Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott recalls David Ortiz’s slow start to the 2010 season, which had many speculating that the slugger was in the twilight of his career. But Ortiz would prove his naysayers wrong. Over the next seven seasons, he would average 31 home runs and nearly 100 RBIs.
Read MoreMike Steed (Beamsville, Ont.) has landed a coaching position in the Atlanta Braves’ organization.
Read MoreAlejo Lopez honed his skills with the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Okotoks Dawgs before making his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 2021. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recently caught up with Lopez and shares the young infielder’s story.
Read MoreFive local players have been added to the roster of the West Coast League’s Nanaimo NightOwls.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have announced the promotions of Mike Murov to Assistant General Manager and Joe Sclafani to Director, Player Development.
Read MoreCanadian Terry Puhl (Melville, Sask.) has been elected to the Houston Astros Hall of Fame.
Read MoreSpeedy infielder Keith Kandel has re-signed with the Intercounty Baseball League’s London Majors.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts summarizes the top performances by Canadians in the U.S. college ranks from the past week in his first “Big Man on Campus (BMOC)” column of 2022.
Read MoreThe Winnipeg Goldeyes have signed former major league right-hander Josh Lucas.
Read MoreBaseball Québec has announced the launch of the Académie du Baseball Canada (ABC) girl’s baseball program based in Trois-Riviéres with the first cohort of athletes set to be welcomed next fall.
Read MoreFormer Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Read MoreReal-estate specialist William Jegher, who was a key behind-the-scenes contributor to the Montreal Baseball Group's push for the split-agreement with Tampa Bay, recently expressed his disappointment over Major League Baseball’s decision not to support the initiative. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher has the details.
Read MoreLeft-hander Travis Seabrooke (Peterborough, Ont.) has re-signed with the Winnipeg Goldeyes.
Read MoreThe Frontier League of Professional Baseball has announced the introduction of a sudden-death tiebreaker to determine the winner of extra-inning games.
Read MoreJack Dominico, the high profile owner of the Intercounty Baseball League’s Toronto Maple Leafs, could have a gruff exterior, but beneath that, there was a soft heart. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher remembers Dominico in this article.
Read MoreBridgton Academy Wolverines head coach Aaron Izaryk (Markham, Ont.) has been inducted into the Maine Black Bears Hall of Fame.
Read MoreABC outfielder Félix Robertson (Aylmer, Que.) has signed a letter of intent to go to Cisco College in Texas.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Rheal Cormier, Jackie Robinson, Matt Stairs, Fergie Jenkins, Terry Puhl, Clark Gillies and Jack Graney.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Patrick Kennedy recalls a pre-banquet press conference in Edmonton from early in his journalism career in which he met his boyhood idol Mickey Mantle, who was a guest at the event alongside a slugger from another sport, Canadian boxer and Olympic silver medallist, Willie deWit.
Read MoreThe Intercounty Baseball League’s Brantford Red Sox have re-signed Liam Sutherland (Stoney Creek, Ont.) for the 2022 season.
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