The Canadian Junior National Team will play Korea in their first game of the U-18 Baseball World Cup today.
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Etobicoke Rangers alum Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) has been named the Cincinnati Reds’ Roberto Clemente Award nominee. The Roberto Clemente Award is the annual recognition of a Major League player who best represents the game of baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.
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Right-hander Landen Bourassa (Lethbridge, Alta.) started and allowed just one run in seven innings to lead the Winnipeg Goldeyes to a 6-3 win over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks in their playoff opener.
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The Ottawa Titans used a trio of runs over the first two innings to defeat the New York Boulders 8-2 on Wednesday night, advancing to the Frontier League Division Series.
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Fans of the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) turned out in force in 2022, setting numerous attendance records throughout the summer.
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Baseball Canada has announced the names of the 20 athletes who will represent Canada at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cup in Bradenton and Sarasota, Fla., from September 9 to 18.
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Toronto baseball legend Peter Topolie, the father of Damon, has passed away at the age of 76.
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The Junior National Team lost their final exhibition game in preparation for the 2022 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup to Chinese Taipei 8-4 in Dunedin, Fla., on Tuesday.
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Los Angeles Angels outfield prospect David Calabrese (Maple, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions involving Canadians from the affiliated and independent pro ranks from the past week.
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The Junior National Team battled Team Australia to a 4-4 tie in Bradenton, Fla., in the second exhibition game of the Selection Camp in preparation for the WBSC 18U Baseball World Cup.
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“The Mississauga Tigers High Performance Program won the Baseball Canada 18U national championship at Fort McMurray, Alta., recently.
Tournament MVP, Seth Hedges, faced a far weightier challenge just to be on the Tigers’ team.
When Hedges, 18, of Ingersoll in southwestern Ontario, first showed up for a workout with Sean Travers, the Tigers’ director of player development, in 2020, the teenager weighed just over 300 pounds.
“We did 45 minutes of fielding, followed by 45 minutes of hitting. That was the plan anyway. But Seth was exhausted after three swings. We stopped,” Travers said during a recent telephone interview.”
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The Junior National Team suffered a 19-2 loss to Team USA in an exhibition game played during their U18 World Baseball Cup Selection Camp in Bradenton, Fla., on Saturday.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs scored runs in each of the first six innings and moved to within one win from the final with a 14-7 victory over the Welland Jackfish on Sunday afternoon at Christie Pits.
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The Ottawa Titans defeated the Quebec Capitales 9-4 on Sunday night, wrapping up their inaugural 2022 regular season.
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Codie Paiva put together seven scoreless innings to lead the Quebec Capitales to an 8-1 win over the Ottawa Titans on Saturday night.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Nick Pivetta, Mike Soroka, Cal Quantrill, Rowan Wick, Tyler O’Neill and Joey Votto.
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Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, takes a look back at the 1982 Medicine Hat Blue Jays, who 40 years ago won their only Pioneer League championship with help from players like Jimmy Key, David Wells and Pat Borders.
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On Friday, the Junior National Team played their first exhibition game in Florida against the Toronto Blue Jays FCL squad as part of their (WBSC) U-18 World Baseball Cup selection camp and came away with a 1-1 tie. The game needed to be stopped in the middle of the seventh inning due to bad weather.
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The Winnipeg Goldeyes beat the Sioux Falls Canaries 7-5 at Shaw Park on Friday night. The win guarantees the Goldeyes their 24th winning season in franchise history, the most of any team in independent baseball.
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