Former big league slugger Matt Stairs (Fredericton, N.B.) will be the featured celebrity guest at the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game which will be played at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta., on July 23.
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Former Montreal Expos scout Kelvin Bowles passed away on February 20 at the age of 82 after a lengthy illness.
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A total of 12 Canadians are on the rosters of the top 15 Junior College teams in talent-rich Texas, according to Perfect Game.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts summarizes the top performances in the U.S. college ranks from the past week in his latest “Big Man on Campus (BMOC)” column.
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Elliott: Maple Leaf players remember Jack
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Former London Majors outfielder Myles Miller (Windsor, Ont.) is on his way to Arizona to join the Seattle Mariners in spring training.
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You could say that Danny Gallagher has hit a grand slam with his latest Montreal Expos book, “Bases Loaded.” Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew reviews the prolific author’s newest release.
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“Standing 6-foot-6 and weighing 230 pounds, Jay Miller will catch people’s eye at a workout. Add in a fastball sitting 89-91 mph with arm-side run, a slurvy-style curveball, and a devastating change-up, he also has the skill-set to compliment.
Like many high school Canadians, Miller (Corner Brook, Nfld.) missed a lot of opportunities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Leading up to the 2021 season, Miller had never pitched in the USA until the spring of his senior year. His inexperience mattered little however, as he dominated with the Dirtbags Baseball Club, earning a scholarship to attend University of North Carolina-Greensboro, where he will suit up in the Spartan colors in the fall of 2022.”
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The show must go on. Exposfest founder Perry Giannias and his family are looking forward to staging another autograph festival March 27 after the pandemic shut the event down in 2020 and 2021. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallager has the details.
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Three Canadians - Kayden Beauregard, Brandon Hupe and Josh Fluet - have signed with the West Coast League’s Nanaimo NightOwls.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli provides a summary of the transactions involving Canadians in the professional ranks during the month of February.
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The Winnipeg Goldeyes re-signed Canadian right-handed pitchers Landen Bourassa and Jose Vasquez on Monday.
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Matt Betts summarizes how Ontario Terriers grads performed in the U.S. college ranks over the past week.
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ABC alum Pier-Olivier Boucher (Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Que.) doubled and scored a run in the Southern Illinois Salukis’ 8-4 win over Central Arkansas on Monday.
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Okotoks Dawgs Academy alum Jayden Wakeham (Victoria, B.C.) belted a solo home run in Northern Kentucky’s 10-1 loss to Mississippi State on Saturday.
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Great Lake Canadians and Junior National Team alum Owen Diodati (Niagara Falls, Ont.) belted a solo home run for the Alabama Crimson Tide to account for their sole run in their 6-1 loss to Texas on Sunday.
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Canadian baseball coaching veteran Robert Fatal has joined the Canada Reds as an associate partner and general manager. He will team with president Roch Seguin to form the Canada Reds Baseball Academy.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Matt Stairs, Fergie Jenkins, Scott Mathieson, Terry Puhl and Duke Snider.
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There are 60 Canucks on the Great Plains Region’s top 25 collegiate teams. Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott has the rundown.
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Kevin McCarthy is getting his shot with the Toronto Blue Jays. McCarthy, who coached at the University of New Brunswick for the last six years and coached the New Brunswick Selects 17 U team in the past, signed a one-year contract as the Player Development Technology Assistant with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the double-A team in the Blue Jays’ farm system.
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