“On a night where the last thing on everyone’s mind was a ball game, the Newmarket Hawks and Thornhill Reds locked horns in Greater Toronto League action at Don McKnight Field in Newmarket.
Newmarket scored an 8-1 win, but the game offered an opportunity for players, coaches and fans to remember good friend and teammate Daniel Lehmkuhl.
Prior to the game last night, the teams held an on-field ceremony to pay tribute to Lehmkuhl’s life.”
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs lost 9-4 to the Lethbridge Bulls at Seaman Stadium on Wednesday. It was their second loss of the season.
Read MoreThe Milwaukee Brewers recalled Tyler Black (Stouffville, Ont.) on Wednesday. It was the Canadian’s second big league promotion of the season.
Read MoreABC alum Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) belted a two-run home run for the Kentucky Wildcats on Wednesday but it wasn’t enough in the Wildcats’ 15-4 loss to Florida. The loss eliminated the Wildcats from the College World Series.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott’s remembers Willie Mays.
Read MoreToronto Mets and Junior National Team alum Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week after his strong performance with the Oakland A’s double-A Midland Rockhounds.
Read MoreThe Winnipeg Goldeyes lost 1-0 to the Gary SouthShore RailCats on Tuesday night, despite right-hander Landen Bourassa (Lethbridge, Alta.) carrying a perfect game into the seventh inning.
Read MoreCanadian Thunderbirds grad and Baseball Canada alum Sean Jamieson (Kitchener, Ont.) has been elected to the Canisius University Sports Hall of Fame.
Read MoreIt’s Dr. Fergie Jenkins now, thanks to an honorary degree bestowed upon the baseball great by Brock University last week. Canadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci has the story.
Read MoreCanadians Nathan Flewelling (Innisfail, Alta.), LP Langevin (Quebec, Que.), Brendan Lawson (Toronto, Ont.), Dante Nori (Toronto, Ont.), Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) and Josiah Romeo (Caledon, Ont.) will be among the prospects participating at MLB Draft Combine, which begins today at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz.
Read More“The human body wasn’t designed to fling a baseball 100 mph.
It also wasn’t designed to watch ESPN try to broadcast hockey, but that’s another discussion.
Whether the cause is unnatural velocity, improved diagnostics, a de-emphasis on throwing at an early age, or the pernicious influence of a villain named Max Effort, it’s a great time to be an elbow surgeon.
As of Saturday, there were 115 pitchers on MLB’s 40-man rosters that were on the 60-day injured list, mostly with shoulder or elbow miseries.”
Read MoreToronto Mets alum Liam Hicks (Toronto, Ont.) has been named Canadian Baseball Network minor league Player of the Week for the period from June 4 to June 9 after registering eight hits for the Texas Rangers’ double-A Frisco RoughRiders.
Read More“Before he sent baseballs over the wall at Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park, Russell Martin blasted long drives over his uncles’ heads at a Montreal sandlot.
“My brother got to pitch, and I had to play the outfield. So, I was always the one chasing the ball, because he was always hitting it over the fence,” Keith Martin recalled with a smile.
“So, I had to go run after it, which I didn’t really like.”
The Canadian catcher has a large extended family on his father’s side, but his first cousin, Erika Martin, said Russell is the only star athlete in the bunch, making him a top draft pick in the family’s annual Thanksgiving ballgames.”
Read MoreLegendary Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez was in St. Marys, Ont., on the weekend to receive the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2023 Jack Graney Award. Canadian Baseball Network writer Trevor Fitzpatrick was there and he caught up with Martinez.
Read MoreThe Mississauga North Tigers are headed back to the Connie Mack World Series in Farmington, New Mexico.
The Winnipeg Goldeyes have signed Winnipeg native Ben Onyshko.
Read MoreCleveland Guardians slugger Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) will be presented with the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2023 Tip O’Neill Award today at Rogers Centre.
Read MoreHoward Birnie, the “King of Leaside,” was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday. Canadian Baseball Network writer Trevor Fitzpatrick was there to listen to Birnie’s induction speech and he wrote this story.
Read More“For over 14 years, Russell Martin (Montreal, Que.) was on the biggest stage in professional baseball, appearing in front of hundreds of thousands of fans every time he stepped onto the field.
Today, the former Toronto Blue Jays backstop took on another stage, one that saw him earn one of the highest honours for a Canadian baseball player in the smalltown of St. Marys, Ont.
Martin was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame as part of their 2024 class, joining a prestigious group of individuals who had a positive impact on Canadian baseball. Splitting his time between the Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Yankees from 2006 to 2019, he retired as one of the top catchers from north of the border.”
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column is a Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame induction day/Father’s Day edition.
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