Like father, like son. Toronto Mets RHP Turner Spoljaric (Lisle, Ont.) and Okotoks Dawgs 1B Ty Doucette (Dartmouth, N.B.) are following in their father’s footsteps and hope to have professional baseball careers.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher caught up with former Montreal Expos ace Steve Rogers on the 40th anniversary of what in Expos lore is known as Blue Monday. Rogers, who had been outstanding as a starter in the postseason with the Expos, was called in in relief in the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 1981 National League Championship Series and allowed a go-ahead home run to Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Rick Monday.
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Toronto Maple Leafs infielder Garrett Takamatsu (Burlington, Ont.) has been named the Intercounty Baseball League’s 2021 Most Valuable Player.
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Former big league pitcher and current Baseball Canada president & CEO Jason Dickson (Miramichi, N.B.) will be inducted into the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Sam White (Aurora, Ont.) hit three doubles and drove in two runs while Ty Doucette (Dartmouth, N.S.) had two hits and knocked in a pair as Canada Red played Canada Grey to a 5-5 draw at the Junior National Team’s Fall Instructional Camp on Sunday.
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Former Cincinnati Reds all-star second baseman Brandon Phillips is batting .435 with three home runs in the postseason for the Atlantic League’s Lexington Legends and has the club two wins away from their first title. Phillips is a co-owner of the Legends.
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A report from the intrasquad games on the first two days of the Junior National Team Fall Instructional Camp in Dunedin, Fla.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Stubby Clapp, Nick Pivetta, Jason Dickson, Jordan Romano, Joey Votto, Cal Quantrill and Charlie Montoyo.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Patrick Kennedy recently caught up with former Boston Red Sox right-hander Peter Hoy (Cardinal, Ont.) who has been forced to battle some devastating curveballs that life has thrown at him in recent years.
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Introducing the Canadian Baseball Network’s 2021 All-Canadian College 3rd Team.
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Four Ontario Blue Jays alum played in the big leagues in 2021.
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Baseball Canada’s annual Fall Meetings will once again be held virtually in 2021, providing an opportunity for all members of the Canadian baseball community to listen, learn and interact with a tremendous lineup of speakers taking place on November 9 and 10 from 8-10:30 p.m. E.T.
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Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadians include: Jason Bay and Shayne Ridley to Noah Skirrow and Nick Trogrlic-Iverson … 194 All-Canucks move on to the next level since 2000.
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Who is the most Canadian of the four teams left in the 2021 postseason? Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew researched this question and offers an answer.
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London Majors catcher Hayden Jaco (Coquitlam, B.C.) has been named the Intercounty Baseball League’s Rookie of the Year.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher reports that Elroy Face, who at 93 is the oldest surviving former Montreal Expos player, is in hospital battling COVID-19.
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Late Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Jack Graney (St. Thomas, Ont.) is one of eight finalists for the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2022 Ford C. Frick Award. The winner will be announced on December 8.
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The Vauxhall Jets ended their 2021 fall home schedule with a three-game sweep of the Calgary Bucks.
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Six players from Quebec are among the 35 that Baseball Canada has invited to their Fall Instructional Camp in Dunedin, Fla.
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Three Ontario Terriers were recently invited to the Baseball Canada Junior National Team Fall Instructional Camp. Outfielders Cameron Chee-Aloy and Keegan O'Hearn, along with catcher Hugh Pinkney, will head to Dunedin, Florida for daily workouts and intrasquad games from October 14 to October 23.
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