Canadian Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, B.C.) will have to wait until July 2021 to be officially inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The Cooperstown shrine announced the cancellation of this year’s ceremony on Wednesday.
Read MoreOntario Blue Jays LHP Justin Bradt (Burlington, Ont.) has committed to Cleveland State Community College.
Read MoreAs part of Baseball Canada’s continuous efforts to provide coach education to their members, they will welcome Jean François Ménard as their featured guest on their next Monday “Hot Stove” session on May 4. An industry leader and expert in mental performance coaching, Menard has worked with numerous world-class athletes and Olympic medal winners including Mikaël Kingsbury, Tessa Virtue and Maxence Parrott along with Super Bowl champion Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and World Champion boxer Marie-Ève Dicaire.
Read MoreElliott: Judges Randy Echlin and Ted Minden and son play the name game
Read MoreA pair of Junior National Team outfielders have caught the attention of MLB Pipeline as Owen Caissie (Burlington, Ont.) and David Calabrese (Maple, Ont.) both appear on the list of the top 150 prospects for the 2020 MLB Draft.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Elisabeth Rositsan caught up with some of Canada’s top baseball prospects and their coaches to see how they are coping during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays and Jays Care Foundation are stepping up to the plate to give back to the country that supports the team all season long by leading off a virtual fundraising food drive. “From Home Plate to Your Plate” was launched on April 22 with 100% of proceeds benefitting Food Banks Canada, which includes a network of food banks serving communities in every Canadian province and territory.
Read MoreThe Frontier League announced on April 1 that they are officially delaying the scheduled May 14 start of the 2020 Frontier League season, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreIt has been a long journey for Caledon, Ont., native Chris Walsh, 34, to realize his professional baseball dream. He was getting ready for his second season as the athletic therapist for the Peoria Chiefs, the St Louis Cardinals’ affiliate in the class A Midwest League, when the season was put on hold by the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreVirus takes Elliott: Virus takes Ernie Whitt's mother … rough two months for Whitt as he also lost his double play combo in SS Tony Fernandez and 2B Damo Garcia
Read MoreBaseball BC has cancelled its provincial championships for this year, but not its season.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs and Ontario Blue Jays are set to battle in a Super Series starting in June 2021.
Read MoreCanadian 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.
Read MoreLeft-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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreOntario Blue Jays RHP Lukas Touma (Toronto, Ont.) has committed to further his academic and baseball career at the University of South Carolina Upstate.
Read MoreThe Western Canadian Baseball League’s Board of Governors will meet on April 29 to discuss the 2020 season and if it can be salvaged.
Read MoreCanadian 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.
Read MoreFormer Montreal Expos shortstop and Toronto Blue Jays third base coach Rich Hacker has died at the age of 72.
Read MoreBaseball 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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