McFarland: Pitching in WCBL Rural Roots Classic was homecoming for Benton
“It was a homecoming Max Benton didn’t think he would ever make.
The Lethbridge Bulls starting pitcher toed the rubber at Doug Lehman Field in Oyen for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Rural Roots Classic, where he had done it many times before as a member of the Badlands Baseball Academy.
Sitting down Sylvan Lake’s Noah Konings, Simon Baker and Bryce Turner in order to start the game, it was as if he had never left.
Benton cruised the rest of the way, allowing five runs on five hits and a walk while striking out five in six innings to pick up the win in a 19-11 victory in front of 550 fans.”
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BWDIK: Brash, Clapp, Clarke, Naylor, O'Neill, Smith, Soroka, Stottlemyre
Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Denzel Clarke, Josh Naylor, Matt Brash, Cade Smith and Todd Stottlemyre.
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Brudnicki: Clarke has been "electric" in centre field for Athletics
Superstar scribe Alexis Brudnicki, who is now a lawyer is Kansas City, makes her return to the Canadian Baseball Network with this feature article about Toronto Mets and Junior National Team alum Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) who has wowed almost everyone in Major League Baseball with his defense in centre field for the Athletics.
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Cerny, Sanford lead Titans to win
Canadians Victor Cerny (Winnipeg, Man.) and Jake Sanford (Cole Harbour, N.S.) helped lead the Ottawa Titans to an 11-8 win over the New York Boulders on Friday.
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Clark: UBC's Domingo heating up for Padres’ Lake Elsinore affiliate
“Canadian right-handed pitcher Vicarte “Vic” Domingo is in Lake Elsinore and excited to be a pro ball player.
Not too long ago, these dreams seemed unattainable to the Domingo (Vancouver, BC), 22.”
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Estey: Gold Bat honours to Sarnia's charge of the Hit Brigade
“The Sarnia Brigade came within a game of winning the Canadian Amateur Baseball Central Gold Bat Tournament in 2024, but fell short in the final to the eventual provincial champion Newmarket Hawks.
This year, a different year, the host club would not be denied as they won the Gold Bat title with a 5-2 win over the Windsor Stars in the tournament finale at Stan Slack Field at Errol Russell Park on Sunday afternoon. “
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Elliott: Remembering the good doctor, Doc Taylor
Bob Elliott pays tribute to former big league reliever, longtime Toronto Blue Jays doctor and his friend Ron Taylor.
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Elliott: Logan brothers enjoyed their Dawg day
Okotoks Dawgs catcher Chase Logan (Oyen, Alta.) got to celebrate his big brother Gavin’s promotion to the Arizona Diamondbacks’ triple-A Reno Aces in the Dawgs’ coaches room at Seaman Stadium after Wednesday’s game. Bob Elliott was there to document the scene.
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Goldeyes to host National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration on Saturday
The Winnipeg Goldeyes, in partnership with Perimeter Aviation and Manitoba Blue Cross, will host National Indigenous Peoples Day on Saturday, June 21 at Blue Cross Park.
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Shushkewich: No sophomore slump for Guardians' Smith
After an outstanding rookie season in 2024, right-hander Cade Smith (Abbotsford, B.C.) has been superb again out of the bullpen for the Cleveland Guardians in 2025, writes the Canadian Baseball Network’s Tyson Shushkewich.
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Elliott: Dawgs Tucker climbed from Mount Pearl to Seaman Stadium mound
“The joint was jumping.
Speakers at Seaman Stadium were blasting “Heave Away” by The Fables, the Celtic rock band from St. John’s, Newfoundland, as reliever Chase Tucker took his warm-up tosses.
The Fort McMurray Giants had a man on third as Tucker (Mount Pearl, Nfld.), replaced Josh Mills and made his first pitch.
Tucker heaved it all the way to the backstop with the runner scoring easily from third.
Lord liftin’ as a Newfoundlander might say.”
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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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