Ontario Blue Jays RHP Josh Kalmin (Vaughan, Ont.) has committed to further his academic and baseball career at McMaster University.
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Ontario Nationals alum Jaxon Valcke, who recently returned to Stratford, Ont., is disappointed that he won’t have the opportunity to compete for the Western Baseball League’s Victoria HarbourCats this summer. But he’ll now turn his focus to training for his senior season with the UBC Thunderbirds.
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Ken Kendrick has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, bringing the total number of directors to 17 for the nonprofit educational institution.
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The West Coast League’s Victoria HarbourCats have cancelled their 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Former Waterloo Tigers catcher-third baseman Bob Schnurr has passed away at the age of 63 following a 10-year battle with cancer.
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Over the last eight weeks, Baseball Canada has hosted subject-matter experts on strength and conditioning, pitching, defensive play, catching, vision performance and mental performance in an effort to continue to provide coaches across the country with useful information during the Covid-19 pandemic. The sessions were a resounding success with hundreds of coaches taking advantage of the expertise and information that was provided.
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Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and legendary Montreal Expos manager Felipe Alou turns 85 today, so we thought we would resurrect this article by Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher that discusses Alou’s friendship with fellow Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Fanning to commemorate the occasion.
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Eleven Canadians cracked Baseball America’s recently released list of the top 500, 2020 MLB draft prospects. Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew takes a look at the Canuck talent on the list.
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Tournament 12 tryout camps are on hold until further notice.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s latest “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Fergie Jenkins, Larry Walker, James Paxton, George Kottaras, Charlie Lea and Allan Roth.
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Baseball Alberta’s Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to cancel all in-person Baseball Alberta sanctioned events and activities until September 1, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A statue honouring the late Tony Robichaux, longtime baseball coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, was unveiled at the Ragin’ Cajuns home field in February. The statue was commissioned and paid for by a group of Robichaux’s former players, led by Canadian pitcher Phil Devey (Lachute, Que.).
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Ned Powers: Spero Leakos, the Commodore who kept ball alive, in Saskatoon … Friend Pat Gillicki invited him to Cooperstown, NY for his induction and they named a field in Spero’s memory
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Windsor Selects alum Noah Richardson (Windsor, Ont.) has been honing his pitching skills at Northern Kentucky University.
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Ontario Blue Jays LHP Nick Fraser (Burlington, ON) has committed to further his academic and baseball career at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont.
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Baseball Canada has announced the host sites for some of the future national championships that will be held 2021, 2022 and 2023.
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Two years ago, Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott caught up with Ladner, B.C. native James Paxton’s family, friends and coaches after the 6-foot-4 lefty became the first Canadian to throw a no-hitter on Canadian soil.
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Larry Shenk, of The Baron, shares some highlights from the legendary career of Philadelphia Phillies shortstop and later manager, Larry Bowa.
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Four more Canadians are headed to play for the Canisius Golden Griffins. Lexi Abbott, Carlin Dick and Max Grant from the Vauxhall Academy will join the Griffs baseball program, along with Matt Duffy from the Great Lake Canadians.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott reflects on the 2019 MLB Draft which was the first time the Toronto Blue Jays had ever spent seven figures on Canadian picks.
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