Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Dolly Whitt, Cal Quantrill, Terry Puhl, Fergie Jenkins, James Paxton and Bob Emslie.
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Left-hander Steve Dalkowski, who may have been the fastest and wildest pitcher ever to wear a professional baseball uniform, passed away on April 19 at the age of 80. Here’s an article that Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott wrote about Dalkowski back in 1998.
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In this excerpt from Bob Elliott’s new book, If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Toronto Blue Jays Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box, we learn that Jose Bautista was both a slugger and a closer in college.
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Ontario Blue Jays RHP Lukas Touma (Toronto, Ont.) has committed to further his academic and baseball career at the University of South Carolina Upstate.
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The Western Canadian Baseball League’s Board of Governors will meet on April 29 to discuss the 2020 season and if it can be salvaged.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott pays tribute to former Toronto Blue Jays third base coach Rich Hacker who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 72.
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Former Montreal Expos shortstop and Toronto Blue Jays third base coach Rich Hacker has died at the age of 72.
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Baseball Canada’s Board of Directors along with the Executive Committee have made the difficult decision to cancel all 2020 Baseball Canada National Championships due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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As part of Baseball Canada’s continuous efforts to provide coach education to their members, they are pleased to announce that their “Monday Hot Stove” session on April 27 will feature Martijn Nijhoff. An expert in “motor control and movement analysis,” Nijhoff holds the title of Skills Acquisition Consultant with the Pittsburgh Pirates where he primarily works with coaches and instructors in the Player Development system.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew reviews Danny Gallagher’s excellent new book, “Always Remembered: New revelations and old tales about those fabulous Expos.”
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Four Canadians have cracked MLB Pipeline’s updated Top 150, 2020 draft prospects list, which was released on Tuesday.
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The start of the American Association’s Winnipeg Goldeyes’ season has been postponed.
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Ontario Blue Jays’ LHP Mason Robertson (Barrie, Ont.) has committed to Hillsborough Community College.
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Ontario Terriers RHP/INF Zachary Saufl has announced his commitment to the Vanguard University of Southern California.
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Baseball Canada is expressing its gratitude to its many volunteers during National Volunteer Week.
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While the COVID‐19 situation remains fluid, Baseball Ontario is continuing to monitor the situation. Based on the guidelines of the provincial government and public health authorities, they are extending the suspension of all in‐person baseball programs and activities until May 31, 2020.
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There may -- or may not -- be a summer schedule for Canada’s elite teams. Yet, one thing we know, one thing a virus can’t take away are the players named to the Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason All-Region First Team selections. Canada is grouped with Puerto Rico, which also has players eligible for the draft. Joey Ellison’s Ontario Blue Jays as well as Doug Mathieson and Jamie Bodaly’s Langley Blaze had the most Canadians with five players each to the First Team.
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Devon Teeple, of The GM’s Perspective, recently caught up with his lifelong friend Nick DeForest, who played college ball, as well as internationally in Austria. DeForest is now an athletic director in Austria who is planning a web conference for athletic directors around the world which will take place on April 21 and 22.
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Ontario Terriers infielder Elijha Hammill (Oakville, Ont.) has been recognized by Rawlings and Perfect Game as one of the top Underclass athletes at the high school level in the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico. The list includes 300 players from the 2021, 2022 and 2023 classes. In addition, Terriers’ RHP/ INF Dylan Oborne (Richmond Hill, Ont.) received an honourable mention in the Canada / Puerto Rico Region.
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John Taylor, a special uncle and father figure to Montreal Expos legend Andre Dawson, died Jan. 29 in Miami of acute myeloid leukemia. Earlier this month, the former lieutenant-commander in the U.S. Coast Guard Service was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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