The Intercounty Baseball League’s London Majors have re-signed outfielder Byron Reichstein (St. Thomas, Ont.).
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Former Ontario Blue Jays coach Kyle MacKinnon (Cheltenham, Ont.) has been hired by the Kansas City Royals to serve as assistant hitting coach for their class-A Columbia Fireflies.
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Former Ontario Baseball Association president Dennis Ryan passed away on January 9 at the age of 80.
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“Everyone had their reasons for smiling on a cold Saturday just outside Calgary.
On the indoor field at Webber Academy, young baseball players were enjoying the drills and mini-games being played at the Blue Jays Academy Youth Instructional Clinic.
Perched above, parents of those athletes were revelling at the sight of Blue Jays heroes like Ernie Whitt, Buck Martinez, Pat Borders and Devon White coaching their kids alongside Women’s National Team legend Ashley Stephenson.”
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Canadian Baseball Network columnist Mark Whicker writes that Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer’s first-ballot election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame raises some questions. Whicker ponders “whether a player with such holes in his career shouldn’t have been subject to a multi-year evaluation.”
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Left-hander James Paxton (Ladner, B.C.) has signed a one-year, $11-million dollar contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to Ronald Blum of The Associated Press. The deal is pending a physical.
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The Winnipeg Goldeyes have re-signed shortstop Andy Armstrong.
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Adrián Beltré, a five-time Gold Glove winner and four-time Silver Slugger recipient at third base, and former batting champions Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Toronto Maple Leafs have announced that former big leaguer Rob Butler (East York, Ont.) will return as the team’s field manager in 2024.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Hamilton Cardinals have re-signed veteran infielder Laine Renaud (Hamilton, Ont.).
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Peter Berryman, who has run CBN’s weekly Canadians in College master list and our weekly Canadians in College stats update for years, has been hired by the Kansas City Royals.
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Steve Staggs, who batted leadoff for the Toronto Blue Jays more than any other player in the franchise’s first season, died on Sunday at age of 72.
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Kennedy: Remembering former Kingston mayor Ken Matthews
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Elliott, Subscriber Series IV: Steve McAllister
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Jeff Lounsbury will return as the general manager of the Intercounty Baseball League’s Toronto Maple Leafs this season.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Welland Jackfish have signed slugger Greyson Barrett.
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Thanks largely to the eye-opening spin rate on his curveball, Sudbury Voyageurs alum Scott Rienguette (Sudbury, Ont.). is off to Kansas State.
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Bob Elliott remembers ex-big league right-hander Ron Law (Hamilton, Ont.) who it was only recently discovered died back in 1994.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Rowan Wick, Justin Morneau, Edouard Julien, Liam Hicks, Larry Walker and Vernon Wells.
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“He’s polite, mild mannered and a seemingly all-around nice guy.
Micah McDowell is at his best on the diamond, however, when he taps into his nasty side.
“I remember freshman and sophomore year didn’t go the way he planned, he had an injury in there as well and trying to come back from that, but I remember that transition of him going from kind of passive and unsure to, ‘I’m a bad man.’ Here we go,” said Mitch Canham, the head coach of Oregon State University’s baseball program.”
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