Six Nations standout Kaleb Thomas turning the heads of scouts

“You’re more likely to find a lacrosse stick than a baseball bat in Six Nations of the Grand River, a First Nations community southwest of Hamilton, Ont. But at the Thomas home, baseball is the name of the game. Brad and Cindy Thomas both played ball in their younger days and passed on their love of the game to their sons Kaden – who plays minor baseball in Brantford – and 16-year-old Kaleb, a pitcher-infielder with the Mississauga Tigers High Performance Program who Perfect Game has their eye on as a promising high school athlete.”

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Manfred cancels visit to Portland but city still candidate for MLB franchise

Only days after the conclusion of the recent World Series, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred was scheduled to fly to Portland, Ore., to meet there with officials interested in acquiring a big-league franchise. But the meeting was postponed until a later date because of the civil unrest that has besieged the troubled city since last spring. But Canadian Baseball Network contributor Danny Gallagher writes that the mere fact that Manfred was set to visit Portland is another clear indication the folks at MLB are seriously interested in Portland as a new franchise to add to the current 30-team roster.

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