ICYMI: Recounting Joe Carter's walk-off World Series-winning homer

Thirty-two years ago today, Toronto Blue Jays slugger Joe Carter belted the second walk-off, World Series-winning home run in major league history. It’s an unforgettable moment in Canadian baseball history - one that wouldn’t have happened, as Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott recounts in this 2015 article, if Carter had signed with the Kansas City Royals, as the outfielder almost did at the 1992 winter meetings.

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McFarland: Hawkins caps outstanding comeback season with Padres’ top minor league pitcher honour

“When Garrett Hawkins toed the rubber at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne for the first time in 2025, it felt surreal.

Facing the Lansing Lugnuts on April 4, he induced a ground out from Sahid Valenzuela, struck out Rodney Green, Jr., and got another ground out from Tommy White.

It was almost as if the Biggar, Saskatchewan native had never left, even though he had last appeared in a TinCaps uniform almost 23 months earlier before undergoing Tommy John surgery.”

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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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