Posts by Kevin Glew
Glew: O'Neill homers again on Opening Day, adds to own MLB record

“It doesn’t matter what team Tyler O’Neill is with; he still homers on Opening Day.

The Maple Ridge, B.C., native, who signed a three-year, $49.5-million contract with the Baltimore Orioles in December, belted a three-run home run off Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios in the third inning of yesterday’s season opener at Rogers Centre.

That round-tripper helped the O’s to a 12-2 win and added to O’Neill’s already MLB record by homering on his sixth consecutive Opening Day.”

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Glew: Baseball lifer McKay heads into 55th season in pro baseball

Arizona Diamondbacks first base coach Dave McKay is the definition of a baseball lifer. The 2025 season will represent his 55th consecutive campaign in pro baseball and his 41st as a big-league coach. That’s the longest streak among active major league coaches. Longtime Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli recently shared his tribute to McKay which includes some jaw-dropping stats about McKay’s career.

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Glew: Modest, much-respected Hamilton elected to Canadian ball hall

“It was the Greg Hamilton those of us in the Canadian baseball community have come to know and respect so deeply.

Fresh off being named a 2025 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, Hamilton, who in his leadership role with Baseball Canada has overseen the most successful era in national teams history, participated in the Hall’s media call on Wednesday afternoon.

Hamilton prefers to remain out of the spotlight, but he handled the questions thrown at him with grace. And in typical Greg Hamilton fashion, he redirected much of the talk towards his players. “

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