Baseball Ontario has awarded the 2023 R. Jack Middlemass Scholarship to Sophie LeVasseur (Ottawa, Ont.).
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COBA announces their award winners from the past week.
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Welland Jackfish infielder Steven Moretto (New Westminster, B.C.) has been named Intercounty Baseball League Batter of the Week, while Guelph Royals right-hander Brandon Deans (Mississauga, Ont.) has earned top pitcher honours.
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Caleb Lumbard (Regina, Sask.) hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to secure a 9-8 win for the Okotoks Dawgs over the Sylvan Lake Gulls at Seaman Stadium on Tuesday night.
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When the Chatham-Kent Barnstormers of Ontario's Intercounty Baseball League appointed Dan Norman July 19 as their first manager for their expansion season of 2024, little did they know he was a rare hire.
Through research and conversations with league officials, Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher determined that Norman is only the second Black person to be named a manager of any IBL team in 60 years.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions involving Canadians in the affiliated minor league and independent ranks from the past week.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have unveiled their 2024 Spring Training schedule.
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Moose Jaw Miller Express infielder Dawson Tweet (Russell, Man.) set a Western Canadian Baseball League record when he registered a hit in 36 consecutive games earlier this season. Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recently spoke to Tweet about the streak.
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Ottawa Titans outfielder Taylor Wright (North Vancouver, B.C.) has been named the Frontier League’s Player of the Week for the week of July 18 to 23.
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The Okotoks Dawgs were defeated 11-3 by the Sylvan Lake Gulls on Monday night.
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Taylor Wright (North Vancouver, B.C.) made like Shohei Ohtani for the Ottawa Titans on Sunday. He started on the mound and was the club’s designated hitter in their 4-1 win over the Florence Y’Alls at Ottawa Stadium.
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“The sign of a smooth transition is if not many people even know it happened.
That was the case when part ownership of the Terriers switched hands in April.
After taking over a share of the program from then part owner Mike McCarthy in the fall of 2015, Mike and Nicole Tevlin sold their stake to long-time The Baseball Zone employee Kevin Horton this spring.”
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The Okotoks Dawgs lost 4-2 to the Medicine Hat Mavericks on Sunday at Seaman Stadium.
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In honour of Fred McGriff’s induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame today, we thought we would re-run this column about the former Blue Jays slugger that Bob Elliott wrote back in December.
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In honour of Scott Rolen’s induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame today, we thought we would re-run this column about the sure-handed third baseman and ex-Jay that Bob Elliott wrote back in 2010.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Joey Votto, Edouard Julien, Josh Naylor, James Paxton, Rowan Wick and Michael Soroka.
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Javier De Alejandro wanted to provide more than just a solid performance for his team.
The Lethbridge Bulls starter went into the July 19 matchup with the Brooks Bombers wanting to do something special for his dad, Juan, who was celebrating his birthday.
He did something special, indeed. He threw a no-hitter.
Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, has the story.
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David Mendham (Dorchester, Ont.) hit his first professional home run for the Ottawa Titans on Saturday to help them to a 6-5 win over the Florence Y’Alls at Ottawa Stadium.
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Noah Geekie (Strathclair, Man.) threw five scoreless innings and Nash Crowell (Yarmouth, N.S.) hit a two-run double to lead the Okotoks Dawgs to a 3-0 win over the Brooks Bombers at Seaman Stadium on Saturday night.
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“In 1981, his first professional season in the New York Yankees’ organization, a 17-year-old Fred McGriff batted .148 and failed to homer in 29 games for their Rookie Ball Gulf Coast League (GCL) affiliate.
His manager in that campaign was Carlos Tosca, who wasn’t particularly worried about his teenage first baseman’s numbers.”
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