Shushkewich: Love of baseball helps unite Earle family

“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. “

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R.I.P. Dave Parker

Former 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.

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Whicker: Reds’ Burns latest of 2024 first-rounders to be fast-tracked to MLB

“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. “

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Elliott: Hicks, Pinkney, Hartman, Poturnak, Rienguette enjoying Draft League -- Update

“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.”

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McFarland: Alberta unveils 16U Girls Canada Summer Games roster

“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.”

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SandlotsJoe McFarland