“The scouting report for the Western Canadian Baseball League is in, and the WCBL received high praise through the Major League Baseball Draft.
The summer collegiate circuit experienced it's best MLB Draft ever, with more than a dozen alumni being selected over 20 rounds.”
Read More“Popcorn flew around Josée Tellier at Olympic Stadium like a snow shower in May.
It was launched back and forth by her restless fourth grade classmates who weren’t paying attention to the Montreal Expos on the field below.
But Tellier was. She had a deep passion for the game even then, a passion that is still evident 38 years later in the way she talks about the game and in her career choice. Baseball is her love, and art is her outlet. She’s been creating baseball art pieces out of her home in Montreal since 2019.
In fact, it’s creating that art that saved her three years ago — specifically, a Yogi Berra baseball card.”
Read MoreBaseball Canada announced a new executive on Sunday at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Ottawa.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs split two make-up games with the Fort McMurray Giants at Seaman Stadium on Sunday.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Fergie Jenkins, Michael Soroka, Bob Elliott, Joey Votto, Abraham Toro and Carlos Delgado.
Read More“Sweltering heat, a stuffed Seaman Stadium, and a star-studded cast of Western Canadian Baseball League talent punctuated the 2024 All-Star Game.
Despite temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius, an elated record crowd of 6,064 baseball fans showed up to take in the signature WCBL event in Okotoks.”
Read More“When an old timer stopped by the Cricket Field in downtown Kingston one recent morning, he marvelled as he surveyed the splendor of the pristine diamond, newly refurbished with its clipped carpet of emerald green grass and the beige base paths filled and outlined to perfection - thanks to some of the 40 tons of clay mix that went into the $900,000 makeover.”
Read MoreThe East Division All-Stars defeated their rivals from the West 13-6 in the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game on Saturday in front of 6,064 fans at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta., on Saturday.
Read MoreAn emotional Peyton McDowall won the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game Home Run Derby on Saturday and dedicated the win to his grandma.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have announced their 2025 schedule.
Read MoreThe Intercounty Baseball League has announced its Players of the Week.
Read MoreLongtime Montreal Expos scout and former minor league manager Pat Daugherty passed away on Thursday at the age of 89. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher remembers him.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs pounded the Moose Jaw Miller Express 16-3 in front of 4,898 fans at Seaman Stadium on Friday night.
Read MoreLongtime Okotoks Dawgs ace Graham Brunner (Sherwood Park, Alta.) will start the WCBL All-Star Game for the West Division on Saturday night at Seaman Stadium.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Moose Jaw Miller Express 4-3 on Thursday night at Seaman Stadium.
Read MoreTravis Bazzana, the top pick in this year’s MLB draft, and his Oregon State Beavers teammates spent 10 days training at the Seaman Stadium Complex in Okotoks, Alta. last fall. Ian Wilson, from Alberta Dugout Stories, wrote about it.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts summarizes the top performances by Terriers players from the past week.
Read MoreBaseball Canada has announced their 2024 National Women’s Team roster.
Read More“Inspiration was everywhere for Jimmy Dionne.
It was in the crowded stadiums, the road-trips to new places, the talent of the Quebec Capitales players that Dionne had front row seats to growing up as son of a Capitales coach.
The life of a pro baseball player surrounded him, and it was a dream he wanted a part of.
The now 6-foot-4 19-year-old would jump into his dad’s vehicle as a four and five-year-old en route to ball fields in Boston and New York. When the Capitales went on the road, his dad, Stephane Dionne coached, and Jimmy, too young to play and too young to coach — took it all in.”
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich recently caught up with Red Deer Braves and Junior National Team alum Nathan Flewelling who was drafted in the third round by the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.
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