Elliott: Sport Media honors Matt Devlin, Michael Grange, Terry Leibel, Randy Tieman, Masai Ujiri
Read More
Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Jim McKean, Blake Corosky, Tom Burgess, Ryan Dempster, Fergie Jenkins and Rowan Wick.
Read More
Monterrey, Mexico will host the 2020 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women’s Baseball World Cup next November, the international federation announced yesterday at the III WBSC World Baseball Softball Congress in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. The Canadian Women’s National Team gained entry into the event last summer via a third place finish at the COPABE Americas Women’s Baseball World Cup Qualifier in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Read More
Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott pays tribute to Martha Cisco, wife of former Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays’ pitching coach Galen Cisco, who recently lost her battle with cancer.
Read More
The Toronto Blue Jays have added pitcher Thomas Hatch and infielder Santiago Espinal to their 40-man roster in advance of the Rule 5 draft while sending Tim Mayza outright to triple-A Buffalo and designating Justin Shafer for assignment. Jay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, has the details.
Read More
Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli shares his Top 10 lists for the 2019 minor league season which highlight the statistical leaders in various offensive/pitching categories for all affiliated, independent and foreign league players.
Read More
Baseball America has revealed their list of the Toronto Blue Jays’ top 10 prospects. Jay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, provides his thoughts on their ranking.
Read More
The Fergie Jenkins Foundation continues to boycott the massive Sport Card and Memorabilia Expo. The foundation is unhappy that the folks running the event twice a year on Airport Road in Mississauga, Ont. blocked the foundation from bringing in former Expos players to sign autographs last May. Because of that friction, the foundation declined to have any players appear at the event this past weekend.
Read More
Canada will play Colombia, Cuba and Venezuela in Group B next March at the WBSC Baseball Americas Olympic Qualifier as the international federation today announced the groups and schedule for the event that will determine one spot in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic baseball competition.
Read More
Okotoks Dawgs team director Bill Tanguay has passed away. The organization is deeply mourning his loss.
Read More
Spero Annis, Bob McKillop, Lee Nantais and the Sarnia Drawbriidge Juniors — two-time Canadian champs — were inducted into the Baseball Ontario Hall of Fame on the weekend.
Read More
Derek Jeter and Larry Walker headline the BBWAA’s 2020 National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot that was released on Monday.
Read More
A two-year project to restructure the operations of Baseball Ontario culminated at the 102nd Baseball Ontario Annual General Meeting with the election of members to the 2020 Board of Management, Rep and Select Councils. Ed Quinlan takes over as president of the Board of Management from David Huctwith who guided the organization for the past five years. Huctwith, (Mississauga, Ont.) now past president also takes on the duties of treasurer.
Read More
After a thorough analysis, Canadian Baseball Network contributor Neil Munro is predicting that Canadian slugger Larry Walker will be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame this coming January.
Read More
Host sites were revealed for six future Baseball Canada National Championships on the weekend of November 9-10 as the national organization held its annual Fall Meetings at Château Mont-Sainte-Anne.
Read More
Jay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, writes that the Toronto Blue Jays’ Rookie ball Appalachian League affiliate, Bluefield Blue Jays, are one of the minor league teams on the chopping block if a reported contraction plan is approved.
Read More
Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Mike Soroka, Dasan Brown, Fergie Jenkins, Jason Bay, Larry Walker, Rob Ducey, George Bell and Brian Milner.
Read More
Baseball Canada handed out some hardware last weekend at the annual Baseball Canada Fall Meeting, hosted by Baseball Québec at the Château Mont-Sainte-Anne.
Read More
The Toronto Blue Jays released a number of minor league players this week. Jay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, has the details.
Read More
Pitchers Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) and James Paxton (Ladner, B.C.) are two of the prime contenders for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual Tip O’Neill Award.
Read More