Professional sports statistician Steve Hirdt pays tribute to his longtime colleague and beloved broadcaster Al Michaels who will receive the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2021 Ford C. Frick Award, for broadcasting excellence, on Saturday.
Read MoreThe Kingston Senior Men’s Baseball League is turning 40. That’s a noteworthy achievement for any sandlot circuit, let alone for one conceived and configured in a 1981 “car meeting” at Nelles Megaffin’s decaying north-end playpen, writes Canadian Baseball Network contributor Patrick Kennedy.
Read MoreIn accordance with provincial reopening guidelines, the Toronto Blue Jays will host up to 15,000 fans in Rogers Centre beginning July 30 with robust health and safety protocols in place.
Read MoreLongtime Philadephia Phillies public relations executive Larry Shenk pays tribute to beloved Phillies executive David Montgomery who will receive the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2020 Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday. Montgomery will be honoured posthumously. He passed away in 2019 at the age of 72.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, summarizes how the Toronto Blue Jays’ minor league affiliates performed on Sunday.
Read MoreKole Cottam (Burlington, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week.
Read MoreWes Darvill (Langley, B.C.) had two hits - including a home run - to go with three runs and two RBIs to help the Winnipeg Goldeyes to a 10-5 with over the Fargo-Moorhead Red Hawks on Sunday.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, summarizes how the Toronto Blue Jays’ minor league affiliates performed on Saturday.
Read MoreThe Vancouver Canadians used a three-run fourth inning and timely hits from the bottom half of the order to beat the Hillsboro Hops 6-4 on Sunday afternoon at Ron Tonkin Field.
Read MoreLes Ailes du Quebec alum Anthony Quirion (Dixville, Que.) has signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.
Read MoreJoe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, caught up with Okotoks Dawgs alum and Sylvan Lake Gulls first baseman/pitcher Tyler McWillie (Watrous, Sask.) for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s latest “Three-Up, Three Down” feature.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Larry Walker, Joey Votto, Andrew Albers, Jordan Romano, Steve Rogers and Scott Diamond.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, summarizes how the Toronto Blue Jays’ minor league affiliates performed on Friday.
Read MoreAn eighth inning home run doomed the Vancouver Canadians Saturday night in a 4-3 loss to the Hillsboro Hops at Ron Tonkin Field.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs have announced that their game at Seaman Stadium on Saturday, July 24 will feature a “Tribute to Mayor Bill Robertson.”
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, summarizes how the Toronto Blue Jays’ minor league affiliates performed on Thursday.
Read MoreThe Vancouver Canadians could not dig themselves out of an early hole in a 12-6 loss to the Hillsboro Hops Friday night at Ron Tonkin Field.
Read MoreHow good in Gunnar Hoglund from Ole Miss? Well, down at 1 Blue Jays Way only 10 Toronto Blue Jays will be higher paid than the Jays’ first-round pick Hoglund this season. The former Ole Miss Rebel agreed to a $3.247,500 bonus, which is less than the assigned slot of $3.36 Million. It ranks as the sixth highest bonus in club history.
Read MoreThe Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ont., is set to re-open on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe Jays Care Foundation has announced $885,000 in funding to support the Rookie League program in BGC Clubs (formerly Boys & Girls Clubs) this summer.
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