UPPER DECK XXXXII -- 2009 All-Canadian college team
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Upper Deck XXXXII -- Our 10th annual All-Canadian college first, second, third team and honourable mentions for 2009 ... 3B Jesse Sawyer (Calgary, Alta.) Player of the Year
By BOB ELLIOTT
There was nothing provisional about the swing of third baseman Jesse Sawyer.
Playing his first year of college ball south of the border, Sawyer hit .346 with 19 homers and 58 RBIs in 56 games for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits.
A product of the Prairie Baseball Academy and coach Blair Kubicek, Sawyer had one stretch where he homered in 11 of 13 games for SDSU, in its second season as a provisional NCAA Division I school.
When Atlanta Braves starter Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine filmed the NIKE commercial the key line was delivered by Maddux who said “chicks dig the long ball.”
And so do voters.
Sawyer’s 19 homers led the 711 Canadians playing south of the border in 2009 and he also led all vote getters in balloting for the 10th annual All-Canadian College Team. Sawyer had 33 first-place votes and was named on 43 of 49 ballots to win our unofficial player of the year award.
Sawyer joins previous leading vote getters who have gone before him:
_ DH Mike Gosse (Pitt Meadows, BC), of the Oklahoma Sooners in 2008.
_ 1B Kevin Atkinson (Surrey, BC), of the New Mexico Jr. College Thunderbirds in 2007.
_ OF Jon Baksh (Mississauga, Ont.), of the Florida Tech Panthers in 2006.
_ 1B Karl Amonite (Woodslee, Ont.), of the Auburn Tigers, in 2005.
_ OF Charlie MacFarlane (Lantzville, BC), of the Cumberland Bulldogs, in 2004.
_ C Aaron McRae (Delta, BC), of the LSU-Shreveport Pilots, in 2003.
_ OF Ryan Kenning (North Vancouver, BC), of the New Mexico State Aggies and RP Jesse Crain (Toronto, Ont.), of the Houston Cougars, who shared top honours in 2002.
_ LHP Jeff Francis (North Delta, BC), of the British Columbia Thunderbirds, in 2001, now a member of the Colorado Rockies rotation.
_ And OF Ben Emond (Farnham, Que.), of the Texas Longhorns, in 2000, our inaugural year.
Results from our usual voting panel of 49 were scored on a 5-3-1 points basis, Our numbers were totaled by a bonded accounting firm of Grant Thornton.
Our experts came cross section from both sides of the border: coaches (17), scouts (nine), executives (six), writers (five), players (two), bloggers (two), SIDs (two), an umpire (one) and our crack staff (five).
How good was Sawyer in the spring of 2009? Well, he ...
_ Won Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week award co-hitter honors.
_ Won College Baseball Insider’s Central Region Player of the Week.
_ Was named a member of the National All-Star Lineup by the College Baseball Foundation.
_ Won Summit League Player of the Week honours.
In that week to remember he led SDSU to seven wins, including a four-game sweep of conference rival Western Illinois. Sawyer homered in six of eight games and hit safely in all eight. For the week, he had a .500 average, scored 19 runs, had 15 RBIs, 14 hits, nine home runs and two doubles. He also walked seven times, had a 1.536 slugging percentage and .641 on-base percentage.
And oh yeah, he ...
_ Won Summit League Player of the Week in March batting .350 (7-for-20) with two home runs, six RBIs and four runs scored, with a .435 on-base percentage and .650 slugging percentage
_ Was named a first-team all-Summit League selection at third base.
_ Won the Greg Geary Big Stick award.
Sawyer finished second with 18 doubles, led with 148 total bases and 30 walks as one of three players to play and start all 56 games. He had 22 multi-hit games, 18 multi-run and multi-RBI games, including a 4-for-4 effort with a home run, six RBIs against Indian-Purdue Fort Wayne.
First-year head coach Ritchie Price, an assistant with the Jackrabbits last year, spent hours in the car recruiting Sawyer and Joel Blake (Langley, BC), who both played for PBA in Lethbridge, Alta. Price said Sawyer also received calls from Oregon State and Washington State, but the Jackrabbits wound up won a recruiting battle against a couple of Missouri Valley Conference teams who were interested.
“Jesse Sawyer is a very good player with really good bat speed and tremendous power,” Price said. “When he flies out, it seems like the ball is in the air forever. He has made a lot of progress defensively this year and I would say he is now a little bit above-average defensively. He is still really raw but has the talent to play pro before he is done.”
Sawyer’s 19 homers were on more than Brent Lavallee (North Delta, BC) and two more than Matt Skirving (London, Ont.), Kevin Mailloux (Tecumseh, Ont.) and Josh Garton (Guelph, Ont.).
Next were Anthony Cros (Kelowna, BC) of Northwestern Oklahoma and Jon Prevost (Montreal, Que.) of Louisiana-Monroe with 15 apiece.
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2009 All-Canadian college team stats
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Our first, second and third teams features 17 from Ontario, 12 players from British Columbia, five from Quebec, three from Alberta, two from Nova Scotia and one from New Brunswick
Including the first three teams and the honourable mentions Ontario leads the way with 53 players. British Columbia is next with 31, followed by Alberta (11), Quebec (nine), Manitoba (four), Nova Scotia (four), Saskatchewan (three) and New Brunswick (one).
Eight of 10 provinces were represented, up two from a year ago.
Each province showed an increase compared to 2008, while Saskatchewan remained the same.
And now, as Jackie Gleason used to say, on with the show ...
First Team
Left-Handed starter: James Paxton (Ladner, BC) of the Kentucky Wildcats
A supplemental first round pick (37th) of the Toronto Blue Jays in June, Paxton was one of two players in the supplemental first round to not sign. The A 6-foot-4, 215-pounder, Paxton was the highest drafted collegian to return to school from the 2009 draft. He finished as UK’s Friday night starter, ranking third in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings (13.2), fanning 115 in 78.1 innings. In 13 starts last year, Paxton was 5-3 record with a 5.86 ERA. Paxton walked 20 and allowed opponents to hit for a .266 average. With 115 strikeouts, Paxton ranks fifth-best in the 105-year history of the Kentucky program, becoming the 10th player in program history to surpass the 100 strikeout mark in a season. Paxton’s ERA was inflated courtesy of three outings that saw the lefty allow five or more runs. Without those three outings, Paxton was 5-0 record and a 3.95 ERA in 10 starts, hurling 66 innings with 101 strikeouts and a .218 opponent batting average. Seven times in 2009, Paxton struck out 10 or more hitters in a game. Paxton pitched for coaches Ari Mellios and Mike Kelly with the North Delta Blue Jays.
Paxton was a third-time All-Canadian in 2008.
Right-hander: Matt McGovern (Ottawa, Ont.) of the North Carolina-Pembroke Braves.
McGovern has pitched three years of college and still has not lost, going 9-0 for the Braves after pitching two seasons at Monroe. Amongst his awards, McGovern was selected a second-team all-American, picked up North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) All-State College Division first team honours and earned honorable mention all-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). McGovern was 7-0 mark against conference opponents and ranked third in the Peach Belt Conference with his 2.63 ERA in 75 1/3 innings pitched. He tossed two complete games, one of which was a shutout, while holding opponents to a .260 batting average and striking out 59. McGovern was 4-0 against nationally-ranked opponents and pitched seven or more innings in seven of his 12 appearances.
McGovern, who pitched for coach Don Campbell and the Ottawa-Nepean Canadians, was an All-Canadian Second Team in 2008.
Reliever (tie): Luis Castillo (Burlington, Ont.) of the Bellevue Bruins and Shawn Hetherington (Tsawassen, BC) of the British Columbia Thunderbirds.
Castillo did a little of this and a little of that -- 19 games making nine starts -- and got a lot of outs. He was 8-2 with a 3.44 ERA and two saves. He walked 29 and struck out 89 in 68 innings. He ranked 10th in the nation among NAIA pitcher in batters struck out per nine innings (11.78), was 14th in hits allowed per nine innings (6.49), 16th in runs allowed per game (1.526), 18th in opponents batting average (.205), 22nd strikeouts (89) and 24th in earned runs allowed (1.368). Castillo pitched Bellevie to a 10-0 win over Oklahoma Wesleyan University with eight strikeouts to win Midlands conference player of the week honours.
Castillo who pitched at the Canadian junior championship for Guelph Silvercreeks coach Scott Van de Valk in 2006, was a third team all-Canadian in 2008 as a Jefferson Cannoneer.
Hetherington had 25 relief appearances for the coach Terry McKaig's Thunderbirds and had the most saves of any Canuck pitcher with 10 -- two more than Nathan Lewis (Burlington, Ont.) with Cisco. In 37 2/3 innings, Hetherington walked 12 and struck out 24, allowing 34 hits. He was 1-3 with a 2.87 ERA. A transfer from the University of Calgary, which competes in the CCBC with Thompson Rivers and Kwantlen, he was the ace of the Dinos’ pitching staff for two years. He also pitched for the White Rock Tritons and the Burnaby Bulldogs in 2008-09. He held opponents to a .239 average. He earned NAIA Region I all-conference first team honors.
Catcher: Marc-Olivier Mimeault-Jodoin (Candiac, Que.) of the Georgia State Panthers.
Mimeault-Jodoin hit .398 in 56 games with 14 homers and 58 RBIs. He led the team in average, slugging percentage, on base percentage, home runs, hits and total bases. His .398 average was the fifth highest single season mark in school history and the fourth best mark in the Colonial Conference, while his 78 hits were the second most in a single season in school history and ranked tied for eighth in the CAA. His 14 home runs tied for the seventh in school history and was tied for seventh in the CAA. His .658 slugging percentage, was seventh on the single season all-time list, while his 58 RBIs are also the seventh best. He had five three-hit games this season and led the team in multi-hit games. He finished his two-year career with a .364 average, highest career mark in school history. He had 18 home runs and had 142 hits. During his time at State, he scored 86 runs, while driving in 109. Mimeault-Jodoin was named to the NCAA Atlanta Regional All-Tournament team after batting .500 in the Panthers first NCAA appearance. He also earned All-CAA Second Team honors and was named to the CAA All-Tournament Team. He was also named to the Coleman Company Johnny Bench Watch List for the second consecutive year.
