“Chase Tucker will be representing Newfoundland in the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game this Saturday at Seaman Stadium.
And the Okotoks Dawgs right-hander is proud to do it.
“I’m a proud Newfie until I die,” Tucker said with a chuckle in a phone interview. “I’m super proud to be from Newfoundland.”
How proud?
Well, his mound song is “Heave Away” by The Fables, a Celtic Rock band from St. John’s, Nfld.
Read MoreThe list of sluggers that will participate in the Western Canadian Baseball League’s All-Star Game Home Run Derby on Saturday at Seaman Stadium has been unveiled.
Read MoreLongtime college coach Mike McRae (Niagara Falls, Ont.) has been hired by Rutgers to be their new pitching coach/associate head coach.
Read MoreUSC infielder Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays late in the MLB draft Tuesday and the club will need to come up with at least a half a million bucks to sign him, according to Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs lost 2-1 to the Sylvan Lake Gulls in front of 1,706 fans at Gulls Stadium on Tuesday.
Read MoreTwo more Thunderbirds have earned their opportunity to go pro, as UBC ace Sean Heppner and fireballer Vicarte Domingo have both been selected in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft. Heppner was taken in the 12th round, 355th overall, by the Cleveland Guardians. Domingo was chosen in the 19th round, 570th overall, by the San Diego Padres. The two pitchers are the 32nd and 33rd players in program history drafted to or signed by an MLB team.
Read MorePurdue catcher Connor Caskenette (Duncan, B.C.) was drafted by the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.
Read MoreRight-hander Cohen Achen (Calgary, Alta.) was selected in the 14th round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe 2024 MLB Draft concluded today with rounds 11 through 20 where 11 Canadians heard their names called, bringing the three-day total of Canadians selected to 16.
Read MoreCurrent Junior National Team catcher Nathan Flewelling didn’t wait long to hear his name on day two of the Major League Baseball Draft as the Tampa Bay Rays used their third-round selection (94th overall) on the Red Deer, Alta., native.
Read MoreGrand Canyon senior outfielder Tyler Wilson, who is the son of former big leaguer Steve Wilson (Victoria, B.C.), was picked by the New York Yankees in the eighth round of the 2024 MLB Draft on Monday.
Read MoreAll-American pitcher LP Langevin (Quebec, Que.) became the second Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns player in as many days selected in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft when he was a fourth-round (No. 105 overall) selection on Monday by the Kansas City Royals.
Read MoreToronto Mets 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 MoreSome quirky backyard hitting drills designed by his father, Micah, are a key reason Toronto-born Dante Nori was selected in the first round by the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday night. Bob Elliott has the story.
Read MoreKentucky Wildcats second baseman Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) was selected in the second round of the 2024 MLB draft by the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.
Read MoreThe Philadelphia Phillies made Toronto-born Dante Nori their first-round selection, 27th overall on day one of the Major League Baseball Draft making the Northville, Michigan high schooler the first Canadian player taken in the annual draft.
Read MoreBob Elliott’s blog from Day 1 of the 2024 MLB draft.
Read MoreFormer Okotoks Dawgs outfielder Micah McDowell (Kentville, N.S.) is the No. 9 prospect on the 2024 Canadian Baseball Network Draft List heading into the MLB draft which begins today at 7 p.m. E.T. We wanted to rerun this excellent article written by Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, about McDowell that was published in January.
Read MoreWith the 2024 MLB draft set to begin Sunday, Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew offers some fun facts and firsts about Canadians in previous drafts.
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