Baseball Canada, McConkey, honoured by WBSC
Baseball Canada has been named the WBSC National Federation of the Year for 2023, recognizing its outstanding contributions to the promotion and development of baseball. The award was presented during the WBSC Congress, currently taking place in Bangkok, Thailand, and accepted by Baseball Canada CEO Jason Dickson. Also honoured was Keith McConkey, of Welland, Ontario, who was named the WBSC Umpire of the Year for 2023, marking a prestigious international distinction for a Canadian official.
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Birnie inducted into Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
Longtime Leaside Baseball executive and coach and legendary umpire Howard Birnie has been inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.
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McFarland: Kilshaw set to rep Saskatchewan on Junior National Team
“The baseball season just keeps getting longer for Aiden Kilshaw – not that he minds at all.
Originally from Swift Current and now living in Saskatoon, he has seen opportunity after opportunity come his way over the last few months.
The young prospect has been determined to make the most of every one of them.
Little did he know, Kilshaw was setting himself up for one of the biggest announcements of the season: the Baseball Canada Junior National Team Fall Instructional League roster.”
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Bédard, Fields, Gélinas, Kladko standouts for Women's National Team in doubleheader against USA Stars
The Women’s National Team lost two games to the USA Stars as part of their Development Camp in Cary, N.C. on Thursday.
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Janovsky re-signs with HarbourCats
UBC right-hander Marcus Janovsky (Surrey, B.C.) is among the players that have re-signed with the West Coast League’s Victoria HarbourCats for the 2026 season.
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Elliott, Jupiter, Day IV: Kolodziej, Laird, Lascelles, McDowell, Omidi
Bob Elliott summarizes how the Canadians performed during the fourth day of the 27th annual Perfect Game World Wood Bat tournament in Jupiter, Fla.
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Shushkewich: Lawson studying first base and political theory with Florida Gators
“Balancing academic commitments and time on the diamond is a constant struggle for college players.
Brendan Lawson is no stranger to this balancing act, fresh off completing his freshman campaign at the University of Florida.
Whether Lawson (Toronto, Ont.) is working on his footwork at first base or hitting the books, he is always moving – so much so that the phone interview for this article had to be postponed because of a late-night exam that Lawson had to prepare for.”
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Five Blue Jays among AL Gold Glove finalists
Five Toronto Blue Jays players have been named American League Gold Glove Award finalists.
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Elliott Futures Thumbnails III: Fink, Johnson, McIntosh, Thiessen
Each year at the Canadian Futures Showcase, we try to highlight a few players by asking them the same questions. The answers reveal as much about the players as arm strength or exit velocity.
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Glew: Naylor making history in postseason for Mariners
Ontario Blue Jays and Junior National Team grad Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) has been making baseball history this postseason with the Seattle Mariners.
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Bassitt named finalist for MLBPA's Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Chris Bassitt has been named a finalist for the MLBPA’s Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award.
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Goldeyes acquire Jung-Goldberg
The Winnipeg Goldeyes have acquired outfielder Max Jung-Goldberg.
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Elliott, Jupiter, Day III: Bernatchez, Dorland, Jacob, Laird, Paul, Tregaskis
Bob Elliott summarizes how the Canadians performed during the third day of the 27th annual Perfect Game World Wood Bat tournament in Jupiter, Fla.
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Elliott: Recalling Bautista's bat flip on its 10th anniversary
On the 10th anniversary of Jose Bautista’s “bat flip” home run in Game 5 of the Toronto Blue Jays’ American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers, we thought we would re-run this story originally published on April 4, 2016.
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Elliott: Brash young reliever an anchor of Mariners' bullpen
“The Blue Jays drew 44,814 fans to Rogers Centre for Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Monday.
Yes, it was a sellout.
No, the building was not 100% full of Blue Jays fans.
“I’d rather see Matt win a World Series ring, he trumps the Blue Jays for me,” said Randy Casford, Matt Brash’s former coach with the Kingston Thunder.
Casford was in section 115 along with his two sons -- Cole and Kyle, former Brash teammates -- plus Jamie and Sandra Brash, proud parents of the Mariners’ outstanding reliever.”
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Six Dawgs named WCBL All-Stars
Six Okotoks Dawgs players have been named Western Canadian Baseball League All-Stars.
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Whicker: Brewers-Dodgers, a David Goliath NLCS and David owns home field advantage
“Seven years ago the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers were in this same place.
The National League Championship Series would start in Milwaukee. Those Brewers had Brandon Woodruff, Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader on the mound. Christian Yelich was the Most Valuable Player. Ryan Braun was a former MVP. Lorenzo Cain was a state-of-the-art centre fielder.
In no way were they underdogs.”
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Elliott: Quick Naylor, Junior National Team’s top hitter, arrives with M's
“In 2012 we saw for the first time the young player we had heard so much about.
On a night off, I was helping coach Andy Lawrence with his Mississauga Bengals bantams.
One night we played the Mississauga Tigers at Rivergrove Park and up stepped Josh Naylor. He homered first time up. He hit a ground-rule double second time up.
When he came up the third time with first base open, I asked Lawrence what he wanted to do.
“We’ll pitch to him, he can’t hit every ball over the fence,” Lawrence said.”
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Juniors to compete against MLB Draft League teams again in 2026
The Junior National Team will compete against MLB Draft League teams again next summer.
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University of Toronto Blues capture third straight OUA championship
The University of Toronto Varsity Blues claimed their third straight OUA championship on Saturday, defeating the Carleton Ravens 11-3 in the gold medal game at Jack Couch Park.
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