She’s only 21, but Madison Willian (Edmonton, Alta.), who’s also a standout hockey player and golfer, is developing into a leader on the Canadian Women’s National Team. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recently caught up with the young multisport athlete to talk about her career and her future.
Read MoreHe is the “Canadian baseball card guy.”
At least that’s what many collectors and retired Canadian big leaguers call Kelly Sage.
They know that when it comes to finding a baseball card of a Canadian player that the Saskatoon resident is their man.
Sage owns close to 20,000 different Canadian cards – ranging from a 1909 T206 card of Brandon, Man., native Russ Ford to modern cards of Montreal-born Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Read MoreToronto Mets and Junior National Team alum Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) is among the non-roster invitees to the Oakland A’s major league spring training camp.
Read MoreThe Ottawa Titans have re-signed right-handed pitcher Zac Westcott.
Read MoreRight-hander James Taillon, whose parents are Canadian, has officially signed a four-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.
Read MoreBaseball Canada announced on Tuesday that the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is awarding hosting rights to Thunder Bay, Ont., for the final stage of the IX Women's Baseball World Cup. The six-team tournament is scheduled for the Summer of 2024. Baseball Canada and the Thunder Bay International Baseball Association (TBIBA) will run the Local Organising Committee (LOC).
Read MoreGarrett Takamatsu (Burlington, Ont.) is leaving his job as field manager of the Intercounty Baseball League's Toronto Maple Leafs to return to the Frontier league's Quebec Capitales as a catcher and infielder. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher has the story.
Read MoreBaseball America has ranked ABC and Junior National Team alum Edouard Julien (Quebec, Que.) as the Minnesota Twins’ fourth-best prospect.
Read MoreA Montreal Expos fan has created what is believed to be the only website containing photos of all Expos players and managers. John Duval (Repentigny, Que.) organized the site to honour the uniformed personnel of the franchise through its 36 seasons of existence. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher shares Duval’s story.
Read MoreThe Canadian Baseball Network officially announced the winners of its 2022 awards for top Canadian minor league hitter and pitcher and top foreign/independent ball hitter and pitcher on Monday.
Read MoreCanadian A.J. Yamaguchi (Vancouver, B.C.) is the latest Canadian to join the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters organization. Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie shares Yamaguchi’s story.
Read MoreWhen Alex Rodriguez signed a 10-year, $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers in December 2000, people were worried that Major League Baseball would die — that the exorbitant contracts being handed out would kill the game. Well, that never happened, and the contracts being handed out by major league owners this off-season would have Rodriguez asking to renegotiate his deal, writes Canadian Baseball Network columnist Mark Whicker.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Ernie Whitt, Edouard Julien, Miguel Cienfuegos, Aaron Myette, Larry Walker, Rob Ducey, Jack Morris and Pete Ward.
Read MoreTrois-Rivieres Aigles standout L.P. Pelletier (Montreal, Que.) has won the 2022 Canadian Baseball Network’s Murray Zuk Award as the top offensive player in the foreign or independent ranks.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have officially signed right-hander Chris Bassitt to a three-year, $63-million contract.
Read MoreABC alum and Minnesota Twins infield prospect Edouard Julien (Quebec City, Que.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s 2022 Randy Echlin Award winner, as top Canuck hitter in the affiliated minor league ranks.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie explains how Matt Stairs’ short tenure in Japan in 1993 helped show the Canuck slugger the ropes in pro ball.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher takes a deeper look at former Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Scott Rolen’s case for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Read More“The climbing of the baseball ladder is rarely a linear path.
It’s a journey that often features up and downs, twists and turns and plenty of adversity along the way.
Just ask left-handed pitcher and Vauxhall Jets alum Wesley Moore (Surrey, B.C.).
It’s a path he’s learned to embrace over the past five years of his baseball career and has led him to signing his first professional contract with the Philadelphia Phillies this offseason.”
Read More“Youth across Canada will be provided the opportunity to learn from and be inspired by the journey of one of this nation’s most prolific athletes in the sport of baseball, Ferguson “Fergie” Jenkins. The project was jointly undertaken by two national sport heritage institutions, as the iconic baseball player celebrates his 80th birthday.”
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