On Monday, the Great Lake Canadians paid a visit to the University of Illinois, the school where GLC director of operations Chris Robinson (Dorchester, Ont.) honed his skills.
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Without Rod Carew, who turns 74 today, Tony Fernandez probably wouldn’t have recorded more hits than any other player in Toronto Blue Jays history. Fernandez, who rapped out 1,583 hits with the Blue Jays, idolized the Panama-born Hall of Famer and modelled his batting stance after him. And if you were lucky enough to watch both of them hit, you could see the similarities. They both gripped the bat softly and seemed to be able to direct the ball to any field at will.
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Please keep the Canadian Baseball Network’s longest serving contributor George Farelli in your thoughts and prayers.
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With the Toronto Blue Jays not in this year’s post-season, which of the 10 major league playoff teams should Canadian baseball fans be cheering for?
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Former Blue Jays 1B and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Carlos Delgado still hitting home runs, but now it’s through his charitable efforts.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor Neil Munro takes a look at the Canadians that will be participating in the 2019 major league post-season.
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Mike Steed, who was recently named manager of the Thunder Bay Border Cats of the Northwoods College Summer League, is already making plans for the 2020 season.
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Devon Teeple, of The GM’s Perspective, writes that former Houston Astros draft pick Telvin Nash is enjoying the best season of his 11-year professional baseball career. Nash, who is in his fifth season with the independent Atlantic League’s York Revolution, leads the circuit in home runs (41), RBIs (100), runs (107), walks (105), slugging percentage (.623), and OBP (.423).
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Mike Soroka, James Paxton, Cal Quantrill, Stubby Clapp, Shawn Hill, Adam Lind and Warren Cromartie.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor Ron Pegg writes about his experience at the CNE Lions tournament which has been going strong for 63 years.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor Kevin Wall shares the final collegiate pitching statistics for 2019.
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ABC alum Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.) has been named the Houston Astros Minor League of Player of the Year.
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Longtime Durham Lords baseball coach Sam Dempster is set to retire after 28 seasons.
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A plaque paying tribute to the late great Roy Halladay was unveiled at Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater, Fla., last week. Jack Russell Stadium is the former spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Jay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, hands out his annual awards to members of the class-A Short-Season Vancouver Canadians.
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Former Okotoks Dawgs 3B J.T. Patterson (Calgary, Alta.) has the best season of any Canadian playing in NAIA ball in 2019 and was the only Canuck to receive All-American First Team 2019 honours.
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Suiting up for Team Maroon at the Rogers Centre at Tournament 12 was a dream come true for Fraser Valley Cardinals INF Yosuke Fujie (Mission, BC) and his parents.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher writes that “embracing the Tampa Bay-Montreal concept is important for everyone involved. For Montreal, it's a foot in the door to getting a permanent team because expansion is far from a lock. An established franchise like the Rays sounds a lot better, too, than a rookie expansion franchise.”
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After an outstanding season with the Connors State Cowboys, Ontario Nationals alum David Mendham (Dorchester, Ont.) will suit up for the Division 1 University of South Carolina Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) this collegiate season.
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The Vanderbilt Commodores won the College World Series in Omaha last spring and they have the best recruiting class for 2019, according to the Perfect Game Scouting Service. No less than 17 Canucks are with teams listed on the top 100 list. As well, there are 19 players who are already in class and nine players who have committed for down the road.
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