Jodoin-Mimeault, who played for Ailes du Quebec and ABC under Richard Emond, was a third team All-Canadian in 2008 and earned second team all-Canadian honours in 2007 with the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norse.
First base: Brent Lavallee (North Delta, BC) of the LSU-Shreveport Pilots.
Lavallee hit .335 with 18 homers and 78 RBIs. He was second amongst the 710 Canadians in home runs, one behind Sawyer and two ahead of Skirving, Mailloux and Garton, who each had 16. Cros and Prevost had 15 apiece. Lavallee slugged .690 on the season. He also led all Canucks in RBIs with 78, followed by Will Richards (Toronto, Ont.) 65, Skirving with 64 and Cros with 63. Lavallee earned NAIA honourable mention all-American and second team honours as selected to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana team. Lavallee opened with an afternoon to remember as the No. 15-ranked Pilots beat the No. 9 Mobile Rams 14-8 and 22-1. Lavallee was 3-for-5 with a pair of homers and seven RBIs in the opener and three home runs in the nitecap for a 6-for-10 day with five homers and 12 RBIs.
Lavallee, who played for Ari Melios and the North Delta Blue Jays, received All-Canadian honourable mentions honours in 2007.
Second base: Kevin Mailloux (Windsor, Ont.) of the Canisius Golden Griffins.
Mailloux hit .381 in 56 games with 16 homers and 56 RBIs. Mailloux was tied for third amongst Canucks with Matt Skirving (London, Ont.) and Josh Garton (Guelph, Ont.) who all hit 16 homers apiece. Only Sawyer's19 homers and Lavallee with 18 had more. Mailloux was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association Northeast Region First Team. Mailloux earned First-Team honors for the second consecutive season. He broke his own program record with 86 hits as the second baseman led the team in hitting and scored 59 runs. During his two years as a Golden Griffin, Mailloux reached base in 105 of 109 games and went consecutive games without a hit one time in two years. In just two years as a Golden Griffin, for coach Mike McRae (Niagara Falls, Ont.) Mailloux had one of the most productive careers in program history. Mailloux ranks in the top 10 of nine offensive categories in the Canisius career record books. Mailloux was taken in the 45th round by the Seattle Mariners.
Mailloux earned First Team All-Canadian honours in 2008, as well as 2006 and Second Team honours in 2005, the latter two years with the Kellog Bruins.
Third base; Jesse Sawyer (Calgary, Alta.) of the South Dakota State Jackrabbits.
Sawyer hit .346 in 56-56 for South Dakota and led all Canucks with 19 homers. He added 58 RBIs, while slugging .701. He set SDSU single-season records during his first season in a Jackrabbit uniform with 19 home runs and 148 total bases. Sawyer twice won the Summit Conference player of the week honors. He homered in six of the Jackrabbits’ eight games one week, including three two-home-run games, leading SDSU to a 7-1 record, Sawyer hit .500 (14-for-28) with nine home runs and 15 RBIs, tallying a 1.536 slugging percentage. He also walked seven times for a .641 on-base percentage and scored 19 runs. Sawyer put together a streak of five consecutive games with a home run — one shy of the school record. He homered in all four games of home-and-home doubleheaders against North Dakota and extended his streak in the opening game of a four-game series at Western Illinois and closed the WIU series with two home runs on April 26. The first time he won, Sawyer led the Jackrabbits to a 3-2 record, including a sweep of a two-game series at Missouri State. His three-run home run with two outs in the top of the ninth of the Missouri State series finale tied the game at 6-6, a game SDSU eventually won 7-6 in 12 innings. Sawyer also hit a two-run home run that stood up as the difference in the Jackrabbits’ 4-2 victory at Creighton. For the week, Sawyer batted .350 (7-for-20) with two home runs, six RBIs and four runs scored. He compiled a .435 on-base percentage and .650 slugging percentage. He was also recognized by College Baseball Insider as its Central Region Player of the Week, was named a member of the National All-Star Lineup by the College Baseball Foundation and was honored by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association as its National Co-Hitter of the Week and was named Greg Geary Big Stick award winner.
Shortstop: David Narodowski (Vancouver, BC) of the Kansas Jayhawks.
Narodowski hit .354 in his first year in the Crimson and Blue, which included eight home runs and 43 RBIs. He had 19 doubles and was named Big 12’s Newcomer of the Year after hitting .353 in Big 12 games and was second on the team in multiple-hit games with 24. He was the team’s starting shortstop from day one and had a team-high 20 errors in the field, but just three in the final 17 games of the season. He showed power near the end of the season, belting five home runs in KU’s seven post-season contests. He transferred to KU prior from Vernon, where he played his first two seasons. Narodowski in the 15th round by the Aironza Diamondbacks, KU’s highest pick since 2006.
Narodowski, who played for Ari Melios and Mike Kelly with the North Delta Blue Jays, was a second team All-Canadian in 2008.
Outfielders:
Anthony Cros (Kelowna, BC) of the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers, Josh Garton (Guelph, Ont.) of the Volunteer State Pioneers and Jon Prevost (Montreal, Que.) of the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks.
Cros hit .441 with 22 doubles, a triple, 15 homers and knocked in 63 runs in 53 games. He had a .657 slugging percentage. In all, he had 75 hits fourth among Canucks. Cros was tied for sixth in homers with Prevost behind Sawyer, who had 19, Lavallee 18, plus Skirving, Mailloux and Garton had 16 apiece. Cros, who played at Thompson Rivers Wolfpack, hit .425 in with 29 RBIs and stole 24 of 27 bases as he won the MVP. He was born Christmas Day at Montpellier, France in 1985, moved to Canada at age 18. His mother is from Vernon, BC and part of the reason why he moved to Kamloops. He discovered ball on his summer hollidays in the Okanagan valley, but began playing in Montpellier, when the head coach was Greg Hamilton. Cros spent the previous two summers with the Okotoks Dawgs and was named MVP in 2009. His goal is to play for the Quebec City Capitales.
Garton hit .386 with 16 homers and 39 RBIs. His most important homer was a grand slam in a 9-3 win over Walters State to win eliminate the favored Governors from the TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII tournament. He was selected in the 12th round by the Cincinnati Reds and scout Bill Byckowski (Georgetown, Ont.) and spent the summer at class-A Billings. Garton was tied for third amongst Canucks with 16 homers tied with Skirving and Mailloux. They were behind Sawyer, who had 19 and Lavallee who hit 18.
Garton, played for Danny Thompson’s Intercounty Terriers and Scott Van de Valk’s Guelph Silvercreeks, received All-Canadian Honourable Mention in 2008.
Prevost batted .332 with 15 homers and a career-high 52 RBIs in 59 games. He was 20-for-26 stealing bases. Prevost was a first team All-Sun Belt selection and earned All-Louisiana honors by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association honourable mention. Prevost lead the Warhawks in home runs and stolen bases. His home run total along with his 70 runs scored ranked fourth best in a single-season in ULM history. He was second with a .594 slugging percentage and a .447 on-base percentage. Prevost was a 39th round selection by the Florida Marlins in 2005 and played for Greg Hamilton and the Canadian National Junior Team. He was tied for sixth in home runs with Cros among Canucks. They were behind Sawyer (19), Lavallee (18), while Skirving, Mailloux and Garton (Guelph, Ont.) had 16 each.
Prevost, who played for Les Ailes du Quebec and ABC, under coach Richard Emond, earned All-Canadian honourable mention as a DH in 2008 and as an outfielder in 2006 when he played for the Seminole State Trojans.
DH: Doug Toro (Longueuil, Que.) of the Lynn Fighting Knights.
Toro hit .415 with seven homers and 51 RBIs in 62 games for Lynn. He was voted to All-Sunshine State Conference Baseball Team. Lynn bear Emporia State 2-1 to win the NCAA Division II National championship In Cary, N.C. Toro doubled and scored in a 7-5 over the Belmont Abbey Crusaders to get to the final; knocked in a run with a fly ball in a 6-5 win over the Dowling Golden Lions and Lynn beat West Chester 7-3 in the opener. Toro earned Third Team Daktronics All-American honours. Toro set a school record with 71 runs scored and a .545 on-base percentage. In addition he led LU with a .418 average and posted career-highs for hits (87), home runs (7) and runs batted in (50). A First Team All-SSC selection, he stole 30 stolen bases in 35 attempts. Toro was also selected to the NCAA South Region All-Tournament team.
Toro, who played for the Longueuil Ducs and coach Luc Desgroseillers, was a Third Team All-Canadian at third base in 2008 and earned All-Canadian Honourble Mention in 2006.
Second Team
Left-hander: Mark Hardy (Campbell River, BC) of the British Columbia Thunderbirds.
Hardy was 10-1 with a 2.97 ERA, despite being out since April with an arm injury. Making 12 starts, Hardy walked 23 and struck out 61 in 69 2/3 innings. He also pitched for Canada at the World Student games in the Czech Republic and did not allow an earned run. Hardy pitched Terry McKaig’s Thunderbirds to wins over Concordia-Oregon and Corban (twice apiece), plus wins against Claremont, Patten, Lewis-Clark State, Idaho, Bethany and Idaho, before losing his final start to Lewis-Clark. He earned NAIA Region I all-conference first team honors. Hardy held opposing hitters to a .233 average.
Hardy, who pitched for the Parksville Royals and coach Dave Wallace, earned All-Canadian honourable mention honours in 2008.
Right-hander: Keith Head (Whitby, Ont.) of the Sauk Valley Seahawks.
Head went 6-2 with a 2.01 ERA as he walked 19 and struck out 59 in 58 innings. He held opponents to a .175 average. Head pitched complete-game, shut outs against the Miami-Hamilton, striking out 10, Carl Sandburg, fanning five, Highland-Illinois, whiffing four, and Oakton, striking out five. Head also registered a win over Waubonsee and Illinois Valley. Head had the second lowest ERA at amongst right-hander starters on the ballot. Only Matthew Whidden (Hamilton, Ont.) at Niagara County a lower ERA at 1.06. Head transferred to Northwestern State. Head pitched for Danny Bleiwas (Thornhill, Ont.) and the Ontario Blue Jays.
