Three Baseball Canada National Championship hosts were determined during the annual Baseball Canada Fall Convention that took place in Edmonton from November 10-12.
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The London Sports Association will have Rob Thomson, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies and World Series finalists as its guest speaker on Tuesday, Nov. 29.
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The Thunder Bay Border Cats will be returning for the 2023 Northwoods League season. The Border Cats have been idle the last three years due to the pandemic and various restrictions at the Canada-United States border.
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Two Toronto Blue Jays stars and a 15-game winner with the Cleveland Guardians are the top candidates for the 2022 Tip O’Neill Award.
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame presents this award annually to the player judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to baseball’s highest ideals.
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For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, Baseball Alberta was able to host its annual general meeting and awards gala in-person in Edmonton November 11-13. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, shares the names of the province’s annual award winners.
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Rod Black: And CBN college Player of the Year is … Coutney
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Houston Astros All-Star right-handed pitcher Justin Verlander has been named the 2022 American League Cy Young Award winner, as announced by the Baseball Writers Association of America tonight on MLB Network. Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah finished third in the voting.
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Former Vauxhall Jets left-hander Adam Macko (Stony Plain, Alta.) has been dealt to the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Meanwhile ex-Okotok Dawg Tristan Peters (Winkler, Man.) has landed with the Tampa Bay Rays. Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, has the details.
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“Former Expo Ellis Valentine told Jeffrey Lenkov many years ago he would be a prime minister of Canada at some point.
It didn't turn out that way but that same Lenkov, a Montreal native, is representing one-time Expo Pete Rose in his latest bid to be reinstated by the commissioner's office and placed on the Cooperstown Hall of Fame eligibility list.”
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The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired RHP Erik Swanson and LHP Adam Macko (Stony Plain, Alta.) from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for OF Teoscar Hernández.
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Before former Canadian big leaguer Mike Kilkenny passed away in 2018, he shared some amazing stories about his experiences in Major League Baseball with writer Mike Arsenault, including one about his friendship with FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
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ABC and Junior National Team alum Edouard Julien (Quebec City, Que.) has been named the Arizona Fall League’s Breakout Player of the Year.
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The Brooks Bombers have announced a new coaching staff, hiring Blake Rowlett and David Ellis for the 2023 Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) season.
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In the midst of searching for a new commissioner, the Intercounty Baseball League is looking at expansion in 2024, writes the Canadian Baseball Network’s Danny Gallagher.
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Baseball Canada held its annual national awards banquet at the JW Marriott in Edmonton over the weekend in conjunction with Baseball Alberta.
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The Junior National Team lost 6-2 to Cuba in their final game of the placement round at the WBSC Americas U18 Baseball World Cup Qualifier on Saturday.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses James Paxton, Jim Adduci, Mike Soroka, Larry Walker, Wayne Norton and Pat Hentgen.
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INF Ben Swennumson (Calgary, Alta.) is the winner of the 2022 Canadian Baseball Network Okotoks Dawgs scholarship. The infielder is in his first year attending the University of Jamestown in Jamestown, N.D.
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Right-hander Halen Knoll, named after the rock group Van Halen, made significant strides in the Alberta baseball ranks this year. He has also landed a scholarship to the University of Mary. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, has Knoll’s story.
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Jennifer Rogers, the daughter of former Montreal Expos ace Steve Rogers, has carved out an impressive career in media relations and marketing in Major League Baseball.
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