Right-hander Owen Pote (Sherwood Park, Alta.) started his professional career this year when he was signed by the Cincinnati Reds. He is the son of former major league pitcher and Okotoks Dawgs interim manager Lou Pote. Canadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich recently caught up with the younger Pote to talk about his first year in the pro ranks.
Read More“It’s a warm, sun-dappled October afternoon at Megaffin Park, a few minutes before the first pitch in an exhibition ball game featuring U15 teams from Kingston and Montreal.
In the parking lot, umpire Bob Moses rummages through the clutter in the trunk of his 2012 Hyundai.
He’s searching for a hat to complete the ensemble he’ll don for the next couple of hours. Moses is working the bases today with colleague Pat Jordan behind the plate.
The late-autumn game wraps up another season at Nels Megaffin’s aging ballpark — and Year 32 for the mustachioed Moses as a member of the local umpiring lodge. Yet, he’ll have little time to reflect and relax. Not long after the final out is registered, he’ll switch his counter, mask and umpire shirt for a whistle, helmet and black-and-white striped jersey. “
Read MoreThe Winnipeg Goldeyes will be well-represented on the national team that will attempt to qualify for the 2027 Pan Am Games this month.
Read MoreToronto Blue Jays infielder Ernie Clement was a huge reason the Toronto Blue Jays almost won the World Series. But who can the gritty infielder be compared to?
Read MoreThe Canadian Baseball Network is proud to announce its 2025 CBN All-Canadian College First Team.
Read MoreThe Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame has announced their 2026 induction class.
Read MoreIn 2025, the Toronto Blue Jays “captivated a nation,” writes Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories.
“Toronto may have been the epicentre for the outpouring of support but the bandwagon was filling up fast across the country.”
Read MoreA Blue Jays fans since middle school, Adeel Ahmad vowed he would be at Rogers Centre if his team ever made the World Series again. So, he flew from Korea to Toronto and back to Korea for Game 1.
Read MoreJosh Matlow has signed a two-year contract extension to remain as the Barrie Baycats’ president, general Manager and bench boss through the 2027 season.
Read MoreOntario Blue Jays president Corey Eckstein has announced he is leaving the organization after six years to return to Abbotsford, B.C., with his family.
Read MoreThe Canadian Baseball Network has released its trio of All-Canadian Teams and Western Canadian Baseball League players figure prominently in the honours.
Read MoreMore exciting expansion is underway at Seaman Stadium, home of the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Okotoks Dawgs.
Read MoreThe University of British Columbia will have a team in the Canadian College Baseball Conference in 2026.
Read MoreTyler O’Neill isn’t going anywhere. The right-handed hitting slugger, who hails from Maple Ridge, B.C., has opted to stay with the Baltimore Orioles for the next two years. The three-year contract O’Neill signed with the Orioles last winter included a clause that allowed him to opt out of the remaining two years following the 2025 campaign, leaving over $33 million on the table if he decided to test the free agent market. Instead, he will remain in Baltimore, where he will earn $16.5 million in each of the next two seasons.
Read MoreBaseball Canada has announced the roster that will participate in the upcoming WBSC Copa América, which is a 2027 Pan Am Games qualifier. Canada is set to play in Group B from November 13–17 in La Chorrera, Panama.
Read MorePhiladelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson (Corunna, Ont.) has been named a National League Manager of the Year finalist.
Read MoreBaseball Canada has announced that registration is now open for The Road to Okotoks, a one-of-a-kind national championship that will showcase the best 19 and under baseball talent in the country.
Read MoreABC and Houston Cougars alum Antoine Jean (Montreal, Que.) has been named the 2025 Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Year
Read MoreToronto Blue Jays legend Carlos Delgado is one of the eight players on the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Era ballot that was released on Monday. The Contemporary Baseball Era Committee will meet on Dec. 7 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in Orlando, Fla., to vote on the ballot.
Read MoreOn this date 54 years ago, Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.) became the first Canadian to win the National League Cy Young Award.
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