Bob Elliott’s first instalment of his Nine Innings column includes memories about John Olerud, Justin Morneau, Duane Ward, Jacques Doucet and Anne Murray.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to terms with RHP Rafael Dolis on a one-year contract (US $1,000,000) with a club option for the 2021 season. To make room on the 40-man roster, INF Breyvic Valera has been designated for assignment.
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Devon Teeple, of The GM’s Perspective, writes that the newly formed independent Moses Lake Professional Baseball League is going to have to do something special to stand out and stick around.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Tony Fernandez, Larry Walker, James Paxton, Jim Henderson, Justin Morneau, Dan Shulman, Vladimir Guerrero and Mookie Wilson.
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Ontario Blue Jays alum and Eastern Kentucky University outfielder Nick Howie (Oakville, Ont.) has been chosen Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Preseason Player of the Year.
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Pitchers and catchers will start reporting to big league camps this week, but four Canadian free agents are still looking for contracts.
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The Toronto Blue Jays added a pair of relief options on Friday, inking both righty Jake Petricka and southpaw Brian Moran to minor league deals that come with invites to big league camp later this month.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have announced that Gil Kim has been promoted to their major league coaching staff.
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Baseball Canada congratulated members of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2020 induction class on Tuesday.
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Hall of Fame slugger and trailblazing manager Frank Robinson passed away on Thursday at the age of 83. He was also the last manager of the Montreal Expos before they moved to Washington after the 2004 season.
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Jay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, speculates on who the Toronto Blue Jays will designate for assignment to make room for recently signed reliever Rafael Dolis on their 40-man roster.
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Matt Betts highlights the top Canadian collegiate performances from the past week in his first “Big Man on Campus (BMOC)” column of 2020.
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He was part of something special long before he reached the Houston Astros, the Toronto Blue Jays, the Baltimore Orioles, the Seattle Mariners, the Philadelphia Phillies or that special team which resides in Cooperstown. A lefty named Pat Gillick pitched for the Granum White Sox, which billed itself as the “best baseball team in Alberta.”
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Canadian left-hander James Paxton will be out three to four months after undergoing back surgery on Wednesday. The New York Yankees announced earlier today that the Ladner, B.C., native underwent a microscopic lumbar discectomy which included the removal of a peridiscal cyst. The procedure was done by Dr. Andrew Dossett in Dallas.
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John Olerud credits his dad, his college coach, Charley Lau and George Brett for his smooth left-handed swing that won him the American League batting title as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993. That sweet stroke is also a key reason the former all-star was one of four new Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees announced on Tuesday. Olerud will be honoured along with former Blue Jays teammate Duane Ward, Canadian slugger Justin Morneau and legendary Montreal Expos broadcaster Jacques Doucet in a ceremony on the Hall of Fame grounds on June 20.
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Duane Ward is set to be reunited with longtime bullpen mate Tom Henke - this time in the plaque gallery of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ont.
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Maple Ridge, B.C., native Larry Walker’s induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame is one of a series of events taking place in Cooperstown on induction weekend that will run from July 24 to 27.
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It’s quickly becoming the year of 33 in the Canadian baseball world. Two weeks ago, Maple Ridge, B.C., native Larry Walker, who wore the No. 33 religiously, became the second Canadian elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, and on Tuesday, fellow double-three enthusiast and B.C. native, Justin Morneau, headlined a list of four new Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees.
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He helped create a French baseball language. That’s how important new Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and legendary Montreal Expos broadcaster Jacques Doucet has been to baseball in our country.
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The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame announced its 2020 inductee class on Tuesday. Each of the four new electees — Justin Morneau, John Olerud, Duane Ward and Jacques Doucet - have helped grow the sport of baseball in Canada.
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