Twenty years ago on Sunday, the Montreal Expos played their final game at Olympic Stadium. Canadian Baseball Network Danny Gallagher remembers the leadup to that sad day.
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The Minnesota Twins have reinstated former Okotoks Dawgs two-way player Kody Funderburk from the 60-day injured list.
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"The Dodgers won the National League West on Thursday night, Sept. 26. Not in April or March or even February, as they’ve done in the past.
This was not a matter of making sure scorpions didn’t get inside the ball bags in Arizona, or making sure the landing gear was functional on the team plane. This was a pitched battle, and not very well pitched at that. The Dodgers’ starting rotation."
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge shares this beautiful and moving tribute to her grandpa who passed away on Thursday morning, just three months after his wife.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor Melissa Verge writes about the trail that Women National Team members Jaida Lee (St. John's, Nfld.), Raine Padgham (Abbotsford, B.C.) and Michelle Roche (Burnaby, B.C.) are blazing on the ball field at the University of British Columbia.
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The Intercounty Baseball League announced today the 2024 All-IBL Teams, as voted by IBL coaches and management in each of the league’s nine member cities.
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"When the Red Deer CarStar Braves clinched the Baseball Alberta Elite League championship this summer, a massive weight came tumbling off their shoulders.
Feeling like they were a favourite heading into each of the last three seasons, the Braves had great regular seasons only to have the playoffs end in heartache.
Little did they know, bigger things were on the horizon as the team would run the table to capture the Baseball Canada 18U National Championship in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador."
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The Toronto Blue Jays have optioned reliever Zach Pop (Brampton, Ont.) to their Spring Training Complex in Dunedin, Fla.
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Elliott, Futures Day V: Colella, Duncan, Kokotailo, Larocque, Tocheniuk
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Here are the final statistics from the 2024 Canadian Futures Showcase.
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"Sam Holman sounds a lot better on the phone than he did in his concerning LinkedIn post the other day.
Holman, who was the major force behind the formation of the Original Maple Bat Corporation in the 1990s in Ottawa, told LinkedIn followers recently that all is not that good with him, although he's certainly not bed-ridden by any means."
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"It wasn’t until after the game that Tucker Jesson realized what had happened.
With the goal of getting Saskatchewan into the semi-finals at the Baseball Canada 15U Ray Carter Cup in Laval, Quebec, the Regina product was focused solely on getting the win.
As the innings rolled along in a tight baseball game, he was completely oblivious to an extra zero on the scoreboard, under the hits column for their opponents for Ontario.
When Jesson struck out Sam Thiessen in the bottom of the seventh to secure the 1-0 quarterfinal victory, his teammates and coaches swarmed the pumped-up Jesson, who had thrown a complete-game no-hitter."
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Left-hander Wil Yamka (Oakville, Ont.) writes about his memorable summer with the Kingman Islanders in Kansas.
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The Ottawa Titans have signed manager Bobby Brown to a multi-year contract extension.
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The University of British Columbia Thunderbirds retired former right-hander Brooks McNiven’s No. 19 on Saturday.
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The Chicago White Sox have activated right-hander Michael Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) from the injured list.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew's weekly "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Josh Naylor, Tyler O'Neill, Cade Smith, Erik Sabrowski, John Axford and Roy Hartsfield.
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Fieldhouse Pirates infielder Robert Omidi (Mississauga, Ont.) had two hits and three RBIs to lead Team Encarnación over Team Bautista, 7-2, in the Prospects Game at the Canadian Futures Showcase at Rogers Centre on Saturday.
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Okotoks Dawgs Academy slugger Tim Piasentin (Coquitlam, B.C.) won the Canadian Futures Showcase Home Run Derby on Saturday morning at Rogers Centre.
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Chatham Barnstormers slugger Seth Strong has been named the 2024 Intercounty Baseball League MVP.
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