CBN’s Alexis Brudnicki lands plum job with MLB.com
“She is as talented as she is tenacious. That would be a succinct way to describe Alexis Brudnicki, who has been the Canadian Baseball Network’s most prolific writer over the past eight years. In the modern sportswriting landscape, where churning out copy at lightning speed has become the expectation, I sometimes fear there’s too much emphasis on quantity over quality. With Alexis, we, at CBN, were spoiled, we got both – quality and quantity. In case you haven’t heard, Alexis is moving on from CBN to start a job as a reporter/producer for MLB Advanced Media based in Toronto. And while we’re very proud of her and walking taller around the website’s headquarters in Mississauga and London, we sure will miss her.”
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WBSC releases groups, locations for 2019 Premier12®
Canada’s journey to securing a spot in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will begin in Seoul, Korea this November. On Wednesday, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced the three opening round groups and host locations for II WBSC Premier12 event that will be staged from November 2-17, 2019.
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Baseball Canada's Cuba Development Camp celebrates 10 years
Twenty-seven athletes will escape the cold and head south to Cuba this weekend for Baseball Canada’s 10th annual Girls Baseball Development Camp, combining a baseball and cultural experience that is second to none.
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Okotoks to host 2019 National Women's Championship
Okotoks, Alberta will step on to the national baseball stage this upcoming summer. The Okotoks Dawgs announced on Tuesday that Okotoks, Alberta has been named as the host city for the 2019 Baseball Canada National Women’s Championship, which will take place this July 4-7.
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Part V: A Sport of Their Own - Meet some Canadian female baseball movers and shakers
This is the fifth and final story in a five-part series by Canadian Baseball Network contributor Scott Langdon called A Sport of Their Own that discusses girls’ and women’s baseball in Canada. This article shines the spotlight on some movers and shakers in Canadian women’s baseball.
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Part IV: A Sport of Their Own - Help wanted: Female baseball coaches, umpires
This is the fourth story in a five-part series by Canadian Baseball Network contributor Scott Langdon called A Sport of Their Own that discusses girls’ and women’s baseball in Canada. This article shines the spotlight on Canada’s women’s baseball coaches and umpires.
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Updated message from Bob Elliott - "Thank you"
A message and an update from Canadian Baseball Network founder Bob Elliott.
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Part III: A Sport of Their Own - Women's national team a world power
This is the third story in a five-part series by Canadian Baseball Network contributor Scott Langdon called A Sport of Their Own that discusses girls’ and women’s baseball in Canada. This article shines the spotlight on Canada’s successful women’s national team.
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Part II: A Sport of Their Own - Talkin’ baseball: From sexism to career success
This is the second in a five-part series called A Sport of Their Own. This article is entitled Talkin’ baseball: From sexism to career success.
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Diodati kicks off his senior year at the Super 60
Great Lake Canadians and Junior National Team standout Owen Diodati (Niagara Falls, Ont.) was the lone Canadian at the Prep Baseball Report’s Super 60 showcase that took place near Chicago on Sunday.
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Part 1: A Sport of Their Own - Thousands of girls, women playing baseball in Canada
The 1992 movie A League of Their Own told the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League which existed from 1943 to 1954. More than 60 Canadian women played in the league. The first Baseball Canada-sanctioned national championship for girls’ baseball (16U) was played in 1998. Girls’/women’s baseball has continued to evolve and grow in Canada in the two decades since. The Canadian Baseball Network is pleased to feature A Sport of Their Own, a five-part series about girls’/women’s baseball
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Pan Am Qualifier: Canada settles for fourth
With a spot in the Lima 2019 Pan American Games already locked up, the Senior National Team played for third place at the Pan Am Qualification Tournament but fell to Nicaragua, 14-12, in 10 innings.
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Pan-Am Qualifier: Canada suffers heartbreaking semi-final loss
Canada’s gold medal hopes at the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament are done after a three-run homer in the 10th inning gave the Dominican Republic a walk-off win on Saturday and a spot in Sunday’s championship contest.
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Pan Am Qualifier: Colombia scores late to defeat Canada
Colombia scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to break a 6-6 tie and hung on to beat the Canadian Senior National Baseball Team, 8-6, at the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament.
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Canada qualifies for 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima
The Canadian Senior National Baseball Team will get an opportunity to defend their back-to-back (2011, 2015) Pan American Games gold medals after earning a spot in the Lima 2019 baseball competition following Colombia’s win over Panama on Wednesday at the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament in Brazil.
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Pan Am Qualifier: Darvill, Deglan homer as Canada tops Panama in opener
A four-run sixth inning highlighted by a Wes Darvill (Langley, BC) solo home run helped Canada to a 5-1 win over Panama to open the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament at the Yakult Baseball Academy on Tuesday.
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Well-travelled Darvill focused on helping national squad at Pan Am qualifier
He is as well-travelled as just about anybody over the course of his 10-year career in professional baseball, but Brazil is a new one for veteran infielder Wes Darvill (Richmond, BC). The 27-year-old has played 10 seasons in professional baseball and is a member of Canada’s Senior National Team for the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament taking place this week in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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Senior National Team ready for Pan Am Games qualifier
After a short training camp in West Palm Beach, Fla., the Canadian Senior National Team is set to embark on a journey to São Paulo, Brazil for the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament that will take place from January 29 to February 3. The seven-nation event will see the top four squads secure a berth in the Pan American Games baseball competition that will be held in Lima, Peru in July.
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Elliott: Walker sweeps Baseball Canada room ... almost
Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott asked 36 players, coaches and executives at the Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet on Saturday who was the best player in attendance. Thirty of the 36 (83.3%) answered Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, B.C.)
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Wick caps off memorable 2018 with Stubby Clapp Award
Receiving the Stubby Clapp Award at the Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet on Saturday was extra special for North Vancouver, B.C., native Rowan Wick. The 26-year-old right-hander appeared in 14 games for the triple-A Memphis Redbirds, managed by Clapp (Windsor, Ont.), in 2017, to help the club to a Pacific Coast League championship.
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