Most influential in 2019 _ Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, BC), the Okotoks Angels, Alex Anthopoulos (Montreal, Que.), Edward ROgers (Toronto, Ont.) and RHP Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) top out list …and since we’re late we have added a few others.
Read MoreFormer Toronto Blue Jay Adam Lind returned to the Rogers Centre for Winter Fest on the weekend. The 36-year-old Indiana native told Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge that Toronto is a “second home” to him and that he would like to continue his playing career.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have signed veteran catcher Caleb Joseph to a minor league contract that comes with an invitation to major league spring training.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Lukas Weese was at the Toronto Blue Jays Winter Fest carnival on the weekend where the club’s fans came in out of the cold to see the club’s “New Blue” alternate jerseys and rub elbows with current and past Blue Jays players.
Read MoreCanadians Daniel Pinero (Toronto, Ont.) and Jacob Robson (Windsor, Ont.) have received invites to Detroit Tigers’ big league camp this spring.
Read MoreKevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Larry Walker, Fergie Jenkins, Rob Ducey, Joey Votto and George Selkirk.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher asks us to keep Bob Sebra in our thoughts. The former Montreal Expos pitcher has been in the intensive-care unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami since last July, fighting to stay alive.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have signed former San Francisco Giants second baseman Joe Panik and relief pitcher Ryan Dull to minor league contracts.
Read MoreBlair Kubicek, Keith Jorgensen, Rick Paskal, Doug Jones, Larry Nolan and Dustin Molleken are the Prairie Baseball Academy Hall of Fame’s inaugural inductees.
Read MoreThe World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) released their updated baseball rankings on Thursday. The Canadian national women’s team program is ranked second in the world, while the men’s is ranked 12th.
Read MoreCanadian slugger Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, B.C.) says he is “thrilled and honoured” to have his No. 33 retired by the Colorado Rockies. On Friday, the Rockies announced they would be retiring the number in a ceremony on April 19.
Read MoreR. I. P. _ Long-time executive Don McNight (Newmarket, Ont.
Read MoreThe Colorado Rockies announced on Friday that they will retire jersey number 33 in honour of Canadian outfielder Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, B.C.). The number retirement ceremony will take place on April 19 prior to the Rockies’ game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have signed utility infielder Ruben Tejada to a minor league contract that includes an invite to big league spring training.
Read MoreDavid Reiniger and Josh Burgmann will become the seventh and eighth inductees to the Vauxhall Academy of Baseball’s Wall of Excellence in a ceremony as part of their annual awards banquet and fundraiser that is set to take place on February 29.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs have hired Dawgs Academy and Dawgs Collegiate standout, Garrett Kirkwood, as the new operations manager.
Read MoreDurham College has announced the hiring of Darryl Reid as the new head coach of the Durham Lords baseball program. Reid, a Durham College baseball alum, becomes just the second head coach in program history following the retirement of long-time manager Sam Dempster this past fall.
Read MoreRawlings Canada and Baseball Canada have extended their partnership and Rawlings will continue as the official baseball of Baseball Canada.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Elisabeth Rositsan caught up with veteran right-hander Scott Richmond (Vancouver, B.C.) at the press conference prior to the Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet on Saturday. After narrowly missing pitching for Canada at the 2008 Olympics, Richmond is hoping to help the national team qualify for the Olympics this summer in Tokyo.
Read MoreA capacity crowd filled the Northern Lights Ballroom at the Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel on Saturday evening as national team players, current and past, friends and corporate partners came together to celebrate and support Baseball Canada’s Junior and Senior National Teams.
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