When Miami Marlins first baseman Charles Leblanc (Laval, Que.) homered off Chicago Cubs reliever Rowan Wick (North Vancouver, B.C.) in the eighth inning of the Marlins’ 10-3 win last night, it represented the 45th time that a Canadian has homered off another Canadian in the big leagues.

Ranging from Etobicoke, Ont., native Joey Votto’s comeback year to the outstanding breakthrough seasons fashioned by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.), Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, B.C.) and others, the decade from 2021 to 2030 should rival the outstanding 10-year span of remarkable achievements of Canadian MLB stars from 2001 to 2010, writes Canadian Baseball Network contributor Neil Munro.

Perhaps inspired by Larry Walker’s induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, several Canadians had outstanding games in the majors on Wednesday. Canadian Baseball Network writer Neil Munro has the details.

Canadian Baseball Network writer Neil Munro compares Joey Votto’s statistics to those of Hall of Famer Larry Walker and assesses whether Votto will be the next Canadian with a plaque in Cooperstown.

Canadian Baseball Network writer Neil Munro discusses Joey Votto’s 2,000th hit and also looks a number of other significant hitting accomplishments by Canadians in the big leagues.

Canadian Baseball Network contributor Neil Munro looks at how many times three different Canadian major leaguers have homered on the same day.

July 25th seems to bring out the best in Canadian major leagues. Today, Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.), Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, B.C.) and Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.) each belted home runs for their respective teams. But as impressive as this was, it pales in comparison to the tremendous day that Canadian big leaguers had 15 years ago. Canadian Baseball Network contributor Neil Munro looks back at that special day.