Reliever: Dan Zehr (Guelph, Ont.) of the Northeastern Huskies.
Zehr racked up seven games for the Huskies, working in 25 games with a 2-3 record and a 3.30 ERA. He walked only nine and struck out 45 in 46 1/3 innings. Zehr finished his career at NU as the all-time saves king with 11 to his name and led the Huskies in innings pitched without a start. In three innings of relief he allowed only three hits and no runs on against George Mason, he struck out four in 2 1/3 innings against Dallas Baptist, pitched three innings against Delaware striking out three batters and allowing only two hits, pitched a scoreless eighth against Fairfield, struck out five in four innings facing Miami (Ohio) and pitched five scoreless for the win as the Huskies beat Northwestern. He was named to the ESPN the Magazine All-Academic District I team. Zehr pitched for Greg Hamilton’s Canadian Junior National Team in 2004 and Danny Thompson’s Team Ontario from 2002-04.
Catcher: Matt Skirving (London, Ont.) of the Eastern Michigan Eagles.
Batted .348 in 54 starts with 16 homers (fifth in Mid-American Conference). Skirving led the team with 64 RBIs (third in MAC) and a .647 slugging percentage. He tallied six RBIs at Western Michigan and recorded 18 games with multiple RBI and hit a walk-off homer against Northern Illinois. He was 4-for-6 with four runs scored and five RBIs in EMU’s MAC Tournament win over Ball State. He was MAC West Player of the Week in May and earned first-team All-MAC accolades. Skirving played for Mike Lumley’s London Badgers. He was tied for third with Mailloux and Garton in homers amongst Canucks, three behind Sawyer, two back of Lavallee. He was third among Canucks with 64 RBIs, behind Lavallee 78 and Richards who had 65 and ahead of Cros' 63.
First base: Kevin Atkinson (Surrey, BC) of the New Mexico Lobos.
Atkinson batted .400 with 15 doubles, six triples, four homers and 61 RBIs for the Lobos. Atkinson earned first-team all-Mountain West Conference honours. He was both fourth on the team and in the conference. Moved from first to third for the final 13 games of the season due to an injury. Atkinson ranked 24th nationally in triples and 36th in hits while also ranking in the top 100 nationally in triples per game at 53rd and average at 64th. He was 113th in RBIs ranking in the league’s top 10 in seven additional offensive categories (92 hits-second, 61 RBIs, third, 59 runs scored, fifth, six triples, fifth, 131 total bases, eighth, 230 at-bats, 10th, 13 sacrifice bunts, second). He matched a career-high with four hits in a game on four different occasions and recorded 30 games with multiple hits. He drove in four runs on two separate occasions: against Binghamton and BYU. He was 7-for-10 in a two-game series against No. 3 Texas A&M with four runs scored and three RBIs and his average did not fall below .379 all season. He had two home runs going 3-for-4 outing over Northwestern with three RBIs. He had three hits in back-to-back games against BYU with five runs scored. He was named the MWC Player of the Week.
Atkinson, who played for the White Rock Tritons and coaches Don Archer and Josh Ridgway, was a Second Team All-Canadian in 2008, a First Team All-Canadian in 2007, leading all vote getters and in 2006, when he was with the New Mexico Thunderbirds. He’s a rare Canucks to be all-Canadian all four years of schooling.
Second base: Chris Bisson (Orleans, Ont.) of the Kentucky Wildcats.
Bisson led UK in average (.360), games played (53), runs (49), hits (80), triples (3), RBI (52), walks (20), while stealing 13-of-15 bases. The 5-foot-11, 185-pounder, hit .365 (46-for-126) in SEC play, ranking second in the league with 46 hits. Bisson drove in 27 RBIs and had a league-leading three triples. Bisson, who totaled a team-high 15-game hitting streak earlier in the year, has led the club with 25 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games. Defensively, Bisson fielded .953 with 133 assists, turning a team-best 24 double plays. Bisson’s offensive production came a year after hitting .157 (8-for-51) in 27 games as a true freshman, seeing 13 starts primarily in place of injured starting third baseman Chris McClendon in 2008. Bisson, who played for coach Don Campbell’s Ottawa-Nepean Canadians, was selected to the All-Southeastern Conference coaches’ Second Team. Bisson led the Cape Cod League in stolen bases, swiping 36-of-45 bases while leading his Cotuit Kettlers to the CCL Championship series. He finished the summer with a .269 average (34-for-136), leading the Kettlers in hits (36) and walks (23), totaling five doubles, 15 RBIs and 19 runs scored.
Third base; James Lavinskas (Montreal, Que.) Seminole State Trojans.
Lavinskas batted .386 with 10 homers and 37 RBIs, while slugging .676. He helped the Trojans to the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Col. Seminole went out two straight -- losing 11-8 to the Cowley County Tigers and 16-6 to the Middle Georgia Warriors. It was hardly Lavinskas’ fault as hitting clean-up he was 3-for-5 in the opener and 3-for-3 with a triple, a double and two runs scored in the second loss. Lavinskas attended Kent School, a prep school in Connecticut, played for the Montreal Orioles under coach Richard Emond as well as competing at both the bantam and national championships with Team Quebec. He transferred to the Marshall Thundering Herd.
Shortstop: Colin McKeen (Orangeville, Ont.) of the Parkland Cobras.
McKeen hit .383 with 10 homers and 52 RBIs in 49 games. He helped Parkland won its second NJCAA Division II World Series title defeating Scottsdale 11-3 in Enid, Okla. in the final of the 10-team tourney. The Cobras scored three times each in the second and third innings to build a 6-1 lead as McKeen had three hits in the championship, including a homer and three RBIs. Parkland opened with a 9-1 win over Kankakee, as McKeen singled and knocked in a run; then he singled twice knocking in a pair of runs in a 14-9 win against Allegany, thumped Scottsdale 10-1 as McKeen doubled; edged Kankaee 7-6 in the semi-final as McKeen singled and drove in a run. McKeen, a 2009 NJCAA Academic All-American, was with the Grayson County Vikings when they won the Alpine Bank Junior College World Series in Grand Junction in 2008. McKeen has transferred to West Alabama.
Outfielders: Sean Bignall (Brampton, Ont.) of the Northern Oklahoma-Enid Jets, Jesse Wight (Calgary, Alta.) of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Hustlin’ Rebels and Damon Loewen (Abbosford, BC) of the Clarendon Bulldogs.
A freshman, Bignall set a school mark, hitting .441. Not only did he break the mark, he smash it -- breaking Mike Williams .421 mark from 2008. Bignall hit seven homers and knocked in 50 runs. Coach Raydon Leaton saw Bignall at the Sunbelt Games in Norman, Oak. Bignall is one of the fastest players in NOC Enid history. He has been clocked in 6.4 seconds in the 60-yard dash. He stole nine bases, hit 15 doubles and six triples. Despite the speed, Bignall bats in the middle of the order for the Jets. He also set a school record with a .564 on-base mark. Bignall was second in school history with 51 runs scored and hit triples mark was one off the record. Bignall played for coach Murray Marshall and Team Ontario.
Wight, who earned pre-season Mountain West Conference honours, hit .345 with 10 homers and 37 RBIs. Wight went 3-for-5 with five RBIs, including a pair of two-run homers as the Rebels beat the Air Force Falcons 10-5. Wight hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and added a two-run homer to left field that gave him a team-leading five homers on the season. Wight was named to the spring Academic All-MWC team with a 3.24 GPA in university studies. To be eligible for selection to the Academic All-MWC team, student-athletes must have completed at least one academic term at the school while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better, and be a starter or significant contributor on their team.
Loewen hit .409 with 14 homers and 55 RBIs for Clarendon. He earned WJCAC all-conference recognition and was selected to play in the 2009 Texas/New Mexico All-Star Game in Waco. Loewen ranked third in home runs per Game (.304), fourth in slugging percentage (.906), fifth in homers (14), ninth in total bases per game (2.5), 11th in RBIs per game (1.196), 13th in runs scored per game (1.174) 15th in total RBIs (55), 19th in runs scored (54) and 20th in total triples (4). Loewen committed to the Lamar Cardinals. “Damon can do it all,” said Lamar coach Jim Gilligan. “He can hit; he can run, and he can hit with power. He’s a guy who has all of the tools. There’s a lot of untapped talent up there in Canada. We’ve had a lot of good luck with Canadian-born players in recent years, so I’m glad we’re able to keep our pipeline going up there with the signing of Damon.” C Jeff Vickers (Nanaimo, BC) and INF Jeremiah Sammy (Markham, Ont.) are previous Lamar Canucks.
DH: Ian Choy (Mississauga, Ont.) of the Canisius Golden Griffins.
Choy hit .359 with nine homers and 36 RBIs in 53 games. Choy was named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I Second Team. The honor is voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) whose schools are in the region. Choy has a 3.44 grade point average and is in his junior year, pursuing a degree in economics. He was second on the Canisius team in average (.359), led in on-base percentage (.478). Since mid-March, Choy hit .430 (46-for-107), with at least one hit in 26 of the last 33 games. Choy has six home runs since April a after recording four in his previous 121 games. Choy was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Week in April, after going 8-for-12 with three home runs and five RBIs for coach Mike McRae (Niagara Falls, Ont.). Choy ranks sixth in program history with 163 hits and was named the MAAC Rookie of the Year and a freshman All-American by Louisville Slugger in 2007.
Choy who played for Danny Thompson with Team Ontario and the Intercounty Terriers, was a Third Team All-Canadian in 2007.
Third Team
Left-hander: LHP Ali Simpson (Campbell River, BC), of the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats.
