Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew remembers former big league Joe Krakauskas on what would be the left-hander’s 105th birthday.
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It was two years ago today that Montreal-born Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a walk-off home run for the Toronto Blue Jays with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in an exhibition game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium.
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Bill Green, a strong supporter of baseball in B.C. who had a tremendous impact on the sport in his home province, passed away on Thursday after a courageous battle with cancer.
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The Toronto Blue Jays completed a series of roster transactions on Thursday, optioning infielder Santiago Espinal, right-hander Jacob Waguespack and southpaw Thomas Pannone to triple-A Buffalo.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew takes a look at how Canadian pitchers fared in big league camps this spring.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Welland Jackfish have signed RHP Jared Mortensen (Abbotsford, B.C.) and catcher Chris Shaw (Winnipeg, Man.) for the 2020 season.
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As part of Baseball Canada’s continuous efforts to provide coach education to their members, they are pleased to announce their second “Monday’s Hot Stove” session - an interactive gathering of coaches in a relaxed online environment with a subject matter expert. On Monday, March 30, at 8 p.m. E.T., Baseball Canada will welcome Cincinnati Reds pitching coach Derek Johnson as their guest.
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The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC), backed by their Athletes’ Commissions, National Sports Organizations and the Government of Canada, have made the difficult decision to not send Canadian teams - including the senior national baseball team - to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020.
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For the third time in consecutive years, former Expos beat writer Danny Gallagher has spun out a book. Gallagher's just released baseball tome is called Always Remembered: new revelations and old tales about those fabulous Expos. It contains 51 chapters and about 30 sidebars and charts of Expos memories from 1969-2004.
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Oakland A’s scout Matt Higginson (Grimsby, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s 2019 Jim Ridley Award winner, as scout of the year.
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In an effort to provide continuous coach education to its members, Baseball Canada is pleased to launch “Monday’s Hot Stove”, an interactive gathering of coaches in a relaxed online environment with subject matter experts. The first session will be tonight and will feature Jeff Krushell. His topic will be: Strategies for Staying Sharp During the Shutdown: Deliberate Practice on your Own.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Hamilton Cardinals have signed former San Francisco Giants pitcher Waldis Joaquan for the 2020 season.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Fergie Jenkins, Ralph Dickenson, Nick Pivetta, Derek Aucoin, John Axford and Glenallen Hill.
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Perfect Game takes an up close look at several Junior National Team members, including Fieldhouse Pirates’ OF Owen Caissie (Burlington Ont.), Ontario Blue Jays’ OF David Calabrese (Maple Ont.), Ontario Terriers’ INF Elijha Hammill (Oakville Ont.), Toronto Mets’ INF Brando Leroux (Markham Ont.), Okotoks Dawgs’ RHP Simon Lusignan (Varennes Que.), Langley Blaze’s RHP Theo Millas (Burnaby BC), and Coquitlam Reds’ RHP Jack Seward (Port Moody BC).
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Canadians playing baseball at U.S. colleges who feared that the COVID-19 outbreak had prematurely ended their collegiate careers have new reason to hope. Last week the NCAA announced that all spring athletes would be granted an extra year of eligibility in light of their seasons being lost to the pandemic.
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Ontario Terriers catcher Tyson Gomm (Mississauga, Ont.) has earned a scholarship to San Jacinto College in Texas.
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The Toronto Blue Jays optioned pitchers Sean Reid-Foley and Anthony Kay to triple-A on Friday.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci recently caught up with former outfielder Mike House (Victoria, B.C.) who in 1985 became the first Canadian to be selected by a Canadian big league team in the MLB draft.
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After reviewing the relevant positions from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, and the Government of Canada, Baseball Canada has decided to postpone all its upcoming in person events until April 27, 2020
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Welland Jackfish have signed Dominican catcher Luis Bernardo Lopez for the 2020 season.
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