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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Canadian Baseball Network

We, at the Canadian Baseball Network, wanted to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and all the best in Canadian baseball for 2022!

And we wanted to do it in a special way.

So with the help of some of our closest friends in Canadian baseball, we have put together this holiday video for you.

Enjoy!

Our thanks to all the participants

CAST

(In Order of Appearance)

Some guy trying to win the ugly Christmas sweater contest

Mark Shapiro, Blue Jays, President and CEO

Dave Van Horne, Marlins, formerly Expos, Hall of Fame broadcaster

Pat Hentgen, former Blue Jays Cy Young award winner, former Oriole & Cardinal

Ryan Dempster (Gibsons, BC), former Cub, Marlin, Reds, Red Sox & Ranger

Parksville Royals, Parksville, BC

Jean-Gilles Larocque (Sudbury, Ont.) Sudbury Voyageurs,

Greg Hamilton (Ottawa, Ont.) director of National Teams, Baseball Canada

Jamie Campbell (Oakville, Ont.) Sportsnet

Hazel Mae (Toronto, Ont.) Sportsnet

Joe Siddall (Windsor, Ont.) Sportsnet

Alex Agostino (St-Bruno, Que.) Phillies

Stubby Clapp (Windsor, Ont.) coach, Cardinals

Collage No. 1

Matt Betts (Brantford,) Canadian Baseball Network

Melissa Couto (London, Ont.) Canadian Pressm with her pal Maddux

Scott Ballantyne (Kincardine, Ont.) Laurier University Golden Hawks

Danny Gallagher (Toronto, Ont.) Canadian Baseball Network

Ruben Amaro, NBC Sports, Philadelphia

Second row

Noah Anderson (Mount Pearl, NL) Premier Academy, Paradise, Nfld.

Ted Hotzak (North Vancouver, BC) President BC Baseball League

Kevin Glew (Dorchester, Ont.) Canadian Baseball Network

‘Life saving’ Lou Pote (Okotoks, Alta.) coach, Okotoks Dawgs

Arturo Marcano (Toronto, Ont.) sport director, Toros de Tijuana

Collage No. 2

Jason Shipley (Brantford, Ont.) Rawlings Canada

Murray Zuk (Souris, Man.) former CBN Scout of the Year

Chris Kemlo (Oshawa, Ont.) scout, San Diego Padres

Greg Brons (Regina, Sask.) Team Saskatchewan

Nicole and Mike Tevlin (Torontio, Ont. The Terriers & The Baseball Zone (Mississauga, Ont.)

Second Row

John Milton (Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ont.) Okotoks Dawgs

Jeremy Jayaweera (Waterloo, Ont.) Ontario Nationals

Charlie Strandlund (Victoria, BC) Victoria Eagles

Ken Lenihan (Bedford, NS) Team Nova Scotia

Tyler Hollick (Calgary, Alta.) Okotoks Dawgs

Arlene Anderson (Ottawa, Ont.) and the Sam Bat craftsmen Arnprior, Ont.

The Toronto Mets

And the Ontario Blue Jays

Videos received but unable to post due to technical difficulties: Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) and Bo Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.), Cleveland Guardians.