The Barrie Baycats finished a three-game sweep of the Kitchener Panthers on Tuesday at Jack Couch Park, beating the Kitchener Panthers 8-4, to advance to the Intercounty League final.
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The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) saw attendance figures climb to new levels this summer, according to recently released listings from Ballpark Digest.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions involving Canadians from the affiliated minor league and professional independent ranks.
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Former Chicago Cubs pitching prospect Josh Burgmann (Nanaimo, B.C.) has been promoted to the position of head scout and director of player personnel with the Nanaimo Clippers hockey team.
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After being sidelined by a back injury in 2022, Junior National Team alum Brock Dykxhoorn (Goderich, Ont.) is back to his ace-like form with the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). Canadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich recently connected with Dykxhoorn to talk about his season and his career.
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Toronto Mets alum Caden Shapiro, who is the son of Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO, Mark Shapiro, is carving out his own path in baseball. He is getting ready for his junior season with the Princeton Tigers. Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts recently spoke with the younger Shapiro.
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The Welland Jackfish evened their Intercounty Baseball League semifinal series with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Barrie Baycats took a 2-0 series lead over the Kitchener Panthers.
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Taking a 3-2 lead to the bottom of the ninth, the Ottawa Titans allowed a pair of runs to cross, falling 4-3 to the Québec Capitales on Sunday night to end the 2023 season.
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Bob Elliott was in Woodstock, Ont., in the last weekend of August to watch his grandson, Xavier, play for New Brunswick at the 13U national championships. Quebec 2 may have won the tournament, but Xavier sure made his grandpa proud.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Cal Quantrill, Bo Naylor, Josh Naylor, James Paxton, Matt Brash, John Olerud and Jason Bay.
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He learned well in Delta, BC ... both how to pitch and how to respect an opponent.
Now, Jeff Francis lives in London and is coaching the North London 8U team.
Francis’ team walked off the St. Catharines Cobras in Baseball Ontario playdown action in Kitchener on Saturday.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew writes about the 52nd anniversary of Fergie Jenkins’ greatest all-around major league performance.
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The Intercounty Baseball League has announced the schedule for its two semi-finals match-ups.
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The teams have been unveiled for the Canadian Futures Showcase, which will take at Rogers Centre from September 19 to September 23.
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The Sioux Falls Canaries defeated the Winnipeg Goldeyes 7-4 at Sioux Falls Stadium Wednesday evening. The Goldeyes’ loss coupled with Fargo-Moorhead’s win over Lake Country means Winnipeg is officially eliminated from post-season contention.
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Three Canadians - Brendon Dadson (Bowmanville, Ont.), Jesen Therrien (Montreal, Que.) and Malik Williams (Toronto, Ont.) - helped lead the Trois-Rivières Aigles to a 6-1 win over the Ottawa Titans on Thursday.
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Toronto-born Dante Nori, a speedy outfielder, is the son of former Toronto Raptors assistant coach Micah Nori. Bob Elliott writes that the younger Nori has a chance to be the first Canadian taken in the 2024 MLB draft.
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Former Pitt Panthers INF and Miami Marlins farmhand Charles Leblanc (Laval, Que.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’ minor league Player of the Week.
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“Only one man in Ontario really qualifies as a true friend of Josh Donaldson’s.
And that’s Tyler Johnstone.
The two played in the same Auburn Tigers infield in 2005 and 2006.
Johnstone grew up playing for the Erin Mills A’s in Mississauga, then the Ontario Blue Jays, Connors State College, Purdue University before transferring to Auburn where the friendship blossomed.
Despite all the bus trips, good times and bad times they experienced together, friendship has its limits. Donaldson basically banned Johnstone from Rogers Centre for Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers. “
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“A two-way star with the Okotoks Dawgs and Edmonton Prospects has made his Major League Baseball debut in stellar fashion.
Kody Funderburk – the most valuable player (MVP) of the 2017 Western Major Baseball League (WMBL) season – was called up by the Minnesota Twins on Monday and made an immediate impact in a matchup against the Cleveland Guardians.”
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