The 6-foot-3 Simpson was 9-2 in 2009 with a 3.23 ERA, striking out 79 batters in 75 1/3 innings. Simpson allowed 68 hits and and only 14 extra base hits. He had an ERA of under 2.00 for most of the season. He pitched 8 1/3 innings against the Miami Hurricanes, allowing four hits and three walks in a 5-2 over the Hurricanes. Simpson ended the season with seven straight wins and a no-decision at NCAA Regionals to earn all Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference first team honours, MEAC Rookie of the Year and made the Louisville Slugger/Baseball America NCAA Division I All-Freshman Team. He has been ranked No. 81 on the College Baseball Blog’s Top 100 Players in the the USA for 2010. Opponents hit .245 against Simpson. He pitched for the Parksville Royals and coach Dave Wallace.
Right-hander (tie): Andrew Page (Stoney Creek, Ont.) of the Missouri S and T Miners and Matthew McDonald (Dartmouth, N.S.) of the Connecticut Huskies.
Page finished the season with a 6-3 record and a 3.18 earned run average, tying the school record for wins in a season. Page walked 23 and struck out 78 in 82 innings appearing in 15 games, making 11 starts and holding opponents to a .233 average. He also broke his own school record for strikeouts in a season with 78 in 82 innings of work – also an S&T single-season mark – and held opposing hitters to a .233 batting average. Page posted a record of 5-1 against teams from the GLVC, including wins over four of the six teams playing in the conference tournament. Page was named to Great Lakes Valley Conference as all-conference second team.
McDonald was 5-1 with a 4.14 ERA in 11 games, making nine starts. He walked 19 and struck out 44 in 58 2/3 innings, holding opposing hitters to a .219 average. McDonald pitched seven innings allowing one earned run in a win over Toledo; pitched six innings with four strikeouts in a win over Yale; pitched six innings in a win over Brown; worked 6 2/3 innings, fanning five in a win against Pittsburgh and he pitched seven innings fanning five as he allowed one run in a victory against South Florida. He pitched 6 2/3 innings allowing two runs in a 3-2 loss to Rhode Island. He was in his second year at UCONN after two years pitching for Ryan Snair (Margaret’s Bay, N.S.) at Ulster College.
Reliever: Kyle Kotchie (Pickering, Ont.) of the Lake Sumter Lakers.
Kotchie was 4-2 with a 3.70 ERA appearing in 18 games and making three starts. Kotchie walked 24 and struck out 64 in 41 1/3 innings to rank amongst the strikeout leaders in the nation. Kotchie led the state in strikeouts per innings pitched with 1.559. Next behind Kotchie were Johnny Sedlock, South Florida (39 innings, 51 strikeouts, 1.331), Austrin Wright, Chiopla (44 innings, 55 strikeouts, 1.241); Daniel Bennett at Tallahassee (40 innings, 50 strikeoute 1.229) and Shane Walker, Northwest Florida State (44 innings, 54 strikeouts 1.227). Kotchie, who transferred to Texas Pan American, pitched for Rob and Rich Butler’s Ontario Prospects as well as Jim Lutton’s Oshawa Legionaires.
Catcher (tie): Aaron Johnson (Sussex Corner, N.B.) of the Illinois Fighting Illini and Will Richards (Toronto, Ont.) of the Indiana Tech Warriors.
Johnson hit .333 on the nose with 10 homers and 52 RBIs as Illinois continued its strong tradition of Canuck catchers. Johnson squatted where Chris Robinson (Dorchester, Ont.) and Lars Davis (Grand Prairie, Alta.) did before him and Kelly Norris-Jones (Victoria, BC) will after him. Johnson was named to the watch list for the 2009 Coleman Company-Johnny Bench award. He was sixth on the Illinois in average and fourth in hits. He has proved to be durable, starting 51 of 53 games. Johnson was second in RBIs one off the pace and was second in home runs. He also has been hit by a pitch 15 times, which ranks seventh on the Illini single-season hit-by-pitch list and has thrown out 14-of-39 (36 percent) would-be base-stealers on the season. Johnson leads Illinois with 13 multiple-RBI games and is third with 16 multiple-hit games. Johnson was named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week as the 21st-ranked Illini took a series No. 1-ranked LSU Fighting Tigers. Johnson led the Illini with a .500 average, going 6-for-12 with a team-best five RBIs. He came up big in the ninth of the opener, with a two-run homer for a 3-1 win. After going 2-for-4 with three RBIs in Saturday’s loss, Johnson stayed hot with a three-hit performance in Illinois’ 6-2 series-clinching win on Sunday. He also threw out 4-of-6 would-be base-stealers by an LSU team that entered the weekend having stolen 30-of-35 bases in nine games.
Richards hit .392 with 12 homers and 65 RBIs in 55 games. With 18 doubles Richards had a .702 slugging percentage and was named Wolverine-Hooiser conference player of the year. Twice Richards won conference player of the week going 9-for-15 (.600) with three homers and 11 RBIs against Madonna, Huntington and Concordia-Michigan and 8-for-14 (.571) with four RBIs against Aquinas, Goshen and Madonna. Against Anderson, Richards was 4-for-4, with two home runs and six RBIs. Richards played for the COBA all-stars and coach Ron Szczepanowski before heading off to Muscataine and then transferring to Indiana Tech. He was second amongst Canadians with 65 RBIs, behind Lavallee, who had 78 and ahead of Skirving with 64 and Cros and his 63 total.
First base: Jeff Hutton (Ladner, BC) of the Newman Jets.
Hutton hit .401 with 10 homers and 53 RBIs in 53 games. Hutton was named to the All-Heartland Conference First Team, as voted on by the league’s coaches. Hutton led the Jets in 10 offensive categories in helping Newman to a nine-game improvement over 2008. Hutton stroked 19 doubles and scored 51 times, while posting 36 walks compared to 27 strikeouts. Hutton also led in slugging (.704) and on-base percentage (.517). Hutton earned player of the week honors going 8-for-17 (.471) with nine RBIs. Hutton drove in five with two doubles in the win against Sterling and homered twice in a 15-5 win against Texas Permian Basin. Hutton, who played for Ari Melios and the North Delta Blue Jays, finished the week with five doubles and two home runs.
Second base: Tyler Delaney (Truro, N.S.) of the Maine-Presque Isle owls.
Delaney hit .426 with six homers and 40 RBIs. The Owls were a like a wandering band of minstrels playing their season on the road until the final weekend series. Delaney was named to the Association of Division III Independents names All-Independent Team and earned All-Sunrise Conference First Team honours. He also won a NAIA Player of the Week as he went 21-for-25 (.840) in five wins. During a three game stretch, he had a hit in 14 straight plate appearances. In the 30-0 win over St. Joseph (Vt.), he went 6-for-6 with five runs scored, four RBIs and four extra base hits including two homers. On the week, he compiled 15 RBIs, scored 16 runs, had four doubles, four triples and four homers while slugging 1.800. He was also went 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts.
Third base; Jordan Castaldo (Toronto, Ont.) Connors State Cowboys.
Castaldo batted .455 with four homers and 26 RBIs in 26 games for the Cowboys. His average ranked him 16th nationally among all junior college players. He delivered 10 doubles and also ranked third nationally with an on-base percentage of .600. Castaldo transferred to the Arkansas State Red Wolves after finishing school at Connors. A Region II All-Region performer at Connors and ranked third nationally with an on-base percentage of .600. He played for coach Danny Bleiwas with the Ontario Blue Jays and the Oshawa Dodgers.
Shortstop (tie): Jonathan Slattery (Mississauga, Ont.) of the Western Texas Westerners and Jeremiah Sammy (Markham, Ont.) of the Lamar Cardinals.
Slattery batted .409 with four homers and 46 RBIs, scoring 43 runs in 48 games. Slattery ranked 16th in Region V in hits per game (1.396), 23rd in average (.409), 24th in total hits (67), 29 in total triples (three), 36th in RBIs (46), 38th in RBIs per game (.958), 42nd in total bases (93) and 47th in total bases per game (1.938). Slattery, who played for Team Toronto and Jason Chee-Aloy after the Mississauga North Tigers, earned WJCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention and transferred to the William and Mary Pride.
Sammy hit .310 with 15 doubles, six homers and 33 RBIs for Lamar. He started all 60 games for the Cardinals, his average was fourth highest on the team, he was fourth with 15 doubles, second in home runs and fifth in RBIs. Sammy fielded at a .934 clip with 19 errors and helped turn 29 double plays. Sammy’s best game came against the Central Arkansas Bears with he reached base three times, knocked in three runs, drove in a career-high three runs and hit his first career home run in a 9-4 win. He hit a two-run homer on a 2-2 pitch, walked in the sixth, hit a run-scoring fly ball in the seventh and walked in the ninth. Sammy played two years at Lon Morris before transferring to Lamar. Undrafted, Sammy returned to home to take a job with his father’s construction company. Soon after the Colorado Rockies signed him as a free agent.
Outfielders: Marc Bourgeois (Montreal, Que.) of the Chipola Indians, Joel Blake (Langley, B.C.) of the South Dakota State Jackrabbits and Chad Stang (Surrey, B.C.) of the Midland Chaparrals.
Bourgeois hit .369 with 11 homers and 34 RBIs for Chipola. Bourgeois was named to the Coaches’ All-Panhandle Conference First Team, along with 1B Mark Ellis (Maple Ridge, BC). Bourgeois also won the Buddy Kisner Award for academics. In the vote for the league’s top 10 players, Bourgeois sixth and Ellis eighth. Voting was done by the conference’s five head coaches. Bourgeois was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 42nd, but chose not to sign. Bourgeois, who played for Ailes du Quebec and ABC and coach Joel Landry, transferred to the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles.
