Posts by Bob Elliott
Elliott: Will top Canuck Bremner get chance to pitch on Bremner Blvd?

“What are the odds of finding the top-rated draft-eligible Canuck less than 15 weeks before the annual selection of high schoolers and collegians?

Over the years, we have found a few, yet we never have we found anything like this:

Santa Barbara Gauchos RHP Tyler Bremner.

Tyler was born in San Diego. His parents are Jason Bremner, of Mississauga, and Jennifer, of Queensville, Ont., north of Newmarket. They now call southern California home.

Tyler has a Canadian passport.

And he’s really good ... no, we mean really, really good.”

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Elliott: O'Neill, Saunders remember 'their scout' Wayne Norton

Major leaguers Michael Saunders (Victoria, BC) and Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) were drafted by legendary Canadian and Seattle Mariners scout Wayne Norton (Langley, BC). Saunders was there last week when Doug Mathieson’s Langley Blaze travelled to Arizona to play Seattle Mariners’ first and second-year pros in the annual Wayne Norton memorial game.

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Elliott: McDonagh surprises in Surprise, becomes newest KC Royal

“Ryan McDonagh’s goal when he boarded a plane from to Phoenix on March 16?

“Improve my stock for this year’s draft,” said McDonagh from Surprise, Ariz. this week.

Well, McDonagh won’t hear his name called on July 13 -- unless it is over a loudspeaker as the P.A. announcer says:

“Now pitching for youuuuur Surprise Royals ... No. 63 ... Ryan McDonagh.”

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