The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has released their latest women’s baseball world rankings with Canada holding a Top 3 ranking, coming in third behind No. 1 Japan and No. 2 Chinese Taipei.
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London, Ont., native Jamie Romak will be presented with the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2020 Tip O’Neill Award prior to his game against the Samsung Lions at SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea on July 1.
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The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has released their latest men’s baseball world rankings and Canada has jumped five spots to No. 8 after being at No. 13 since the previous rankings were released in March 2020.
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The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), in collaboration with Tokyo 2020 organizers, today revealed the official groups and six-game opening round schedule of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic baseball tournament, following the latest update of the WBSC Baseball World Rankings and conclusion of the WBSC Baseball Final Qualifier in Puebla, Mexico.
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Wednesday was Olympic Day and it marked precisely one month to go until the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where baseball and softball will make their highly anticipated and spectacular Olympic comebacks.
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COPABE, the governing body for the Americas region of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), has announced that they are awarding the four representative quotas available to compete at the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in Bradenton and Sarasota, Florida to Canada, Cuba, Mexico and Panama.
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The annual College World Series gets underway in Omaha, Nebraska on June 19th and three Canadian players, all graduates of Baseball Canada’s Junior National Team program, are in the hunt for college baseball’s ultimate prize.
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Canada’s hopes of playing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are done after suffering a heartbreaking, 6-5, loss to the Dominican Republic on the final day of competition at the WBSC Baseball Americas Olympic Qualifier.
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There was no bat flip at Clover Park in St. Lucie, Fla., on Saturday afternoon, but the Dominican Republic didn’t need one from Jose Bautista in their come-from-behind 6-5 win over Canada in their final Super Round game of the Americas Olympic qualifier. With the loss, Canada concludes the Super Round with an 0-3 and will not be headed to the Olympics in Tokyo this summer.
Read MoreCanada dropped a 10-1 decision to the United States at the WBSC Baseball Americas Qualifier to fall to 0-2 in the four-team Super Round standings. The loss ends the possibility of Canada winning the tournament and earning the fifth spot in the Tokyo Olympics. Canada now faces a must-win game against the Dominican Republic on Saturday (1 p.m. E.T.) to have any chance of finishing in the top three and earning one of two spots for the Americas in the WBSC Final Olympic Qualifier later this month in Mexico where the sixth and final spot for Tokyo 2020 will be decided.
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Former Ontario Terriers Travis Seabrooke and Trevor Brigden are pitching for Canada at the Americas Olympic qualifier.
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Canada will take on the U.S. in the first game of the Super Round of the Americas Olympic qualifier tonight.
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Two veteran catchers spurred Venezuela to a 5-0 win over Canada in the final game of Group Play action at the Americas Olympic qualifier at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday.
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Canada was limited to one hit while Venezuela received two home runs to give the Canadians their first loss of the WBSC Baseball Americas Olympic Qualifier, 5-0 Wednesday afternoon.
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Connor Panas (Etobicoke, Ont.) knocked in a pair of runs and Michael Crouse (Port Moody, BC) homered to lead Canada to a thrilling 6-5 win over Cuba at the WBSC Baseball Americas Olympic Qualifier. The win improves Canada’s opening round record to 2-0 setting up a showdown for first place in Group B with unbeaten Venezuela (2-0) on Wednesday (1 p.m. E.T).
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Larry Walker made Canadian history becoming the second Canadian-born player elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in January 2020. He threw out the ceremonial first pitch Monday night before Canada’s opening game at the WBSC Americas Olympic Qualifier against Colombia, sat down in the stands and watched history unfold as three Canadian pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter as part of a 7-0 win. Veteran Andrew Albers (North Battleford, Sask.) was brilliant on the mound working seven innings with seven strikeouts and retiring 20 batters in a row after a one-out hit-by-pitch in the top of the first.
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The Canadian national team will begin their quest to secure an Olympic berth at the Americas Qualifier in St. Lucie and West Palm Beach, Fla., which begins today.
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The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has released broadcast and streaming details for the Baseball Americas Olympic Qualifier that begins on May 31 and runs through June 5.
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Albert Einstein once said, “The only source of knowledge is experience.” If that’s the case, the Canadian national team should be one of the most savvy and competitive squads at the Americas Olympic qualifier in Palm Beach and St. Lucie, Fla., set to begin on Monday. The Canuck roster is chock full of veterans who have helped them win medals at previous competitions, and some of the players have suited up for Canada as many as 10 times.
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Team Canada’s full, 25-player roster was together for the first time on Thursday with pitchers Brendan McGuigan and Ben Onyshko (Winnipeg, Man.) arriving from respective affiliates of the Seattle Mariners’ organization while catcher JD Osborne (Whitby, Ont.) arrived to camp from the Miami Marlins’ triple-A club in Jacksonville.
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