Legendary Montreal Expos broadcaster Jacques Doucet and legendary Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Jerry Howarth have been named finalists for the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2023 Ford C. Frick Award.
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ABC and Junior National Team alum Édouard Julien (Quebec City, Que.) has been named the second baseman on Baseball America’s Double-A All-Star Team.
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In a sad turn of events, Canadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins is taking legal action against the foundation in his name to retrieve personal artifacts that are currently housed in a museum in St. Catharines, Ont.
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The Intercounty Baseball League (IBL) has begun its search to fill the commissioner role following the departure of John Kastner after the 2022 season.
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“Baseball Canada’s Executive, Board of Directors and office staff had a productive strategic planning session in July 2022 and decided to engage Baseball Canada’s key stakeholders to further develop the plan. Baseball Canada has retained the strategic planning services of Benoit Girardin from LBB Strategies (lbbstrategies.com) who had developed strategic plans for the WBSC, Baseball Québec and more than 30 NSOs and PSOs.”
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The Frontier League, a partner league of Major League Baseball, and the Ottawa Titans have announced the 2023 regular season schedule, which will see the club begin the campaign at home on Friday, May 12, against the Empire State Greys.
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C-3B Noah Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) hopes to follow in brother 1B Josh Naylor’s foot steps. Josh went 12th over-all three years ago. Most mock drafts have Noah going in the first round in the 2018 MLB Draft which begins on Monday night.
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The Mississauga Majors recently won the OBA 16U championships at Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium in Hamilton.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Bo Naylor, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Charles Leblanc, Cal Quantrill, Rob Zastryzny, Bill Stoneman and Fergie Jenkins.
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“Way back in the old days, the top states interested in recruiting Canadians were those that shared the same border with Canada.
Going west to east most players went to Washington, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, New York and Maine.
When the Perfect Game Scouting Service listed its top recruits by conference, the leader was the Pac-12 ... with seven.”
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Marc-Antoine Bérubé has been named the new executive director of the Montreal-based Baseball Academy of Canada (ABC).
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The fifth edition of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) is set for March 2023 and Canada is set to compete in Pool C starting on March 12.
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“For all intents and purposes, Amar Mahmood is a late-bloomer in the game of baseball.
The Edmonton product loved the game, but admits he was out of shape in high school and “not very good” on the diamond.
He had been cut from various teams, and was simply playing the game for fun while training at St. Francis Xavier Academy in Grades 10 and 11 then 5 Tool Fieldhouse in Grade 12.
That’s when he met Absolute Human Performance (AHP) founder Taylor Burns, who convinced Mahmood to take a gap year and play with AHP’s first academy team.”
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Canadian Baseball Network lead writer Matt Betts takes a look at who might be on Canada’s roster at the next World Baseball Classic which is set to take place in March.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew takes a look at St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols’ Canadian connections.
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Luke Hazlewood remembers his legendary Brampton Centennial high school baseball coach Ken MacKay who passed away on September 16.
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Ontario Blue Jays and Junior National Team alum Bo Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week.
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“Modern baseball took a turn on Sept. 15.
Drey Jameson, the 34th player taken in the 2019 draft, was promoted to the Arizona Diamondbacks’ varsity. He started against San Diego. He made it through the first, second and third innings. Suddenly, he found himself in the seventh and he got through that, too.
That’s right. A major league debut by a starting pitcher lasted seven innings and, not only that, braved the horrors of the Third Time Through.”
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The Welland Jackfish have signed field manager Brian Essery to a three-year contract.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions in the affiliated minor league and independent pro ranks from the past week.
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