“It was an event that baseball fans in Saskatchewan had never dreamed was possible, and it went so well that they ended up experiencing it twice.
A press conference in January of 1989 was held at Regina’s Sheraton Centre to announce that the Toronto Blue Jays were coming to play an exhibition game at Taylor Field – home of the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders – in May.”
Read MoreThe Intercounty Baseball League’s Toronto Maple Leafs have re-signed catcher Justin Marra (Toronto, Ont.).
Read MoreThe Intercounty Baseball League’s Hamilton Cardinals have hired Jaime Lever (Vieira) as their new director of player development.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs have signed Brady Baltus, Matt Van Slyke (Whitby, Ont.) and Matt Marsh (Havelock, Ont.).
Read MoreThe UBC Thunderbirds won both halves of their Friday doubleheader, taking their first ever conference games against the Warner Pacific University Knights by scores of 12-0 and 8-4.
Read MoreVeteran left-hander Travis Seabrooke (Peterborough, Ont.) has announced his retirement.
Read MoreMajor leaguers Michael Saunders (Victoria, BC) and Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) were drafted by legendary Canadian and Seattle Mariners scout Wayne Norton (Langley, BC). Saunders was there last week when Doug Mathieson’s Langley Blaze travelled to Arizona to play Seattle Mariners’ first and second-year pros in the annual Wayne Norton memorial game.
Read MoreOkotoks Dawgs Red beat the Okotoks Black in the final of the 140-team 12U West Coast Premier tournament in Phoenix, Ariz.
Read MoreMilwaukee Brewers’ prized prospect Tyler Black (Stouffville, Ont.) will be sidelined for six-to-eight weeks with a hamate fracture in his right hand.
Read More“It doesn’t matter what team Tyler O’Neill is with; he still homers on Opening Day.
The Maple Ridge, B.C., native, who signed a three-year, $49.5-million contract with the Baltimore Orioles in December, belted a three-run home run off Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios in the third inning of yesterday’s season opener at Rogers Centre.
That round-tripper helped the O’s to a 12-2 win and added to O’Neill’s already MLB record by homering on his sixth consecutive Opening Day.”
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have designated right-hander Zach Pop (Brampton, Ont.) for assignment.
Read MoreBaseball Canada highlights the Canadians on Opening Day rosters.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network columnist Mark Whicker shares who he thinks is the most interesting player on each major league team as the regular season begins.
Read More“Ryan McDonagh’s goal when he boarded a plane from to Phoenix on March 16?
“Improve my stock for this year’s draft,” said McDonagh from Surprise, Ariz. this week.
Well, McDonagh won’t hear his name called on July 13 -- unless it is over a loudspeaker as the P.A. announcer says:
“Now pitching for youuuuur Surprise Royals ... No. 63 ... Ryan McDonagh.”
Read More“How did Canada’s greatest major league pitcher fare on Opening Day?
Pretty darn well.
Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.) posted a 2.58 ERA and threw three complete games in 11 Opening Day starts during his major league career.”
Read MoreA scholarship fund has been set aside through donations in memory of Brennan Luffman (Weyburn, Sask.) who was a prominent left-handed pitcher and outfielder with Team Saskatchewan from 2003 to 2005.
Read More2B-RHP Zayden Gukert leads Wildcats contingent of commits south
Read MoreCalgary District 8 Baseball will host the 2025 Senior League Canadian Baseball Championship at Webber Athletic Park from July 13 to 20. This tournament will see the top 14- to 16-year-old Little League baseball players in Canada compete for the honour of representing Canada at the Senior League World Series in Easley, S.C.
Read MoreThe Intercounty Baseball League’s Toronto Maple Leafs have named Dustin Richardson as their general manager.
Read MoreSo, who has made the most Opening Day starts for the Toronto Blue Jays?
Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew did the research and provides a position-by-position answer.
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