Elliott: The best will compete on the Road to Okotoks and in the Morneau Cup
“The high school scene saw a seismic shift when the Toronto Blue Jays created Tournament 12 in 2014.
Later, it was renamed the Canadian Futures Showcase and it rolled into action earlier this month as the Blue Jays again showed they are solid corporate citizens.
Whether the player is from Comox, B.C., North York, Ont., or Dartmouth, N.S., the registration is the same for all players attending the event.
And now comes Baseball Canada’s Road to Okotoks, a true team national championship for 2026 for 19U players. It will be king of the hill, the best of all the events.”
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Wilson: Okotoks Dawgs to host Baseball Canada Canadian academy national championship
The road to Canadian baseball academy supremacy will run through Okotoks. Baseball Canada and Dawgs Academy have announced the launch of “The Road to Okotoks” national championship, which will see 16 elite academy teams compete for the Morneau Cup.
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R.I.P. Bob Oldis Expos coach and long-time scout
“Until his death at the grand age of 97 on Sept. 21, Bob Oldis had been the oldest surviving uniformed member of the Expos.
That honour will now be passed on to Elroy Face, who is the oldest surviving Montreal player.
Oldis was one of the longest running scouts the Expos ever had for 35 years.”
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Bratt named Texas League All-Star
Toronto Mets and Junior National Team grad Mitch Bratt (Newmarket, Ont.) has been named a Double-A Texas League All-Star.
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Tong named Eastern League Pitcher of the Year
Toronto Mets alum Jonah Tong (Markham, Ont.) has been named the Double-A Eastern League’s Pitcher of the Year after his dominant season with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies.
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Hamilton Cardinals' Owen Boon named IBL MVP
Hamilton Cardinals right-hander Owen Boon (London, Ont.) has been named the 2025 Intercounty Baseball League MVP.
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Gallagher: Yankees legend Selkirk honoured by town of Huntsville
“The decision to get George Selkirk's name on a baseball field in Huntsville, Ont. wasn't a simple exercise.
After close to 10 years of coaxing and prodding by Peter Haynes of Toronto, a Huntsville property owner and president of the Muskoka Hornets Baseball Association, town council voted 7-2 on Sept. 22 to rename the F Diamond the Selkirk Diamond in honour of the New York Yankees legend.”
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Québec Capitales win fourth straight Frontier League title
The Québec Capitales went toe-to-toe with the Schaumburg Boomers in the decisive fifth game of the Frontier League championship, but Québec broke a ninth-inning tie to secure a 6–5 victory and clinch their fourth consecutive league title on Sunday night at Wintrust Field.
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Kennedy: Three memorable moments connect Kennedys and Guerreros
“Although Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. doesn’t know it, the Kennedy clan of Kingston, Canada, and the Guerrero clan from Don Gregorio, Dominican Republic, are entwined by three memorable moments.
That these ‘moments’ are memorable for only one family — mine — is irrelevant. A bond is a bond.”
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CBN Minor League Player of the Week - Tyler Black
Toronto Mets and Butler Prospects alum Tyler Black (Stouffville, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week after his stellar performance with the triple-A Nashville Sounds.
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Chatham-Kent's Morrison named IBL Rookie of the Year
Evan Morrison (Mitchell, Ont.), of the Chatham-Kent Barnstormers, has been named the Intercounty Baseball League’s Rookie of the Year.
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Padres' Hawkins named Midwest League All-Star
Vauxhall Academy and Team Saskatchewan grad Garrett Hawkins (Biggar, Sask.) has been named a High-A Midwest League All-Star after his outstanding performance with the Fort Wayne TinCaps.
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Elliott: Remembering Jim Baba
Bob Elliott: Remembering Baseball Canada executive, coach, GM, international administrator Jim Baba (Moose Jaw, Sask.)
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BWDIK: Hicks, Naylor, Sabrowski, Smith, Soroka, Tong
Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Cade Smith, Erik Sabrowski, Josh Naylor, Bo Naylor, Liam Hicks, Jonah Tong and Pete Ward.
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Baseball Mom, Steph Van De Ven: From dugouts to stillness
“As the dust settles from a whirlwind season that took our family across Tennessee, Alabama, and Ohio, I find myself facing a quieter, unexpected challenge: the stillness.”
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London Majors' Janisse named IBL Closer of the Year
London Majors right-hander Skylar Janisse (Maidstone, Ont.) has been named Intercounty Baseball League Closer of the Year.
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Lightfoot named Canadian Futures Showcase MVP
Mississauga Tigers slugger Quinn Lightfoot (Caledon, Ont.) was named the MVP of the Canadian Futures Showcase.
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Brault, Chung, Siguenza propel Team Royal to Futures Showcase championship, Lightfoot named event MVP
Ramsey Chung (Mississauga, Ont.), of the Mississauga Tigers, played the hero as Team Royal took home the Canadian Futures Showcase championship game 4-3 in a down-to-the-wire victory over Team Grey on Friday, at the Rogers Centre.
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Rodriguez wins Canadian Futures Showcase Home Run Derby
Daril Rodriguez (Red Deer, Alta.), of St. Joseph’s Ball Academy, won the 2025 Canadian Futures Showcase Home Run Derby at Rogers Centre on Friday morning.
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Rivard’s two-run homer helps Team Red defeat Team Grey
Vauxhall Baseball Academy outfielder Rogan Rivard (Bonnyville, Alta.) led the way with a two-run home run as Team Red cruised to a 6-1 victory against Team Grey in the final round-robin contest of the Canadian Futures Showcase, Thursday night at the Rogers Centre.
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