLB Draft that starts today and runs through Wednesday.
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In memory of Jake: Family and friends riding to raise money for mental health
It has been more than six years since former Junior National Team pitcher Jake Eliopoulos died, but his family and friends are still raising money for mental health initiatives in his memory. His father, Jim, and the rest of Team Jake will participate in the Mental Health in Motion ride in Newmarket on June 23. Here are details on how you can support them.
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DSL Tour: Morris, Brown, Valero lead juniors to win over Rockies in finale
Carter Morris (Vernon, B.C.) turned in four solid innings on the mound while Dasan Brown (Oakville, Ont.) drove in three runs to lead the Junior National Team to a 12-7 win over the Dominican Summer League Rockies on Saturday, in what was the 13th and final game on the DSL tour.
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DSL Tour: Jean, Pringle star for juniors on rainy Friday
Facing their 11th and 12th games in the last eight days, the Junior National Team made the 45-minute ride to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ historic complex in the Dominican Republic for an early morning contest on Friday before traveling to Boca Chica in the afternoon to face the Dominican Summer League (DSL) Reds in the afternoon.
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DSL Tour: Juniors, Mets play to draw
The Dominican Summer League tour is entering its final stages as Saturday’s finale draws near but the Junior National Team still has business to take care of before then, including Thursday’s match-up with the DSL Mets that ended in a 5-5 tie.
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DSL Tour: Diodati, Valero, McDowell lead juniors to doubleheader split
With their eighth and ninth games in six days and third doubleheader in five days, the Junior National Team’s offence showed little in the way of fatigue as the club recorded 20 hits in games against the Dominican Summer League’s Twins and Yankees on Wednesday.
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DSL Tour: Rays prospects defeat juniors
The Dominican Summer League (DSL) tour entered the halfway mark on Tuesday with the Junior National Team falling to the Tampa Bay Rays’ Dominican prospects, 7-3.
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DSL Tour: Juniors swept in doubleheader
Former National Team player and coach Shawn Bowman (Coquitlam, BC) led his Dominican Summer League Pirates to a 9-7 win on Monday morning to snap the Junior National Team’s four-game winning streak, while the afternoon contest saw the Toronto Blue Jays’ Dominican prospects come away with an 8-3 win.
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DSL Tour: Jean, Martin, Valero, Brown lead juniors to another win
Eric Martin (Kitchener, Ont.) and Cesar Valero (Calgary, Alta.) each knocked in a pair of runs as the Junior National Team hung on to defeat the Dominican Summer League (DSL) Mariners, 6-5 on Sunday to keep their perfect record intact through three days of the Dominican Summer League tour at 4-0.
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DSL Tour: Diodati, Millas, Maier help juniors to doubleheader sweep
The Canadian Junior National Team swept a doubleheader in Dominican Summer League tour action on Saturday to move to 3-0 after two days on the island.
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DSL Tour: Schofield-Sam’s blast leads juniors over Brewers
TJ Schofield-Sam (Brampton, Ont.) blasted a two-run homer while Connor O’Halloran (Mississauga, Ont.) and Jack Seward (Port Moody, B.C.) turned in solid performances on the mound to lead the Junior National Team to a 7-4 win over the Dominican Summer League (DSL) Brewers on Friday.
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Gélinas captures Sport Québec award
Reigning Women’s National Team Most Valuable Player Daphnée Gélinas (Repentigny, Que.) picked up some more hardware on Wednesday evening as she was presented with “International Team Sport Athlete” award at the 46th annual Sport Québec Gala in Montréal.
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