Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Rob Thomson, Nick Pivetta, Joey Votto, Tyler O’Neill, Zach Popp and Abraham Toro.
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R. I. P. Our dog Max
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The Phillies waited until the ninth inning to get their offence going including a two-run homer and scored three times in the frame to hand the Junior National Team a 3-2 loss.
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LF Jared Sucro (Cairn), a Kamloops native, hit an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to give the Kamloops NorthPaws an 8-7 win over the Edmonton Riverhawks in the first-ever game for both West Coast League teams on Wednesday.
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For the first time since 2019 the best 17U players from 10 provinces will gather for a national championship tournament. Typically known as the Canada Cup, this year the tournament will be part of the Canada Summer Games being held in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
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The Philadelphia Phillies have fired manager Joe Girardi and have named Canadian Rob Thomson as their interim dugout boss for the remainder of the 2022 season.
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White Rock Tritons right-hander Chase Marshall (Surrey, BC) fired five scoreless innings, but the New York Yankees prospects scored to go ahead run in the top of the ninth to come away with a narrow, 2-1 win.
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From Coral Gables, Florida to Corvallis, Oregon, a total of 32 Canadian players and one coach are wearing the uniforms of 16 teams that will take part in 10 different NCAA regionals across the United States. Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts has the details.
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COBA has announced its weekly award winners.
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The Burlington Brants had a busy week in COBA Major play. They had three games and when the dust settled, they came away with a pair of wins and COBA Major League Team of the Week honours for Week III of the season.
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Just 19 minutes west of Calgary, a brand-new facility is home to the Webber Academy Wildcats, with evolving plans to establish a lasting presence in the local community for years to come. The Wildcats are backed by the $22-million investment in both fields and indoor training facilities and a coaching staff that includes former pros Chris Reitsma and Cole Armstrong. The new program was founded in 2021 by Dr. Neil Webber, who “recognized Calgary’s need for youth diamonds,” and put a plan into place to start the development.
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Chipola head coach, Jeff Johnson, was inducted into the NJCAA Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame during the JUCO World Series banquet.
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The New York Yankees FCL club took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth before the skies opened up cancelling the remainder of the game as they handed the Junior National Team a rain shortened defeat.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts summarizes the top performance by Canadians in the U.S. college ranks from the past week in his latest “Big Man on Campus (BMOC)” column.
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For the second week in a row, Great Lake Canadians alum and Canisius Golden Griffins pitcher Matt Duffy (Burlington, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week.
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Waiting seemed to be a common theme on Tuesday night at Royal Athletic Park as the Victoria HarbourCats made a triumphant return home to Wilson’s Group Stadium with a resounding 6-2 victory over the Port Angeles Lefties.
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In the first game of the Junior National Team Pre-Draft Training camp, on Tuesday, Reece Usselman (Langley, BC) and Kaleb Thomas (Hagersville, Ont.) limited the Philadelphia Phillies Florida Complex League (FCL) squad to just one run while Cameron Chee-Aloy (Toronto, Ont.) belted a home run as part of a 3-for-5 game at the plate to lead the juniors to a 7-1 win.
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Former Great Lake Canadian RHP Noah Skirrow (Stoney Creek, Ont.) pitched five scoreless innings for the double-A Reading Fightin’ Phils to earn Canadian Baseball Network minor league Player of the Week honours.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions involving Canadians from the affiliated and independent professional ranks from the past week.
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Charlesbourg Alouettes alum Pier-Olivier Boucher (Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Que.) belted two home runs for the Southern Illinois Salukis to lead them to a 9-6 win over Missouri State on Sunday and to a berth in the MVC Championship game.
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