The Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game will return to Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta., for a third consecutive year in 2024. Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, has more details.
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The B.C. Sports Hall of Fame’s class of 2024 has a decidedly baseball flavor.
Former big league slugger Justin Morneau (New Westminster, B.C.), late Women’s National Team star Amanda Asay (Prince George, B.C.), legendary big league scout Wayne Norton (Port Moody, B.C.) and the 1998 Langley Little League All-Stars were among the 2024 inductees announced on Wednesday.
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The Okotoks Dawgs will host the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game at Seaman Stadium again in 2024.
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Canadians Jacques Doucet (Montreal, Que.) and Dan Shulman (Thornhill, Ont.) are among the 10 finalists for the 2024 National Baseball Hall of Fame Ford C. Frick Award.
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San Diego Padres pitching prospect Garrett Hawkins (Biggar, Sask.) underwent Tommy John surgery in August, but he is hoping to return to game action before the end of the 2024 season. Canadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich recently caught up with the Vauxhall Academy grad to talk about his recovery and his plans for the future.
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“It was a simple picture.
Three lifelong baseball men.
We were going to slap a cutline (the words which appear underneath each picture to identify who is in the picture ... from left to right) on it and post it on the Canadian Baseball Network website.
But we looked at again.
And again.
These three iconic British Columbia boys should not be dispatched with a simple cutline.”
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Former Toronto Blue Jays reliever Mike Timlin still has the last out ball from the 1992 World Series that his Blue Jays won 31 years ago today. It is one of the most sought-after items in Canadian baseball history and would likely fetch five or maybe six digits at auction.
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The Western Canadian Baseball League’s Edmonton Prospects will play at least part of their 2024 season in Sherwood Park, Alta., after experiencing some delays in the construction of their new stadium in Spruce Grove.
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Former Montreal Expos pitcher Tom Walker has passed away at the age of 74. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher writes about the former Expos right-hander.
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Thirty years ago today, Toronto Blue Jays slugger Joe Carter belted the second walk-off, World Series-winning home run in major league history. It’s an unforgettable moment in Canadian baseball history - one that wouldn’t have happened, as Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott recounts in this 2015 article, if Carter had signed with the Kansas City Royals, as the outfielder almost did at the 1992 winter meetings.
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The Junior National Team dropped the finale of their Dominican Fall Instructional League Camp 3-1 to the Chicago Cubs DR squad.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Rob Thomson, Edouard Julien, Joey Votto, Larry Walker and Dave Shury.
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Bob Elliott writes that Rob Thomson (Corunna, Ont.) isn’t the only member of the Philadelphia Phillies coaching staff that has a Canadian connection.
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Baseball will return to the Summer Olympics in 2028.
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The Junior National Team lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates DR squad in a 7-5 thriller on Friday that saw the two squads exchange runs in in the late innings.
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The Junior National Team dropped a 3-2 heartbreaker in extra innings against the Toronto Blue Jays DR team on Thursday.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich takes a look at the five Vauxhall Academy grads from their 2017 squad that are now enjoying professional careers.
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Former Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston is one of the former managers, executives or umpires on the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot that was announced on Thursday.
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Anthony Clavet (Quebec, Que.) belted a two-run home run for the Junior National Team on Wednesday. The junior squad dropped a pair of games to the Red Sox and Rangers DR teams during Dominican Fall Instructional League Camp action.
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Four Canadian pitchers will be returning to the Victoria HarbourCats for the 2024 season.
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