Canadian Baseball Network contributor Evan Christie recently spoke with veteran left-hander Andrew Albers (North Battleford, Sask.) to talk with the southpaw about his pro career that has taken him to five countries, including a successful stop in Japan.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor Evan Christie writes about the 2012 Japan Series which featured Canadians Scott Mathieson (Aldergrove, B.C.) and Dustin Molleken (Regina, Sask.) facing off against each other.
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Former San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt has signed with the Toronto Blue Jays. Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie evaluates the transaction.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie takes a look at how Canadian Nigel Wilson (Oshawa, Ont.) defied the odds to win the Pacific League home run title in Japan in 1998.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie provides his analysis of the Toronto Blue Jays most recent trade that reportedly sends catcher Gabriel Moreno and outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to the Arizona Diamondbacks for outfielder/catcher Daulton Varsho.
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Canadian A.J. Yamaguchi (Vancouver, B.C.) is the latest Canadian to join the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters organization. Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie shares Yamaguchi’s story.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie explains how Matt Stairs’ short tenure in Japan in 1993 helped show the Canuck slugger the ropes in pro ball.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie writes that while Kevin Kiermaier represents an improvement in the Toronto Blue Jays outfield defensively, the team still needs to add another more offensively inclined outfielder.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie provides a rundown on new Boston Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida.
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Shintaro Fujinami has been posted by Nippon Professional Baseball’s Hanshin Tigers. Big-league teams will now have 45 days to try and make a deal with him. And from all indications the Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland A’s are two of the interested parties, writes Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie.
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