Blake, who handled leadoff duties for much of the season, ranks among the league leaders in hits (80), home runs (13), doubles (21), total bases (140) and slugging percentage (.614). He was named to the Summit League Second Team and was Summit Player of the Week helping the Jackrabbits to a 3-1 record against Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne. In the four-game series, Blake hit a team-best .611 (11-for-18) with six runs scored and six RBIs. Of his 11 hits, seven were doubles and one was a home run. Blake doubled in every game against the Mastodons, including hitting two doubles each in the last three contests. Blake played in all but one of the 56 games making 54 starts, tying for second on the team with a .351 average (80-for-228) and tied for the team lead in hits (80) tying the school record with teammate Tony Martin) and was first in at-bats. Blake was second in runs with 51 and he had 22 multi-hit games. He had a home run in back-to-back games against Creighton with three RBIs and went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, two runs and three RBI against North Dakota State. Blake went 4-for-4 with a homerun, a double, four RBIs and three runs scored against Southern Utah and followed it up with a 3-for-5 effort the next day. He had a 4-for-5 day at the plate with a home run, two doubles, a RBI and three runs scored in the Summit tournament game against Southern Utah. Blake is a product of the Prairie Baseball Academy and coach Blair Kubicek after playing for the Abbotsford Cardinals.
Stang hit .370 with six homers and 37 RBIs for Midland, slugging .601. Stang was 12 in total triples (five), 19th in triples per game (.094), 22nd runs scored (53), 23 total at-bats (173), 31st in total hits (64), 33rd in total bases (104), 35th in runs scored per game (1.0), 44th in total bases per game (1.962) and 47th in slugging percentage (.601). Stang was drafted in the eighth round by the Milwaukee Brewers and received a $125,000 US signing bonus. He played at Rookie-Class Helena.
DH: Brendan Miller (Taber, Alta.) of the Colby Trojans.
Miller batted .473 with four homers and 46 RBIs in 41 games. Miller had a .674 slugging mark, while racking up a ,503 on-base mark. Miller hit two homeruns in a game against Wayland Baptist and was 4-for-5 with a homerun, double and eight RBIs against Seward County. Against conference foes, he was 9-for-12 (.750) with three doubles and three RBIs against Dodge City; 6-for-11 (.545) with five RBIs against Barton, 8-for-10 (.800) with a double, homer and eight RBIs against Seward. Miller played for Les McTavish with the Vauxhall Jets.
Honourable Mention:
(/ denotes school player transferred to for 2010).
Left-handers: Jon Hesketh (Langley, BC) New Mexico Lobos, Marc Wilson (Calgary, Alta.) Campbellsville Tigers, Shane Davis (Belmont, Ont.) Canisius, Steve Teno (LaSalle, Ont.) Central Michigan Chippewas, Jean Francois Ricard (St. Eustache, Que.) Northeastern Oklahoma A & M Golden Norse, Shawn Schaefer (Pitt Meadows, BC) Cumberland,
Voting (first-place votes in brackets): Paxton (21) 131, Hardy (13) 108, Simpson (6) 70, Hesketh (3) 52, Wilson (3) 39, Davis (1) 15, Teno (1) 6, Ricard 6, Schaefer (1), 5.
Right-handers: Matt Jebb (Toronto, Ont.) Maine, Adam Jung (North Sannich, BC) Central Arizona/South Alabama, Eric Brown (Thunder Bay, Ont.) UBC, Brandon Farquhar (Mossley, Ont.) Indians Hills/Lander, Matthew Whidden (Hamilton, Ont.) Niagara County, Sam Armstromg (Vancouver, BC) South Idaho/Utah Valley State, Kyle Bolton (Burlington, Ont.), Madonna, Cory Pappel (Mississauga, Ont), Cornell, Andrew Brock (Burnaby, BC) College of Idaho, Shawn Wilyman (Regina, Sask), Taft.
Voting (first-place votes in brackets): McGovern (16) 104, Head (5) 45, Page (6) 39, McDonald (5) 39, Jebb (2) 23, Jung (1) 23, Brown (3) 17, Farquhar (1) 16, Whidden (1) 16, Armstrong (2) 15, Bolton (2) 13, Pappel (2) 12, Brock (1) 11, Wilyman (1) 11.
Relievers: Paul McKenna (Oakville, Ont.), Niagara County, David Kington (Coquitlam, BC) Southern Illinois, Eric Bryce (Regina, Sask.), Monterey Peninsula/Buffalo, Ryan Williams (East Preston, N.S.) Mount Olive, Jeff Hall (Calgary, Alta.) UBC, Ryan McGorman (Arden, Man.) Canisius, Jeff Katchmar (Thompson, Man.) Missouri Southern, Alexandre Beaulieu (Levis, Que.) Albany, J.R. Robinson (Burnaby, BC) Oklahoma.
Voting (first-place votes in brackets): Castillo (13) 86, Hetherington (9) 86, Zehr (9) 69, Kotchie (5) 54, McKenna (2) 22, Kington (2) 17, Bryce (2) 15, Williams (2) 15, Hall (2) 14, McGorman 10, Katchmar (1) 9, Beaulieu (1) 8, Robinson (1) 5.
Catchers: Derrik Strzalkowski (London, Ont.) Kellog, Peter Bako (Mississauga, Ont.) Connors State/North Carolina State, Marshall MacDonald (Red Deer, Alta.) Dayton, Tyler Plumpton (Peterborough, Ont.) Rio Grande, Olivier Bertrand (Saint Adele, Que.) Monroe, Jamie Fitzgerald (Ottawa, Ont.), Manhattan, Luke Krobath (Langley, BC) Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Dan Welch (North Sannich, BC) Central Arizona/Dayton; Mark Jeffery (Whitby, Ont.) Western Texas.
Voting (first-place votes in brackets): Mimeault-Jodoin (11) 111, Skirving (13) 96, Johnson (7) 56, Richards (5) 56, Strzalkowski (3) 29, Bako (2) 20, MacDonald (1) 16, Plumpton (2) 12, Bertrand 8, Fitzgerald (1) 7, Krobath 7, Welch (1) 5, Jeffery (1) 5,
First base: Mark Ellis (Maple Ridge, BC) Chipola/Souther Mississippi, Scott Hornstra (Rocky Mountatin House, Alta.) Colby/New Mexio, Brian Burton (Kitchener, Ont.) Canisius, Tyler Tamayose (Lethbridge, Alta.) William Woods, Bobby Wagner (Port Coquitlam, BC) Panola, Steven Anderson (Markham, Ont.) New Mexico State, Scott Webster (Port Moody, BC), UBC.
Voting (first-place votes in brackets): Lavallee (30) 175, Atkinson (9) 92, Hutton (2) 65, Ellis (3) 22, Hornstra (1) 21, Burton (1) 16, Tamayose (1) 16, Wagner 13, Anderson (1) 12, Webster (1) 9.
Second base: Michael Mutcheson (Morden, Man.) New Mexico Jr. College/Creighton, James Kottaras (Markham, Ont.) Connors State, Carl Moniz (Laval, Que.) Georgia State, Chad Marshall (Paris, Ont.) Stoney Brook, Alex White (Richmond, BC), UBC, Jeff Cowan (Scarborough, Ont.) High Point.
Voting (first-place votes in brackets): Maillioux (25) 163, Bisson (15) 120, Delaney (4) 44, Mutcheson (1) 37, Kottaras (1) 24, Moniz (1) 15, Marshall 10, White (1) 6, Cowan (1) 5.
Third base; Ben Cairns (Nanaimo, BC) Jamestown, Jaret Chatwood (Red Deer, Alta.) Colby/Montana-Billings, Kurri Darby (Swift Current, Sask.) Kansas Wesleyan, Ryan Pilgram (Pitt Meadows, BC), UBC.
Voting (first-place votes in brackets): Sawyer (33) 189, Lavinskas (6) 95, Castaldo (8) 89, Cairns (2) 24, Chatwood 13, Darby 12,
Shortstop: Sammie Starr (Toronto, Ont.), UBC, Steve Wickens (Whitby, Ont.) Florida Gulf Coast, Sean Jamieson (Simcoe, Ont.) Niagara County/Caniusis, Terrence Dayleg (Surrey, BC) Western Kentucky, Manny Kumar (Mississauga, Ont.) Grambling State, Duncan Blades (Victoria, BC) Salt Lake,
Voting (first-place votes in brackets): Narodowski (26) 160, McKean (7) 58, Slattery (4) 46, Sammy (2) 46, Starr (3) 31, Wickens (3) 27, Jamieson (2) 25, Dayleg (2) 13, Kumar 12, Blades 11,
Outfielders: Aaron Dunsmore (Spruce Grove, Alta.) Dayton, Sterling Crawford (Burlington, Ont.), Iowa Western, Alex Carnall (Oakville, Ont.) Cisco/Texas Pan American, Ryan Lapensee (Lasalle, Ont.) Wayne State, Jon Syrnyk (Langley, BC) UBC, Branson Joseph (Mississauga, Ont.) Canisius, Shayne Wilson (Surrey, BC) Canisius, Kyle Fillier (Campbellville, Ont.) Connors State, Paul Young (London, Ont.) Grand Rapids, Matt Stuckless (Kanata, Ont.) Hofstra, Matt Gray (Bright, Ont.) Northwestern, Mike Ronnie (Red Deer, Alta.) Minot State, George Agyapong-Mensah (Toronto, Ont.) Western Texas, Ryan Macdonald (Kennetcook, N.S.) Texas-Brownsville, Tom Robulack (Toronto, Ont.) Newman, Max Ouelette (Montreal, Que.) Pasadena City,
Voting (first-place votes in brackets): Cros (22) 132, Garton (18) 118, Prevost (14) 116, Bignall (11) 95, Wight (15) 93, Loewen (9) 89, Bourgeois (8) 82, Blake (4) 62, Stang (7) 56, Dunsmore (8) 53, Crawford (5) 52, Carnall (1) 44, Lapensee (3) 41, Syrnyk (4) 36, Joseph (1) 34, Wilson (3) 30, Fillier (4) 28, Young (1) 26, Stuckless (1) 18, Gray (1) 15, Ronnie (1) 14, Agyapong-Mensah (2) 13, Macdonald 11, Robulack (2) 10, Ouelette (1) 9.
DH: Tyler Boshart (Stittsville, Ont.) Charleston, Brian Simone (Amherstburg, Ont.) West Alabama, Paul LaMantia (Tecumseh, Ont.) Wayne State, Steve Keltke (Altoona, Man.) Grambling State.
