For a stretch during his major league career, Canadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.) played for the Harlem Globetrotters in the off-season. Canadian Baseball Network writer Patrick Kennedy points out that Jenkins made one stop in Kingston, Ont., with the Globetrotters.
Read MoreThe Western Canadian Baseball League’s Saskatoon Berries have signed head coach Joe Carnahan to a three-year contract extension.
Read MoreParksville Royals grad Trevor Nicoll (Coombs, B.C.) has signed with the Canadian Baseball League’s Hamilton Cardinals.
Read MoreHere are the scores and standings after Day 2 of the Road to Okotoks qualifying tournaments being held in Ontario, the Prairies and B.C.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs rallied in the ninth inning to defeat the Sylvan Lake Gulls 8-7 in front of a sold-out crowd at Seaman Stadium on Friday.
Read More“By now you’ve heard about the first rules of engagement in baseball’s proposed Money War. The collective bargaining agreement expires at the end of the season, and the curtain goes up on the biggest off-field rivalry in the game: Owners vs. Owners.
The players are the scenery, although the Players Association is never easy to persuade. For its part, the hired help has proposed a $1.5 million minimum salary, free agency for five-year players who are 30 or over, and something called a Pre-Arbitration Performance Bonus Program that will enrich over-achieving kids who have played fewer than three years. “
Read MoreRaphaël Pelletier (Repentigny, Que.) registered his first professional RBI for the Winnipeg Goldeyes in their 9-3 loss to the Gary SouthShore RailCats on Thursday.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Sylvan Lake Gulls 8-4 in their WCBL season opener on Thursday.
Read MoreA rundown of the scores from Day 1 of the Road to Okotoks qualifiers held in Ontario, the Prairies and B.C.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts highlights the 38 Canadians that will be competing in the NCAA Baseball tournament.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich highlights five Junior National Team players who stood out during the recent Dominican Pro Academy tour.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have reacquired right-hander Connor Seabold from the Detroit Tigers.
Read MoreBeginning today, 29 teams from across the country will battle in the inaugural The Road to Okotoks and The Morneau Cup presented by Rawlings, all with the same goal - earn a place on the national stage.
Read MorePBA Academy alum Landen Bourassa (Lethbridge, Alta.) started and allowed just two unearned runs in eight innings for the Winnipeg Goldeyes in their 2-1 loss to the Gary SouthShore RailCats on Wednesday.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs will kick off their 20th season on Friday.
Read MoreMany of the top players and programs from across the province will head to Kings Christian Collegiate this weekend to try and qualify for the Baseball Canada national championship tournament later this summer.
Read MoreThey say familiarity breeds contempt. With the HarbourCats home opener looming one week from today, the old proverb certainly applies to the first homestand of the 2026 season. After seven consecutive contests between Victoria and Edmonton to end the 2025 season, the Riverhawks will perch in Victoria for a three-game series beginning June 2.
Read MoreThe Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs captured the CCBC championship on Sunday.
Read MoreToronto Mets and Junior National Team alum Mitch Bratt (Newmarket, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s Minor League Player of the Week after his strong start with the Arizona Diamondbacks’ triple-A Reno Aces.
Read MorePatrick Kennedy recently shared the sad news that Kingston sports legend Eddie Long has passed away at the age of 83. A former southpaw pitcher and first baseman in the local ranks, Long also served as the bat boy for the Kingston Ponies for a stretch. But he is most remembered as a standout defenceman for the Senior A Kingston Ponies. In 225 games with the Ponies, he scored 57 goals and accumulated 174 points.
Long had battled health issues in recent years but remained relentlessly upbeat. Kennedy says there will be no funeral service for Long, but as a tribute, we are re-running the article Kennedy wrote about Long in January 2024.
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