The Intercounty Baseball League’s Barrie Baycats will have an opportunity to defend their league title after sweeping the Hamilton Cardinals in their semifinal series.
Read More“They are onto the scent of being the top high school program in North America.
After capturing an incredible record of 60 wins, five losses and one tie during the season, the Dawgs Academy 18U Black team in Okotoks has risen to new heights in the eyes of Perfect Game.
The U.S.-based organization has touted the Dawgs as the number two high school program on the continent in its annual end-of-season rankings.”
Read MoreOutfielder Dante Nori (Toronto, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network minor league Player of the Week after he topped Canadians with 11 hits and 11 stolen bases for the Philadelphia Phillies’ High-A Jersey Shore BlueClaws last week.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew summarizes the transactions involving Canadians in the professional ranks during the month of August.
Read MoreQuinn Lightfoot is always looking ahead to the next opportunity.
Standing at 6-foot-5, it makes sense as to why the 18-year-old is always looking to what’s next (because he can see further than many of us), but the past 12 months have been exciting for the Caledon, Ont., product.
Lightfoot is a member of the Mississauga Tigers High Performance Program and spent the year playing at numerous tournaments, including the Tigers' annual trip south of the border to Oklahoma and Texas.”
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew writes about the 54th anniversary of Fergie Jenkins’ greatest all-around major league performance.
Read MoreRight-hander Zach Cameron (Hamilton, Ont.) pitched a scoreless inning in relief for the Ottawa Titans on Sunday to pick up his first professional win in the team’s final game of the year.
Read MoreRight-hander Brock Dykxhoorn (Goderich, Ont.) recently registered his 50th win in the Chinese Professional Baseball League — no other Canadian has reached that milestone.
Read MoreThe Ottawa Titans were eliminated from playoff contention with a 5-4 loss to the Tri-City ValleyCats on Saturday.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Jonah Tong, Rob Zastryzny, Nick Pivetta, Abraham Toro, Paul Hodgson and Justin Morneau.
Read MoreBack at home to start the finale series of the regular season, the Ottawa Titans were thumped by a 15-0 final to the Tri-City ValleyCats on Friday - falling out of a playoff spot.
Read More“Ethan Pittman’s final inning in a Fort McMurray Oil Giants uniform will be one he’ll remember for the rest of his life.
Holding onto a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning at the Baseball Canada 18U Nationals in his hometown, the graduating senior had to face the top of the Manitoba batting order.
He struck out Josh Randle and got Jackson Thiessen to fly out to centre field.
Up against infielder Tyler Mollons, Pittman got a first-pitch strike and two foul balls before twirling his second punch-out of the inning to help the Oil Giants capture the bronze medal.
The hometown crowd at Legacy Dodge Field in Fort McMurray erupted in celebration.”
Read MoreThe schedule for the 2025 Canadian Futures Showcase was unveiled on Thursday.
Read MoreThe Intercounty Baseball League’s semifinals will begin tonight.
Read MoreOttawa Titans general manager Martin Boyce has been chosen by his peers as the recipient of the Bob Wolfe Award as the 2025 Frontier League Executive of the Year, the league announced Thursday.
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Right-hander Brandon Langley started playing baseball in a small PEI town named New Glasgow. Today, he is pitching in the San Diego Padres’ organization. Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge shares Langley’s story.
Read More“Some were calling it “the pool of death.”
Pool ‘A’ for men’s baseball at the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador featured a few juggernauts including B.C., Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec.
Then there was Saskatchewan.
Despite winning gold in 2017 and bronze in 2022, the province is still thought of, by some, as an underdog of sorts.”
Read MoreCatcher Victor Cerny (Winnipeg, Man.) had two hits and three RBIs to help the Ottawa Titans to a 14-5 win over the New York Boulders on Wednesday.
Read MoreEstey: Stevenson pitches a complete game as Islanders beat Quebec for senior crown
Read MoreThe New York Mets will call up Toronto Mets alum Jonah Tong (Markham, Ont.) to start on Friday against the Miami Marlins.
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