Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) won his first Silver Slugger Award on Thursday.
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On Remembrance Day, the Canadian Baseball Network remembers Penetanguishene, Ont., native Phil Marchildon who was both an ace big league pitcher and a Second World War hero.
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Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) has been named winner of the Cincinnati Reds’ Joe Nuxhall Good Guy Award.
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After an excellent season with the Intercounty Baseball League’s Welland Jackfish in 2021, Dane Tofteland (Grand Prairie, Alta.) hopes to sign a professional contract for the 2022 season. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recently spoke with Tofteland.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) has been named the winner of the American League Hank Aaron Award.
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Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Soroka and assistant trainer Mike Frostad, who are from Calgary and Medicine Hat respectively, have been savoring their team’s 2021 World Series title. Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, has the details.
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Right-hander Brock Dykxhoorn (Goderich, Ont.) has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Network’s Claude Pelletier Award as the top Canadian pitcher in the independent or foreign pro ranks.
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Fundraising has resumed for Jason Bay Field in Trail, B.C.
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San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, (Sudbury, Ont.), whose club posted the best record in the game during the regular season, has been named the recipient of MLB’s 2021 Executive of the Year Award.
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After talking his way on to the University of Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team some 25 years earlier, Canadian left-hander Phil Devey (Lachute, Que.) was elected to the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame on October 29.
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Atlanta Braves World Series-winning general manager Alex Anthopoulos was a fan of his hometown Montreal Expos when he was growing up and he began in the pro baseball ranks as an unpaid intern with the club.
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Elroy Face has won the fight against COVID-19. Now 93, Face is the oldest living Expos player. He arrived home in suburban Pittsburgh Nov. 6 after spending two weeks in hospital and two weeks in a physical-rehabilitation clinic, recovering from a rough battle with COVID-19.
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“What’s your ‘why?’”
It’s a very philosophical question from Jordan Procyshen, who admits his answer has changed on an almost-yearly basis since he started his professional baseball journey in 2014. Fresh off what he calls a “rollercoaster” couple of years, the Calgary native is beaming as his latest answer is nearly ready to arrive – his wife, Lauren, is pregnant with their first child. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, shares Procyshen’s story.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Neil Munro compares Markham, Ont., native Jordan Romano’s breakout 2021 season as the Toronto Blue Jays’ closer to that of other great seasons by Canuck big league relievers.
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Langley Blaze and Junior National Team graduate Tyler O’Neill won his second consecutive Gold Glove Award for National League left fielders last night.
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The Team Ontario Astros earned two tournament wins in their fall trip south of the border.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Alex Anthopoulos, Tyler O’Neill, Jordan Romano, Josh Naylor, Cal Quantrill, Dave Wainhouse, Roy Halladay and Maury Wills.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli shares the statistical leaders for Canadian players who competed in the affiliated minor league and professional foreign ranks in 2021.
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Oshawa is the most productive EOBA centre for professional baseball players, according to research by the Canadian Baseball Network’s George Farelli.
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum today announced the 10-person ballots that will be considered by its Early Baseball Era Committee and Golden Days Era Committee for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2022. These Era Committees will both meet on Dec. 5 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in Orlando, Fla.
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