“It’s admittedly going to sting for a while.
However, Team Alberta has nothing to hang their heads for after returning home with a silver medal in the first-ever women’s baseball event at the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.”
Read MoreFor the first time in its 11-year history, the Canadian Futures Showcase will be held without T.J. Burton at its director. Geoff Seto has replaced Burton, who has moved on to be the president of the Ottawa-Nepean Canadians.
Read MoreBrendan Luther’s one-out single in the bottom of the eighth scored Robert Mullen for the go-ahead run in the Welland Jackfish’s 3-2 victory over the Barrie Baycats on Thursday night. The win gives the Jackfish a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Intercounty Baseball League finals.
Read MoreTristan Peters (Winkler, Man.) and Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) have been named MVPs of the Tampa Rays’ triple-A Durham Bulls and High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods respectively.
Read MoreThey have been pioneers and trailblazers for baseball in communities across the province.
The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum celebrated its 40th induction ceremony with the Class of 2025 in mid-August.
Read MoreThe Ontario Baseball Association has announced its 2025 Hall of Fame inductees.
Read MoreWell before right-handed pitchers Micah Bucknam (Abbotsford, B.C.) and Cam Leiter (Maple Ridge, B.C.) became two of the top Canadians selected in the 2025 Major League Baseball draft, they could be found squaring off on the sandlots of British Columbia.
Read MoreA new documentary called “Who Killed the Montreal Expos?” will be released on Netflix on October 21.
Read MoreIt wouldn’t be much of a stretch to say that Don Drysdale’s career in professional baseball started and ended in Montreal.
As a fiery, fresh-faced teen, he pitched his first full pro season with the triple-A Montreal Royals in 1955.
And sadly, 38 years later, he suffered a fatal heart attack in a Montreal hotel room while he was part of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ broadcast team.
Both Drysdale’s season with the Royals and the night of his death are detailed thoroughly in Mark Whicker’s excellent new book, Don Drysdale: Up and In: The Life of a Dodgers Legend.
Read MoreCanadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.) made his major league debut 60 years ago today.
Read MoreFrancisco Hernandez homered on the first pitch he saw from Deivy Mendez in the bottom of the 10th, and the Barrie Baycats beat Welland 5-4 in Game 2 of the Dominico Cup final.
Read MoreThe Texas Rangers have signed Ontario Terriers and Junior National Team grad Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.) to a minor league contract.
Read MoreOn this date 80 years ago, Philadelphia A’s right-hander Dick Fowler (Toronto, Ont.) became the first Canadian to throw a no-hitter in the major leagues.
Read MoreA breast cancer diagnosis once threw a curveball into the lives of Erika and Allan Bezaire.
With Erika now cancer-free, the Bezaires and the Lambton Lions Men’s Baseball Team are throwing one back in support of enhanced care for others undergoing cancer treatment.
Read MoreGreat Lake Canadians and Junior National Team grad Eric Cerantola (Oakville, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week after he had three scoreless outings in relief for the Kansas City Royals’ triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers.
Read MoreEric Marriott (Niagara Falls, Ont.) will return as the head coach of the Moose Jaw Miller Express in 2026.
Read MoreRobert Mullen’s bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth scored Jonah Weisner to give Welland a 6-5 win on Sunday over Barrie in Game 1 of the best-of-seven Dominico Cup final.
Read MoreThe Philadelphia Phillies are promoting Dante Nori (Toronto, Ont.) from class-A Jersey Shore to double-A Reading, according to Chase Ford with MiLB Central.
Read MoreNathan Pisio (Moose Jaw, Sask.) and Merek Yeager (Muenster, Sask.) are this year’s Brennan Luffman Memorial Scholarship recipients.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Cal Quantrill, Owen Caissie, Jonah Tong, Jared Young, Eric Gagne, Nathan Flewelling and Dasan Brown.
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