Voting (first-place votes in brackets): Toro (19) 135, Choy (15) 113, Miller (6) 71, Boshart (4) 40, Simone (2) 37, LaMantia (1) 16, Keltke (2) 14,
Other All-Canadian Teams
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Mike Nitsos (Whitby, Ont.) of the Iowa Western Reivers, is the 400th to join.
Grant Kveder (Lethbridge, Alta.) of the Gonzaga Stags is No. 500.
Dan Chappel (Edmonton, Alta.) formerly of the Longview Lakers, the Mayville State Comets, the Southwest Mustangs, the Schaumburg Flyers and the Edmonton Cracker Cats is No. 600.
Drew Parker (Surrey, BC), who has signed a letter of intent to pitch for the Brewton-Parker Barons this fall and former ace of the JUCO World Series champion Chipola Indians, is No. 700.
Andrew Brock (Burnaby, BC) of the Idaho Coyotes is No. 800.
Derek Papp (Windsor, Ont.), who used to pitch for Judson, is No. 900.
Jonathan Lussier (Montreal, Que.), former C-DH with the Les Ailes du Quebec alongside Phillipe Alexandre Valiquette, Alexandre Periard and Mathieu Poirier is No. 1,000.
Ben TInklin (Kitchener, Ont.) of the Canadian Thunderbirds, who is headed to Kaskaskia College, is No. 1,100.
Catcher Curtis Davis (Surrey, BC), who played with the Fraser Valley Chiefs in 2008 and this year will play for the White Rock Tritons and Team BC is the 1,200th to join the group.
Kevin Bowes (Chatham, N.B.) who plays outfield for the Chatham Ironmen and coached the New Brusnwick Selects at the Canada Cup is No. 1,300.
Stephen Holland (Summerside, PEI), who in 2008 played for the Summerside Chevies and was picked up by Kings County for bantam nationals is No. 1,400. He pitched, played first base, and outfield.
Ian Robillard (Montreal, Que.), who coached the Montreal Orioles in junior (LBEQ) play and this year will coach Les Ailes du Quebec (U-17) is No. 1,500.
OF Mark Sleeman (Vancouver, BC), formerly with John Harr's North Shore Twins and who played for the Vancouver Cave Ducks in 2008, is our No. 1,600.
RHP Shawn Hetherington (Tsawwassen, BC), the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds closer, is No. 1,700.
RHP Craig Hucul (Saskatoon, Sask.) of Williston State College, is No. 1,800.
TJ Code (Vancouver, BC), a coach with the Langley Blaze is No. 1,900. Code played with the likes of Kyle Paul, Jordan Lennerton, Jon Hesketh, Matt Lesek, Justin Dyck, Jeff Thompson, Tyson Gillies, Shane Wilson and Jon Syrnk with the Blaze from 2003-05. He began coaching in the fall of 2007.
Our No. 2,000 is Cam Newitt (Barrie, Ont.). Cam's father, Gary Newitt played in Oshawa before joining the Pittsburgh Pirates minor-league system. Cam played for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Intercounty League until he retired and now coaches bantam baseball in Barrie.
Our No. 2,100 is RHP Ryan Oxford (Sussex, N.B.), who pitched for Vancouver Island University (VIBI) and plans on playing for New Brunswick at the Canada Summer games this year.
And our No. 2,200 is Jorhn Kaluzniak (Brandon, Man.) of the Manitoba Youth Selects.
Our group has representation from all 10 provinces led by Ontario, which has 757 members. B.C. has 340, Quebec has 175, Alberta has 127, Saskatchewan 67, Manitoba 47, New Brunswick 52, Nova Scotia 23, Newfoundland 20 and Prince Edward Island 15, plus 35 states led by Michigan, plus nine other countires.
UPPER DECK I -- Rene Tosoni, Futures Games MVP, Best of the four Canucks in St. Louis, plus MLB Scouting Bureau reports ... Looking for Chatham Diamonds ... Final roster for Ontario camp ... R.I.P. Ron Steele.
UPPER DECK II -- Year I, 50 EXTRA BASES blogs ... from Brett Lawrie signing to James Paxton being drafted ... from the Nationals in 2008 to the Mizuno Camp to the World Baseball Classic ... to Canadian promotions to the 40-man (Alexandre Periard) to Canadian promotions to the big league (Chris Leroux). It's all here and more for you to check on ... and links to what has been going on in the Majors, the Minors, in College, with Team Canada and on the Sandlots. Plus in out first year of the site we've had excellent contributions by Kevin Glew, Jonathan Hodgson, Allan Simpson, Bob Broughton, Shi Davidi, Adam Morrissette.
KEVIN GLEW -- David Corrente, eight-year Blue Jays minor leaguer attends HOF ceremonies at St. Marys ... William Bargel helps keep Mississauga North unbeaten at eliminations ... Anthony Ricciardi heads south.
ADAM MORISSETTE -- Okotoks Dawgs Academy opens this fall ... Rare double for Colin McKean ... Ontario senior eliminations draw ... In the Majors ... Jason Bay shines in limelight ... Pat Gillick involved with Philies ... Erik Bedard to DL ... Mark Teahen like a turkey sandwich ... Avril Lavigne tosses first pitch ... Larry Walker: True Canadian hero ... San Diego Chicken, 35 ... Ron Piche, Canadian HOFer injured in car crash ... Brian Ostrosser, former Met ... In the Minors ... Four Canucks to Futures ... Nick (Eggs) Weglarz ... Brockville's Wayne Amyotte, 1969 Bristol Tiger ... Vancouver Canadians 25 big leaguers and counting ... Erie Gagne rebuilds shoulder, reputation ... Tyson Gillies a burner ... Karl Gelinas shuts down centre of universe ... Justin Randall disappointed with deal ... FA Jeremiah Sammy signs with Rockies ... Kyle Dhanani joins Brewers ... In College ... Chris Bisson leads the Cape in SBs ... Mike Mokriy does it all for Prospects ... Tanner Brotzel coaching Regina ... Adam Reynolds keeps hair ... Team Canada ... World Cup 2009 ... Rowan Wick in the Dominican ... On the Sandlots ... The Legend that is Bill Green ... Vauxhall's 2009-10 roster ... London master plan panned by Mike Lumley ... Riverview's Jon Loughery home from down under ... Kenny McIlroy pitches Kingston to win ... Ron Baron Manitoba HOFer ... Carl Matheson, Nova Scotia legend.
TODD DEVLIN -- Chris Robinson has an Iowa average attractive to the Cubs ... Geoff Wendt's wise men select Ontario Youth Team ... Welland's Royce Consigli signs with A's ... In the Majors ... Russell Martin reason for Dodgers success ... Scott Richmond took the right fork ... Jason Bay becomes dual citizen ... Felipe, Moises Alou back in Montreal ... Matt Stairs opened doors ... Joey Votto candid about absence ... Chris Leroux recalled by Marlins ... In the Minors ... Eric Gagne on comeback trail ... Pete LaForest hits for Quebec cycle ... Nick Weglarz helps Indians to 5th place ranking ... Marc Bourgeois, Twins draft ... In College ... Adam Loewen, Russell Martin, Rene Tosoni ex Chipola Indians ... LSU recruit Chad Stang signs with Milwaukee ... Luis Castillo is all-Nebraska ... Bob Broughton: Okotoks, Swift Current lead divisions ... Andy Williams, Andre O'Conner join Regina ... Team Canada ... Evan Grills, National Junior Team veteran ... On the Sandlots ... R.I.P. Roméo LeBlanc, Canada's 25th GG, Expo fan ... Brodie Ross helps Blue Jays win Heartland ... Alan Cattrysse hits like machine ... Moncton's Serge Vatour leads batting race ... Chris Sorensen slam helps Fredericton beat Chatham ... Taylor Phillips, Kevfin Sawatzky honoured at Campbell River.
UPPER DECK III -- Lansing scholarship offers collapse -- must read if your son is headed off to school.
UPPER DECK IV -- London Badgers waltz past Tecumseh Thunders to win OBA midget eliminations in Sarnia ... Windsor Stars beat Leaside twice in London to take seniors ... Georgetown scores late to beat Windosr Stars at Mississauga ... Jeff Hutton big deal at NBC World Series with game-winning double in the 8th.
JONATHAN HODGSON -- WMBL playoff wrap.
UPPER DECK V -- Canada Cup goes to BC ... Canada Cup award winners ... National Junior Team selections.
UPPER DECK VI -- Steven Inch signs with Phillies ... Chris Bisson all-conference ... Deadline looms for James Paxton, Jake Eliopoulous and other unsigned Canucks ... Brian Smith pitcher of tourney at NABF juniors ... Cory Pappel wins NY State college honours.
SHI DAVIDI -- Baseball Canada adjusts focus with Olympic ouster.
UPPER DECK VII -- Jays go 1-for-9 signing Canuck draftees, James Paxton, Jake Eliopoulos unsigned, head to school
UPPER DECK VIII -- Quebec beats Ontario II at junior nationals.
UPPER DECK IX-- Ontario, represented by London Badgers beats Quebec 7-1 to win midget nationals.
UPPER DECK X -- Ontario wins boys bantams, Quebec takes girls bantams ... MVPs, all-star team ... Medal standings ... Saskatoon wins peewee West ... Chris Bisson ranked 39th best prospect in Cape Cod League ... Jay Johnson, Corey Pappel, Nathan Forer also ranked by PG after their summers ... Aaron Dunsmore and Aaron Johnson help Rochester Honkers win Northwoods League title ... Marlins farmhand Chris Leroux interviewed.
TIM SMITH BLOG -- Day one with Team Canada, by Rangers minor-league OF Tim Smith.
