Goldeyes, Baseball Manitoba team up for successful baseball clinic in Nunavut
“Just like the ice and snow blanketed the ocean in the distance, Donnie Smith was also covered in multiple layers.
(Two pairs of long underwear, baseball pants, sweat pants, long sleeve shirts, pullovers, and a hoodie, to be exact.)
But just south of the Arctic Circle in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, it was still time for baseball.
Smith, a former Winnipeg Goldeyes pitching star (the second ever to have his number retired), boarded a Calm Air flight earlier that day, alongside Baseball Manitoba clinicians, Winnipeg Goldeyes general manager Andrew Collier, and a plane half full of goods to be delivered to the remote Canadian hamlet.”
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Elliott: Rose family thrives in Wild Rose country
“This really is Wild Rose country.
It says so on every license plate in the province.
And it has said so for years at Seaman Stadium, home of the Okotoks Dawgs.
Aidan Rose plays second base for the Okotoks Dawgs in the Western Canadian Baseball League. And before that Rose (Calgary, Alta.) joined the Dawgs Academy at age 12 from the Rocky Mountain Little League. So, this season with the college team represents his 11th in a Dawgs uniform.”
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Glew: My ode to Chet Lemon
The death of former big league centre fielder Chet Lemon hit Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew particularly hard.
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Irvine, Porcellato earn IBL Player of the Week honours
The Intercounty Baseball League announced their Player and Pitcher of the Week honours on Tuesday.
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Titans lose despite strong efforts from Cerny, Grills
The Ottawa Titans dropped the opener of their three-game series by a 7-6 final in extras to the Sussex County Miners on Tuesday.
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Whicker: Red Sox decision to trade Devers not as disastrous as many think
“The Boston sports fan in your life needs to know something.
Rafael Devers is not Mookie Betts, and the trade that sent Devers to San Francisco on Sunday is not the Titanic-caliber trade that sent Betts to the Dodgers.
Yes, the fear and loathing are real and understandable. Brad Marchand, supposedly a Bruin for life, got away to Florida and is not only on the bus that is tracking down a second straight Stanley Cup, but driving it. Aaron Nesmith, a drop-in for the Celtics whenever their key players needed a breather, is a priority scorer and defender for the Indiana Pacers as they battle Oklahoma City in the NBA Final”
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Clarke becomes first to win Play of the Week in three straight weeks
Toronto Mets and Junior National Team alum Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) has won the MLB’s Electric Play of the Week for the third consecutive week. He is the first player to win the award in three consecutive weeks.
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Melvin to be honoured by Chatham Barnstormers
The Intercounty Baseball League’s Chatham-Kent Barnstormers will honour longtime major league executive Doug Melvin prior to their game tonight against the London Majors.
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McFarland: Legendary Saskatchewan umpire Jerkovits celebrates 50th season in baseball
“Time sure flies when you’re having fun.
Elemer Jerkovits has found a home behind the plate and all around the diamond as an umpire in Saskatchewan for 50 years.
As he suited up to be a field umpire in the Regina Red Sox home opener against the Swift Current 57’s on May 29, the Regina native was overcome with the feeling of gratitude.”
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R.I.P. Dr. Ron Taylor
Ron Taylor, a two-time World Series-winning pitcher from Toronto who later became the Blue Jays doctor, died on Monday at the age of 87 after a lengthy illness.
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Bremner, Bucknam, Davalan, de Brun, Gillespie, Hynes, Piasentin MLB Combine bound
Seven players with Canadian connections are among the 322 invited to the MLB draft combine June 17-21 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz.
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CBN Minor League Player of the Week — Owen Caissie
Fieldhouse Pirates and Junior National Team alum Owen Caissie (Burlington, Ont.) has been named Canadian Baseball Network minor league Player of the Week after he topped all Canuck minor leaguers in home runs (3) and OPS (1.267) last week for the Chicago Cubs’ triple-A Iowa Cubs.
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WCBL's Regina Red Sox sold to Queen City Sports & Entertainment Group
Regina-based Queen City Sports & Entertainment Group has signed a deal to acquire 100% of the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Regina Red Sox.
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Crowson, Paez, Wrubleski propel Dawgs to win
The Okotoks Dawgs cruised to an 8-3 win over the Energy City Cactus Rats on Sunday.
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Juniors complete MLB Draft Series with an even record
The Junior National Team completed their Major League Draft Series with a 2-2-1 record.
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Dawgs record walk-off win over Cactus Rats
The Okotoks Dawgs registered a 3-2 walk-off win over the Energy City Cactus Rats on Saturday at Seaman Stadium.
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Duncan, Kitura, Lascelles Piasentin lead Juniors to win over Spikes
In a game marked by multiple weather delays and momentum swings, the Junior National Team held off a late charge to earn an 8–7 win over the College State Spikes on Saturday afternoon at Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark.
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BWDIK: Brash, Clarke, Glew, Jenkins, Naylor, Quantrill, Toro
Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses his father, Denzel Clarke, Abraham Toro, Josh Naylor, Matt Brash and Fergie Jenkins.
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Elliott, PG picks its stat leaders: Caminero, Hynes, Kautto, Wallace
“Four of the top eight performers at the Perfect Game Canadian National Championship Tour in 18U and 16U divisions wore Ontario Blue Jays uniforms.
The successful event was staged at Royal Field and Field of Dreams Park in Thames Centre, as well as various other parks in the London area.”
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Cardoso has two hits as Titans' defeat Aigles
Ten combined scoreless innings from three different arms and a walk-off single from Aaron Casillas gave the Ottawa Titans a 1-0 win over the Trois-Rivières Aigles on Friday.
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