Helen’s hospitality (and cookies) helps HarbourCats players feel at home
“It's all about the cookies -- and the boys.
Helen Edwards is known for many things, her trademark red HC hat perhaps foremost among them at Victoria HarbourCats games.
But for "her boys," she's known for her cookies -- as a symbol of her hospitality.
Helen is the epitome of opening a home for HarbourCats baseball players, providing a host stay for a combined 14 players since the end of the pandemic. And each one of them has fallen in love with her baking -- chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin, the cookie jar may just be the busiest place in her Fairfield character home.”
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Verge: Hawkins looking forward to first season as head coach at Missouri State
“The head coach of Missouri State started out as a passionate Canadian kid, playing catch with his dad in the summers and watching the Toronto Blue Jays.
On the baseball fields of Whitby, Ont., Joey Hawkins learned the fundamentals of the game, and a spark was ignited that never went out.”
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Somaia, a Tiger, Tiger burning bright at WBSC qualifier in Slovakia
Somaia, Tiger, Tiger burning bright at WBSC qualifier in Slovakia
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Caissie named to MLB All-Star Futures Game roster
Fieldhouse Pirates and Junior National Team alum Owen Caissie (Burlington, Ont.) has been selected to play in the MLB All-Star Futures Game after a strong start to the season with the Chicago Cubs’ triple-A Iowa Cubs.
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Pitre earns Academic All-America honours
ABC and Junior National Team alum Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) has earned Academic All-America honours after a strong season on the field and in the classroom at the University of Kentucky.
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Shushkewich, CBN Minor League POW - Denzel Clarke ... again
Former Toronto Mets outfielder Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) has repeated as winner of the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week after he went 8-for-20 (.400 batting average) in six games for the Oakland A’s Midland RockHounds.
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Guerrero Jr. named AL Player of the Week
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) has been named the American League Player of the Week.
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Dawgs earn Canada Day win
The Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Swift Current 57’s 10-4 on Canada Day in front of 5,711 fans at Seaman Stadium.
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Brewers call up Zastryzny on Canada Day
It’s Canada Day and the Milwaukee Brewers have called up left-hander Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) to start their game tonight against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.
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Elliott: Celebrate Canada Day with our 24th annual all-Canuck lineup
Happy Canada Day!
We celebrate the day with Bob Elliott’s 24th annual All-Canadian Canada Day lineup.
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Glew: Canadian baseball trivia on Canada Day
Happy Canada Day to you! Let’s celebrate with a hodge podge of Canada Day baseball facts that Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew has gathered over the years.
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Dawgs beat 57s 14-2
The Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Swift Current 57’s 14-2 at Seaman Stadium on Sunday.
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Bourassa earns another win for Goldeyes
Right-hander Landen Bourassa (Lethbridge, Alta.) pitched seven strong innings to lead the Winnipeg Goldeyes to a 10-4 win over the Gary SouthShore RailCats on Sunday.
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June 2024 - Canucks on the move: Black, Onyshko, O'Rae, Wepf, Yerzy
Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew summarizes the transactions involving Canadians in the pro baseball ranks during the month of June.
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McFarland: Murdoch to learn from challenges in first D1 season at Marshall
“A first love, a first kiss or, in the case of Ethan Murdoch, a first NCAA Division I hit with the Marshall Thundering Herd.
Leading off the bottom of the second inning in a game against Morehead State on April 16, the Swift Current native rocketed the first pitch he saw from Ethan Davis for a no-doubt home run to open up the scoring.
It came as a massive relief for Murdoch, who was making his third start for the team and had gone hitless in his first 13 plate appearances.
“I went up there leading off the inning, really just trying to be aggressive and get on any fastball in the zone and he just happened to basically throw it middle-middle and I just reacted,” he told Saskatchewan Dugout Stories.”
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Verge: Remembering my biggest fan — my grandma
Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge shares her loving tribute to her biggest fan — her grandma.
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BWDIK: Fernandez, Naylor, Paxton, Quantrill, Romano, Soroka
Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Cal Quantrill, Josh Naylor, James Paxton and Tony Fernandez.
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Dawgs down Mavericks 6-5
The Okotoks Dawgs got back on the winning track on Saturday night with a 6-5 extra-inning win over the Medicine Hat Mavericks in front of 5,176 fans at Seaman Stadium.
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Gagne to throw first pitch for Dodgers on July 3 to commemorate saves record
Former Los Angeles Dodgers closer and 2003 National League Cy Young award winner Eric Gagné (Mascouche, Que.) will throw out the honorary first pitch prior to the Dodgers’ matchup against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday, July 3 at 7:10 p.m. The date marks the 20th anniversary of Gagné recording his 84th consecutive save, which still stands as the longest consecutive save streak in Major League history.
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Kennedy: Aparicio Hall of Fame's oldest living member after Mays' death
Canadian Baseball Network contributor Patrick Kennedy writes about legendary Chicago White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio now being the Hall of Fame’s oldest living member (OLM) after Willie Mays’ death on June 18.
Being the “OLM” is a “strange accolade,” Kennedy writes, “one that’s earned simply by waking up each morning and, as the Irish like to say, “looking down at the grass and not up at the roots.”
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