TIM SMITH BLOG -- Day two with Team Canada, by minor-league OF Tim Smith, dealt to Kansas City Royals ... Adam Loewen 2-for-3, Nick Bucci leaves with lead, Canada loses opener to Team USA by 6-4 score in exhibition ... Box score ... Vince Perkins, Matt Kniginyzky join team, Philippe Valiquette injured. UPPER DECK XI -- Team Canada heads to World Cup in Sweden shy of starting pitching -- Again -- 23 named to roster, one spot to fill ... Online fan voting for 2010 ballot for Ford C. Frick award soon to begin with former Expos broadcaster Jacques Doucet and former Expos and Blue Jays broadcaster, the late Tom Cheek bidding to make ballot ... Mike Steed hired to manage Thunder Bay ... Bunny Bradfield and Jack Giffin's Brockville Bunnies live on ... Brantford beats Barrie in Intercouty 20-inning marathon, including 10 scoreless by Chris England, Red Sox win title in four games.
UPPER DECK XII -- Blue Jays honour late Jim Ridley ... Brett Lawrie homers, Shawn Bowman has two hits, Chris Kissock, Vince Perkins, R.J. Swindle have scoreless outings in 11-2 loss to Team USA ... Box score ... Jonathan Malo has three hits, Trystan Magnuson, Bryan Dumesnil, Jamie Richmond, Vince Perkins, Jim Henderson have scoreless outings in Canada's 6-5 loss to Team USA ... Box Score ... Three hits, including home run by Cole Armstrong, Tim Smith triples and singles as Canada loses 7-4 to USA ... Brewers recall John Axford from triple-A Nashville.
KEVIN GLEW -- Canadian Ball Hall lands historic Jackie Robinson ball.
SHI DAVIDI -- Canada set for World Cup opener in Sweden.
UPPER DECK XIII -- Canada upsets Korea with eight in the 7th for 9-1 win in World Cup lid lifter as Nick Bucci, Jamie Richmond, James Henderson and Chris Kissock combine on five hitter ... DH Tim Smith singles and hits three-run HR in 8th ... Venezuela upsets Team USA ... Japan edged Great Britain ... Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico win ... Canada thunps Neterlands Antillies by 15-0 score ... Matt Kniginyzky tosses six scoreless. Homers by Brett Lawrie, Rene Tosoni, Jonathan Malo ... Canucks mercy Sweden in 19-1 romp ... Rene Tosoni knocks in five runs, Tim Smith, Jimmy Van Ostrand, Adam Loewen go deep ... Brooks McNiven pitches four innings for the win ... Second round begins with 8-0 loss to Team USA in Italy ... Chris Begg takes loss. Chris Robinson has sole hit.
UPPER DECK XIV -- Which team had the best year moving players along to the next level when it came to the draft? The co-winners are 2008 champ, Langley Blaze and the Vauxhall Jets ... World Cup ... Canada beats Mexico by 4-2 score, as benches clear ... Nick Bucci pitches 4 1/3 scoreless, win to Trystan Magnuson ... Two hits apiece by Adam Stern, Rene Tosoni, Shawn Bowman ... Box score ... Canada loses in extras, 5-3 to Australia ... Rene Tosoni has three hits ... Box score... Anyone for ball at Simon Fraser? ... 20-inning marathons in the history of Canadian baseball.
DEVON TEEPLE -- New GBL Champs: Calgary Vipers Expect More Than A Title ... Team Canada ... Jimmy Van Ostrand collects four hits in 19-2 win over Netherlands Antillies ... Canada 3-2 in second round of World Cup ... Homers by Shawn Bowman, Brett Lawrie and Van Ostrand ... Brooks McNiven gains win ... Emerson Frostad delievers clutch single as Canada edges Japan 3-2 in 11 innings at the World Cup ... Rene Tosoni cracks catcher to score winning run, catcher taken off on stretcher ... Jimmy Henderson gets win working three innings ... James Paxton tabbed as seventh best college prospect heading into 2010 draft by Baseball America ... Jeff Lounsbury has successful recruiting class at Brock ... Jason Rubinstein tosses three scorelss for the Niagara County College win ... Know any BMOCs?
UPPER DECK XV -- Jays Double A, Alex Anthopoulos, follows Team Canada ... Adam Loewen drives in Brett Lawrie with winner as Canada beats Chinese Taipei 5-3 ... Jamie Richmond pitches five, win to Trystan Magnuson in relief ... Rene Tosoni homers ... Two doubles by Cole Armstrong ... Emmerson Frostad hits game-winning slam in seven-run 7th as Canada rallies to beat Italy 16-7 ... 13 runs in its final two at-bats ... Three hits, five RBIs for Chris Robinson ... Three hits for Adam Stern, Jimmy Van Ostrand ... Chris Kissock picks up win.
UPPER DECK XVI -- Matt Kniginyzky pitched six scoreless, Canada beats Venezuela 9-2 ... Shawn Bowman, Adam Loewen hit homers ... Two hits each for Adam Stern, Rene Tosoni, Jimmy Van Ostrand ... Brett Lawrie homers in top of 9th to break tie ... Nick Bucci works five scoreless in Canada's 3-0 win over Puerto Rico as third round begins at World Cup ... Bucci, Trystan Magnuson, Dustin Molleken, Jim Henderson combine on one hitter ... Rene Tosoni knocks into two extra runs in 9th with double ... Three hits for Chris Robinson ... World Cup news and notes and results ... Tom Boleska, Matt McGraw, Brian Essery all with Great Britain ... Brawl in the Fall go to host Intercounty Terriers in 18U as Aaron Bain pitches the win, Christian Fearon knocks in four ... Team Ontario wins 16U as Brandon Collins pitches win, 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs.
UPPER DECK XVII -- Canada plays Puerto Rico for bronze ... Canada loses nothing game to Cuba 5-1 ... Adam Stern, Jonathan Malo have only hits ... Far from a nothing start for Chris Begg ... Box Score ... Best World Cup ever assured ... Rally late to beat the Netherlands by 11-5 score ... Shawn Bowman, Jonathan Malo homer as Canada Rallies from 4-0 deficit ... Trystan Magnuson picks up third win ... Adam Loewen, Bowman knock in three apiece
UPPER DECK XVIII -- Canada wins bronze, Humm baby! Canada beats Puerto Rico 6-2 at 38th World Cup for first-ever medal ... Jamie Richmond works four innings, leaves with 4-2 lead, Dustin Molleken and Trystan Magnuson work two scoreless each and Jim Henderson works scoreless ninth. ... Shawn Bowman double keys three-run 1st ... Jonathan Malo hits RBI-triple ... Jimmy Van Ostrand hits two-run homer.
UPPER DECK XVIV -- Adam Stern went to World Cup to fill Stubby Clapp role, played centre, hit lead-off and hit .327 for Canada's bronze-medal winning team ...RP Trystan Magnuson, 3B Shawn Bowman make all-World team ... Matt Kniginyzky wins ERA title, with 18 scoreless ... Rene Tosoni leads in runs scored award ... USA beats Cuba for gold ... Brandon Kaye headlines UBC bllue chip class ... Billy Ralston second to commit for fall of 2010 ... Shaun Valeriote transfers to Yavapai.
SHI DAVIDI -- Canada's fortunes turn Sept. 29, 2009 ... World Cup notes, All-World team, ratings ... UBC recruit class.
UPPER DECK XX -- Who were those guys in bronze? The 24 men who brought home Canada's first medal from the World Cup with a 6-2 win over Puerto Rico in the bronze-medal game ... Former Markham C Carson Kelly one of eight selected to 2010 Team USA 16U National Trials.
ALLAN SIMPSON -- Uninspiring ’09 Season Can’t End Soon Enough ... LHP James Paxton, LHP Jake Eliopoulos, LHP Evan Grills, INF Chris Bisson, C Kellin Deglan and RHP Steve McKinnon make Perfect Game's top 300 prospects for 2010 draft ... C Eric Sim, RHP Corey Pappel, RHP Nathan Forer, Bisson and LHP Jay Johnson impress in college summer leagues.
ADAM MORISSETTE -- College Baseball Connect helps place Canadians in school ... Canada wns -- intra-squad game ... Three hits for Jalen Harris, Brandon Dailey homers.
UPPER DECK XXI -- After watching Phillippe Aumount, Brett Lawrie and Jake Eliopoulos go through the process, now it is Evan Grills' turn ... Canada beats Washington Nationals instructional league team 6-4 ...
Rene Tosoni, Adam Loewen, Nick Weglarz, Scott Mathieson, Phillippe Aumont and Philippe-Alexandre Valiquette headed to Arizona Fall League.
UPPER DECK XXII -- Stubby Clapp visits old haunt ... Canucks lose 2-0 to Houston Astros instructional league team.
UPPER DECK XXIII -- Braves beat Canucks, BC boyos 2-hit Seminole ... Marcus Knecht impresses at Connors State ... Jays sandlot players of the month.
UPPER DECK XXIV -- Dr. Al, Canada's pal, Canucks drop pair to Sumter.
UPPER DECK XXVI -- National Jr. Team thumbs ... Canada loses final two games of fall trip ... Leon Taylor looks for old bats, balls and gloves to ship to Jamica ... Baseball Ontario and The Baseball Zone organizing a trip south during March break.
TODD DEVLIN -- College ball heads into playoffs ... Baseball Ontario/The Baseball Zone offers a trip south in March ... 11th annual Canadian International College/Pro Showcase Oct. 31-Nov. 1 ... Team BC off to Arizona ... Wanna go to school? When are you writing your SAT? ... Ontario Blue Jays head south.
UPPER DECK XXVII -- Daniel Pinero has rare double, OBA champs include Mississauga Majors, bantams ... Woodslee, minor midgets ... Richmond Hill Phoenix, minor bantams ... Georgetown Eagles, peewee ... London Badgers, midget ... Milton Red Sox, junior B ... Lindsay Lakers, Midget B ... Georgetown, Midget C ... Cannon Cup to Intercounty ... Erindale wins senior ... Leaside wins Greater Toronto Senior League ... Baseball Ontario/The Baseball Zone offers a trip south in March.
