Bob Elliott shares a list of the Honourable Mentions for the 2022 Canadian Baseball Network All-Canadian teams.
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Elliott: CBN All-Canuck 1st Team: Nicoll, McCabe, Poole, Grant, Duffy, Leitch
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A former Cy Young Award winner, two former winners of the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award and several players who were part of World Series-winning teams are among a group of 14 new candidates appearing on the 2023 National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot that is being mailed this week to approximately 400 voting members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses the Tip O’Neill Award, Adam Macko, Ernie Whitt, Rob Thomson, Matt Stairs, Mike Soroka, Rowan Wick and John Gibbons.
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Bob Elliott provides a rundown of the winners at the Sports Media Canada Achievement awards held on Thursday at the Fairmont Royal York hotel in Toronto.
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The Atlanta Braves agreed to a one-year, $2.8-million contract with Mike Soroka on Friday, to avoid arbitration with the Canadian right-hander.
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The Chicago Cubs and reliever Rowan Wick (North Vancouver, B.C.) have avoided arbitration and have agreed to a contract for 2023.
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The Board of Directors of the American Association of Professional Baseball, which includes the Winnipeg Goldeyes, has voted to institute pitch clocks as part of an effort to address pace of play. The change is effective for the 2023 season.
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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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