Greg Hamilton, Baseball Canada’s head coach and director of men’s national teams, has been named the winner of Baseball America’s Tony Gwynn Award for 2022 in recognition of his lifetime achievement and contributions to the game of baseball.
Read More“She was loved. She is loved. She will continue to be loved.”
Alexis Brudnicki remembers her friend and veteran National Women’s Team member Amanda Asay, who passed away on Friday at the age of 33.
Read MoreThe Canadian Women’s National Team is headed to the 2020 Women’s Baseball World Cup and with another medal on its resume, after notching its fifth win of the COPABE Women’s World qualifier against host Mexico on Sunday – an 11-1 five-inning, mercy-rule-shortened victory – to secure a bronze-medal finish after qualifying earlier in the event.
Read MoreAfter consecutive losses at the COPABE Women’s World Qualifier, the Canadian Women’s National Team rebounded with a fight to the very end against Puerto Rico, coming out on top 9-7 on Friday.
Read MoreThe Canadian Women’s National Team launched its first two home runs of the COPABE Women’s World Qualifier on Thursday, but dropped its second game of the tournament, falling to Venezuela 12-3.
Read MoreAfter three wins to open the COPABE Women’s Baseball World qualifier, the Canadian Women’s National Team dropped its first game of the tournament in a 21-4 lopsided loss to Team USA on Wednesday.
Read MoreAfter cruising through their first two wins of the COPABE Women’s World Cup qualifier, the Canadian Women’s National Team faced a tough test against Cuba on Tuesday, but fought back from a late deficit to secure a 7-5 win for the squad’s third victory of the event.
Read MoreTwo days into the COPABE Women’s World Cup Qualifier, Team Canada has two dominant victories under its belt. On Monday, the Canadian Women’s National Team followed up its tournament-opening win over the Dominican Republic with a 19-2 mercy-rule-shortened four-inning victory over Nicaragua. Every player in the lineup reached base and scored at least one run in a contest that saw 13 hits for the team from north of the border.
Read MoreCanada’s Women’s National Team came out strong to get the ball rolling in the COPABE World Cup qualifier, with an 11-1 victory over the Dominican Republic in a mercy rule-shortened five innings on Sunday in Aguascalientes.
Read MoreAs Canada’s Women’s National team heads into the competitive round of play at the COPABE Women’s Baseball World Cup qualifier, it will utilize a roster with a fresh look and a number of new faces to take on any challenges that lay ahead.
Read MoreAhead of the fourth season of the Canadian Premier Baseball League, the Ontario Nationals are excited about what they have been able to accomplish in the circuit so far and are looking forward to striving for more.
Read MoreComing off of an incredibly successful season, with three Canadian Premier Baseball League championships and two tournament victories south of the border, the Great Lake Canadians organization is looking for much of the same and more as it heads into the fourth year of the circuit.
Read MoreAs the Tri-City Giants head into the fourth Canadian Premier Baseball League season, they are looking to build on a strong off-season and add some accolades to their resume throughout the upcoming year.
Read MoreThe Fieldhouse Pirates came just close enough to the top of the leaderboard and to the championship trophy to leave the last Canadian Premier Baseball League season hungry for more, and they can’t wait to get the fourth year of the circuit underway to start their quest for just that.
Read MoreFrom pitching for the Goderich Seahawks and growing up in a town of just 7,500 people, to stepping into the limelight of the Korean Baseball Organization’s reigning champion SK Wyverns as one of the youngest import players ever to join the league, Brock Dykxhoorn has enjoyed a successful and unconventional baseball odyssey. And he’s still only 24 years old.
Read MoreAs the Canadian Premier Baseball League prepares to head into its fourth year of play, the circuit has announced that it will be using BBCOR bats at all levels of play, beginning in the 2019 season.
Read MoreThe Ontario Blue Jays are getting ready for their fourth season in the Canadian Premier Baseball League.
Read MoreThe Rogers Centre was not re-named the Spoljaric Centre … it only seemed that way during Tournament 12 in 2014. In that tournament, ex-big leaguer Paul Spoljaric coached the BC squad, while sons Garner and Hunter pitched for the Futures team and his youngest son Turner served as a bat boy. This year Turner will pitch for the Futures Squad.
Read MoreThe last time Nick Pivetta made an appearance at Rogers Centre, he was a teenaged member of the Canadian Junior National Team. Eight years later, the 25-year-old hurler is back and scheduled to start on home soil - albeit very far from home in Victoria, BC - against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies. Canadian Baseball Network writer Alexis Brudnicki spoke with PIvetta on Friday.
Read MoreChris Leroux (Mississauga, Ont.) has stepped out of the Bachelor Canada spotlight and has ventured back into Canadian baseball. Canadian Baseball Network writer Alexis Brudnicki recently caught up with the ex-big leaguer at Rogers Centre to discuss his career path.
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