UPPER DECK XXVIII -- Evan Grills impresses vs. favored Royals 4-1 ... Jupiter Day I ... Five IP for Ontario Blue Jays, 9 Ks ... RHPs Mike Ellis, Steve McKinnon Joel Pierce pitch for Team BC in 2-0 loss to Team Elite ... Ryan Stajduhar leads way for BC in win over Ontario Blue Jays in exhibition play ... Toronto Jays to interview Alex Agostino, Denis Boucher and third man for Canadian scouting position.
UPPER DECK XXVIV -- Mantle lives up to his name for BC at Jupiter ... Jupiter Day II ... Kyle Williard pitches complete game, Ontario Blue Jays lose 4-2 to Bob Jackson Midwest ... Adam Anderson gets save for Ontario Reds in Arizona ... Steven Janetta has two hits in 6-2 loss to TeamOne Showcase ... Zac Sardelitti doubles and singled in 6-2 decision to ABA Texas ... Sardelitti doubles, singles in 7-2 loss to Orange County 17s.
DEVON TEEPLE -- Jason Takefman takes over Vancouver Canadians.
UPPER DECK XXX -- CG by CJ Machete gives Jays 2-1 record ... Jupiter Day III ... Team BC no hit ... Steven Dressler wins second in Arizona for Ontario Reds ... Hironori Imato delivers game-winner.
UPPER DECK XXXI -- Eric Wood pitches Ontario Blue Jays to pool title ... Jupiter Day IV ... Cam Mattice drives in two score the other in 3-2 win over East Cobb Astros 17s ... Jays lose 10-1 to FTB (Florida Travel Ball) Mizuno ... Joel Pierce, Nic Pivetta Steve McKinnon combine on three-hitter as Team BC beats Florida Bombers 8-2 ... Kellin Deglan 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs ... Chase Cuckovich hits an inside-the park homer as Ontario Reds beat Arizona Pro 6-3 ... Zac Sardelitti has three hits, including a double ... Luke Grant registers the win ... Reds finish 4-3 ... CBN Profiles.
UPPER DECK XXXII -- Best Canuck prospects in minors: OF Michael Saunders, 2B Brett Lawrie, RHP Phillippe Aumont ... Concordia takes CIBA ... Shaun Valeriote transfers from Miami of Ohio to Yavapai College and has seven RBIs in fall ball.
UPPER DECK XXXIII -- HELP NEEDED! A plea for help.
KEVIN GLEW -- George Selkirk: Canada’s Mr. October ...LHP Ali Simpson ranked No. 81 on the College Baseball Blog's Top 100 Players for 2010 ... In the Majors ... Jason Bay chat wrap ... Matt Stairs knocks in Phillies lone run in Game 2 ... Rob Thomson waves ‘em home for the Yankees ... In the Minors ... Scott Mathieson on track in Arizona Fall League ... Kyle Dhanani, Joey Paciorek reunited in Brewers system ... Tim Smith a hockey puck at heart ... Game not over for Eric Gagne ... Henry Mabee promoted to double-A Birmingham ... In College ... Jay Johnson pitches in Red-Black game with Texas Tech ... Ryan Fleming, Bryan Condotta off to Georgia State ... Michael Carbone makes Northeast-10 honour roll ... Bill Neale new head man at Bacone ... Team Canada ... Ryan Clarke contributes for Canada ... On the Sandlots ... Billy Harris, Tom O’Reilly, Craig Hope NB HOFers ... Oakville Royals in Indiana ... Kacey Jones wins peewee honour.
UPPER DECK XXXIV -- Scott Mathieson, Shawn Bowman named to 40-man roster ... Tyler Tamayose Pre-season NAIA All-American ... In the Majors ... Matt Stairs says he won't return to Philly ... Mark Teahen dealt to White Sox ... In the Minors ... John Mariotti made a name at Bowie ... Ottawa triple-A park diamond in the rough ... Nine questions four Jean Luc Blaquiere ... Mike Saunders knocking on door ... In College ... Ashley Neufeld drowning victim at Dickinson ... Concordia wins CIBA ... Andrew Ruck to Lafayette ... Cam Sokalski whiffs seven for East Texas win, summer ball ... Team Canada ... Thunder Bay readies for Worlds ... 8th annual Baseball Canada Fund Raiser ... Brandon Dailey's successful season comes to close ... On the Sandlots ... Vancouver Capilanos enter loop ... Aaron Ferguson heads west ... North Bay wins at Mississauga ... Ponies imports from Brockville.
UPPER DECK XXXV -- Matt Faulkner helps Nats to win on Long Island ... Baseball North site operates at University of Maryland ... Holiday gift suggestions ... In the Majors ... Eric Gagne looking for comeback ... Montreal lost some soul when Expos left ... Scouting report: George Kottaras ... In the Minors ... Jordan Lennerton, MIke Gosse reuinited in Tiger system ... In College ... Kelly Norris-Jones continues Illinois line of Canuck C's ... Chris Black a Maine Black Bear ... Bryne Murphy to Missouri Valley ... Team Canada ... Pan-Am teams will call Richmond Green home ... On the Sandlots ... Charlottetown looking for players for N.B. loop ... Passion burns for Peterborough's Casey Burnie ... R.I.P Rino Cantarutti.
UPPER DECK XXXVI -- Nick Weglarz (Indians), Phillippe-Alexandre Valiquette (Reds) and James Aducci (Cubs) on 40-man rosters ... 8 Canadian six-year minor-league free agents ... In the Majors ... Mike Saunders, Phillipe Aumont, Tyson Gillies next wave of young M's ... Scott Richmond gets rookie card ... Brewers not interested in Eric Gagne ... Mike LaValliere turned down major junior hockey to join Bucs ... In the Minors ... Big Red Weglarz gives pitchers code Red ... James Henderson, John Axford share CBN POY ... Stubby Clapp returns to coach Lexington ... Donnie Smith to help at Goldeyes Youth camp ... In College ... James Paxton hopes for last hurrah ... Bob Broughton’s WMBL recap ... Team Canada ... Jim Baba joins idol Ervin Doerksen in Saskatchewan HOF ... On the Sandlots... GM Lou Lamoriello, ex-Thetford Mines manager, inducted in Cape HOF ... Former Nepean Brewer Randy Tieman ... Nationals return to Dartmouth ... Original Met, Glenn Burke, to manage Moncton.
UPPER DECK XXXVII -- Nicholas Dimpfel, Ryan Zimmer on OBA honour roll ... Ron Oneson repeat Badger triple crown winner ... Joel Landry Baseball Canada's coach of the year ... HOFer Jim Baba visits Thunder Bays for progress check ... 1981 Brantford Red Sox looking for familiar face -- Brian Cascadden ... In the Majors ... Jason Bay kinds rejects Sox offer ... Nick Weglarz added to Indians 40-man roster ... Robbie Thomson returns home WS champ ... In the Minors ... From the desk of the Goldeyes GM ... In College ... Washington State broadcaster, Bob Robertson, son of former Canuck MLBer Sherry ... Scott Hoekstra home playing for Parkland ... On the Sandlots ... IBL offers no-frills exitement.
UPPER DECK XXXVIII -- Brett Lawrie, four other Canucks -- Taylor Green, John Axford, Alex Periard, Nick Bucci -- make Brewers top 30 prospects on Canada's Team ... Cale Iorg, Phillippe Aumont, Green Arizona Fall League champ ... In the Majors ... George Gibson, 21 years in the majors ... Billy Harris New Brunswick HOF ... In the Minors ... James Henderson helping Dawgs ... Looking back at Your St. Catharines Blue Jays ... Emmanuel Garcia given position change ... Goldeyes in in eight-team loop ... In College ... Chase Larrson heads to Nicholls State ... On the Sandlots ... Okatoks hits an Alberta home run ... Brett Klassen, Colin Waldner nominated as Manitoba's best.
UPPER DECK XXXVIV -- Jamie Lehman is the Jays new Canuck scout ... Rob Ducey joins Tampa Bay as a scout ... In the Majors ... Mark Teahen wins coveted Hutch award ... Matt Stairs has his own Street ... Eric Gagne wants baseball back in Montreal ... In the Minors ... Steven Inch -- an arm to dream on for Phillies ... Goldeyes acquire two-time AS Aharon Eggleston ... Your St. Catharines Stompers, 1995-99 ... Derek McDaid and Morrin Centre team up ... In College ... Dan Lazarou to Centenary ... No Cape Fear for Chris Bisson ... On the Sandlots ... Chris Shaw, Bret Heselwood, Evan Hardman among Manitoba POY ... Kevin Cheppenko added for SCL playoffs ... North Shore's Mitch Rainer heads to Hill as Premier League champ.
UPPER DECK XXXX -- James Paxton sues Kentucky to pitch in NCAA squabble ... LOI -- C Peter Bako, OF Marcus Knecht to North Carolina State ... C Kellin Deglan, RHP Mike Ellis to Florida International ... OF Chase Larsson to Nicholls State ... RHP Dan Lazarou to Centenary ... OF Damon Loewen to Lamar ... Kyle Morton to Arkansas Little Rock ... In the Majors ... Jacques Doucet, Tom Cheek, Dave Van Horne Ford Frick candidates ... Ex-Kingston Ponie Dave Tremblay gets bobblehead nite at Lancaster ... Fergie Jenkins auction ... Giants owner Jeff Mallett suits up ... Jerry Howarth, Jays voice a lion in winter ... In the Minors ... Wes Darvill ranked Cubs No. 5 prospect from '09 draft ... Brett Lawrie Brewers No. 2 prospect ... Terrence Dayleg surprises Marlins ... Orv Franchuk hitting coach at Triple-A Portland ... Scott Mathieson re-habbing well ... In College ... Paxton, Paxton, Paxton ... Ryan LaPensee signed with London Majors ... Team Canada ... Steve McKinnon says baseball No. 1 ... On the Sandlots ... Dave Robb back with Okotogs Dawgs ... Cornwall Black Sox get their rings ... Are kids losing interest? No ... Amherstburg gets turf diamond.
ADAM MORISSETTE -- Marc Besteman the best man, recruits players for PlayBall Recruits.
UPPER DECK XXXXI -- All-Canadian College Team Honours Signal of good things to come ... from Jason Bay to Josh Garton
