After an outstanding performance batting leadoff for Canada at the World Baseball Classic, followed by a standout rookie big league campaign with the Minnesota Twins, Edouard Julien (Quebec, Que.) received a Special Recognition Award from Baseball Canada at their annual Awards Banquet & Fundraiser on Saturday night. Canadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich caught up with Julien on Saturday.
Read MoreSportsnet’s Shi Davidi was presented with Baseball Canada’s Bob Elliott Media Recognition Award on Saturday.
Read MoreNational team alum Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.) was honoured with the Larry J. Pearson Alumni Award at Baseball Canada’s National Teams Awards Banquet & Fundraiser on Saturday. Canadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich caught up with Quantrill prior to the banquet to talk about his career and his new role as a starter with the Colorado Rockies.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column is devoted to the award winners at Baseball Canada’s annual Awards Banquet & Fundraiser.
Read MoreNational team alum and former big league outfielder Michael Saunders (Victoria, B.C.) will be inducted onto Baseball Canada’s Wall of Excellence on Saturday. Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew shares 10 things you might not know about Saunders.
Read MoreBaseball Canada has announced the participants in its Women in Coaching Program, an initiative that works towards fostering a more inclusive environment for female coaches in the world of baseball.
Read MoreCanada finished 2023 seventh in the Women’s WBSC/KONAMI World Rankings for Baseball, Softball and Baseball5. The men are ranked 16th.
Read MoreSportsnet’s Shi Davidi has been named the winner of Baseball Canada’s Bob Elliott Media Recognition Award.
Read MoreOntario Blue Jays and Junior National Team alum Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) has won the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2023 Tip O’Neill Award, as top Canadian player.
Read MoreNational Team alum and former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Michael Saunders (Victoria, B.C.) will become the 12th inductee onto Baseball Canada’s Wall of Excellence. He will be officially honoured at Baseball Canada’s annual awards banquet, which is set to take place on January 13.
Read MoreBaseball Canada has selected 42 players to participate in their Women’s National Team Winter Meetings that will take place virtually over the coming months.
Read More“If you would have told Matt Lloyd about the trials and tribulations he would see in 2023, he might not have believed you.
Coming off an injury-shortened 2022 season with the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts, the Dawgs Academy grad was hoping to continue to climb up the Cincinnati Reds’ depth chart.
However, he was released during Spring Training and ended up finding a home with the Sioux City Explorers of the independent American Association.
Instead of getting down on himself, Lloyd put together a great season with the Explorers and was a key member of Canada’s roster at the Pan Am Qualifier in Argentina.”
Read MoreBaseball Canada has named their 2024 Women’s National Team coaching staff.
Read MoreAt Baseball Canada’s annual Fall Convention, held from November 9-11 in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Baseball Canada’s Board of Directors unanimously voted to adopt a new set of bylaws that will dramatically change the governance model for Baseball Canada.
Read MoreBaseball Canada has unveiled their Strategic Plan for the future.
Read MoreBaseball Canada held its annual national awards banquet in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador over the weekend in conjunction with Baseball Newfoundland and Labrador. At that banquet, they announced their 2023 award winners.
Read MoreTwelve Baseball Canada National Championship hosts were determined during the annual Baseball Canada Fall Convention that took place in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador from November 9 to November 11.
Read More“The ice water drenches 11-year-old bat boy Xavier Maccagno, courtesy of his 18 older brothers.
If there are screams, it’s excitement, and perhaps it’s a bit colder than expected.
Not to go tell mom or dad. He was screaming in excitement, not as an upset sibling sounding the alarm to tell on his older “brothers” that he got water poured on him.
Yes, 18. It was saved for him, with love from Maccagno’s new family, the Mississauga Tigers. Refreshing at first, he said. Then when the wind picks up and the adrenaline wears off, just cold.”
Read More“Tigers on three,” a young boy’s voice yells out. “One, two, three, … “TIGERS,” the players scream.
The huddle of Ontarians plus one Albertan at Legacy Dodge Field in Fort McMurray exudes passion, and the Albertan, 10-year-old Xavier Maccagno, is an important contributor to it. He’s loud. He’s got a personality larger than the space from the backstop to the centre field wall.
And he’s there to help the Mississauga Tigers win it all at the Baseball Canada’s 2022 18U Nationals in Fort McMurray.”
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