“Ask any baseball player, and they will likely tell you one of their biggest supporters is their family.
It’s usually the glue that keeps the puzzle together, during the good times and even when things aren’t going your way.
This especially runs true for Lucas and Lindsay Earle (Oro-Medonte, Ont.), who have forged their paths within baseball, in their own distinct ways. “
Read MoreFormer big league slugger Dave Parker has died at the age of 74, less than a month before he was to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. He played his final 13 MLB games with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Read MoreThe Cleveland Guardians activated left-hander Erik Sabrowski from the 60-day injured list on Friday.
Read MoreWindsor Selects and Junior National Team alum Jacob Robson (Windsor, Ont.) drove in three runs to lead the Winnipeg Goldeyes to a 7-4 win over the Milwaukee Milkmen at Blue Cross Park on Friday.
Read MoreKaiden Cardoso (Abbotsford, B.C.), Victor Cerny (Winnipeg, Man.) and Jake Sanford (Cole Harbour, N.S.) had multi-hit games for the Ottawa Titans to help them to a 7-3 win over the New Jersey Jackals on Friday.
Read MoreAfter falling behind 4-0 in the first two innings, the Okotoks Dawgs rallied for a 6-5 win over the Weyburn Beavers at Seaman Stadium on Friday night.
Read More“Chase Burns strikes out the first five major league batters he faces, one of which was Aaron Judge.
Nick Kurtz propels three game-winning home runs in a five-game span, all of them against topnotch relievers: Josh Hader, Bryan Abreu and Carlos Estevez.
Christian Moore makes his debut on June 14. Ten days later he ties the game with a ninth-inning home run. Two innings later he hits another home run that wins it.
Aside from having the world in their pockets, they share one thing. Last spring they were playing college baseball. They were taken in the first round of the 2024 draft: Burns second by Cincinnati, Kurtz fourth by Oakland, Moore eighth by the Angels. “
Read MoreParksville Royals grad Tim Holyk (Nanaimo, B.C.) homered and drove in three runs to help the Ottawa Titans to an 8-2 win over the Tri-City ValleyCats on Thursday.
Read MoreSlugger Connor Crowson (Okotoks, Alta.) hit for the cycle to propel the Okotoks Dawgs to a 24-2 rout of the Lethbridge Bulls on Thursday.
Read More“Well, if there was any doubt, the West Virginia Black Bears are Canada’s team in the MLB Draft league.
Especially since the Junior National Team vacated the league after playing a five-game partial schedule, of course.
The Black Bears have the most Canucks of any of the six teams with Connor Hicks of the Southeastern Fire, University of British Columbia Thunderbirds’ Jonny McGill and Scott Rienguette from Kansas State Wildcats.”
Read MoreFor the fifth time this summer, Houston Cougars pitcher Antoine Jean (Montreal, Que.) earned All-America honours when he was named to the College Baseball Foundation All-America Team.
Read MoreThe Ottawa Titans have re-signed outfielder Jake Sanford (Cole Harbour, N.S.).
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Brooks Bombers 9-2 at Seaman Stadium on Wednesday.
Read More“It’s been a long time coming.
For the first time ever, female baseball has been added to the Canada Summer Games, with the debut coming August 18-24 in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Every provincial baseball body has been working towards this summer since the initial announcement back in 2022, and the rosters are starting to take shape.
Baseball Alberta announced its 16-athlete roster on June 20, which will be coached by Chris James, Mark Randall and Tara Sliwkanich.”
Read MoreCatcher Victor Cerny (Winnipeg, Man.) had two hits and an RBI to help lead the Ottawa Titans to a 3-2 win over the Tri-City Valley Cats on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs lost 8-7 to the Brooks Bombers on Tuesday.
Read More“The G7 Leaders’ Summit was held in Alberta last week.
We saw the police presence at the airport, helicopters circling and extra security staying at the hotel. And maybe in a few years we’ll see how successful the meeting at nearby Kananaskis was.
The results came in a few years ago from the Okotoks Dawgs 2018 summit. The Edmonton Prospects had eliminated the Dawgs in the summer college league playoffs by a 2-1 score in the decisive game. That meant three Dawgs playoff exits courtesy of Edmonton in three strait summers.
Dawgs founding father John Ircandia called a meeting for the next morning Aug. 4, a Saturday. More than one coach wondered “could we be all fired?”
Read MoreJordan Castaldo and Victor Payano have been named Intercounty Baseball League Player and Pitcher of the Week respectively.
Read MoreToronto Mets and Junior National Team alum Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) has won MLB’s Electric Play of the Week for a record fourth consecutive week after he made another diving play for the Athletics on June 20.
Read More“History was made in the backfields of the Philadelphia Phillies’ spring training grounds on the weekend.
Tigers catcher Brady Cerkownyk was posing for post-game pictures after the seven-inning affair was in the books as his Detroit Tigers no-hit the Phillies in a Florida Complex League game.”
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