The Pittsburgh Pirates extended spring team bested the Junior National Team 4-0 in the second pro game of the extended spring camp.
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The Junior National Team extended spring training camp tour began Thursday in Dunedin, with the Juniors battling the Toronto Blue Jays extended spring training team to a 5-5 tie.
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The Junior National Team Extended Spring Training Camp is under way in Dunedin, Fla., as Canada commences preparations for the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBCS) Americas U-18 Baseball World Cup Qualifier which will be played later this year.
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“Representing his home country will never get old for Tim Piasentin.
Already having done it once at the Little League World Series and then again with the Baseball Canada Junior National Team at their Dominican Fall League trip in 2023, the Dawgs Academy product is hoping to do it more in the years to come.
He took another step in the right direction by being named one of the 35 athletes invited to the team’s Extended Spring Training Camp, which is set for April 17-27, 2024 in Florida.”
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“The sacrifices are in the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches Raine Padgham eats, sometime in between classes, studying and baseball practice.
There’s not always time to fire up the hot plate and cook an extravagant meal when you’re juggling studies, and your first season as a university ball player with Thompson Rivers University.
But, there’s always time for baseball.
It’s that dedication to the sport that has her suiting up in the WolfPacks black and orange as the first woman to play baseball for Thompson Rivers.”
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Baseball Canada provides a rundown of the Canadians on major league rosters to start the 2024 season.
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Kyuhan Lumsdon was the top arm on the Langley Blaze’s Pro Tour of Arizona. And Lumsdon (Vancouver, BC) was also the best of the Blaze pitchers who headed to the mound against Seattle Mariners first- and second-year minor-league pros in the annual Wayne Norton game.
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Baseball Canada has announced the 35 players who will attend the Junior National Team’s Extended Spring Training Camp from April 17 to April 27 in Dunedin, Fla.
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Women’s National Team athletes Sena Catterall (Pierrefonds, Que.), Alizée Gélinas (Trois-Rivières, Que.) and Raine Padgham (Abbotsford, BC) will represent Canada in the Australian Women’s Baseball Showcase that will take place in Lismore, Australia from May 9 to May 12.
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“She filled up two passport pages in 2023, and if Zoe Hicks has anything to say about it, she wouldn’t mind doing it all again in 2024.
Representing both Softball Canada and Baseball Canada during the year, she often found herself flying from one event to the next with little rest in between.
Hicks wouldn’t have it any other way though, as her passion and energy around the diamond is evident when we sit down for a Zoom chat in December.
She had just received the news that she was named the Baseball Canada Women’s National Team Most Valuable Player in just her second season with the team.”
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew pays tribute to the trailblazing and inspirational Ashley Stephenson on International Women’s Day.
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“Baseball’s offseason always feels far too long for Amy Johnson, but it’s felt even longer heading into the 2024 season.
The Saskatoon product has been champing at the bit to get back onto the field and get ready for the possibility of representing Canada at the Women’s Baseball World Cup in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Even though the 21-year-old has been on Baseball Canada’s Women’s National Team roster for the last two seasons, Johnson isn’t assuming anything yet.
“Playing in the World Cup would be a dream come true,” she told Saskatchewan Dugout Stories. “It’s the highest level in the sport I love and it would be such a great opportunity that I would remember forever.”
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Canada will open play at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) IX Women’s Baseball World Cup Finals against Mexico on July 28 at Port Arthur Stadium in Thunder Bay, Ont., before taking on Japan, USA, Venezuela and Chinese Taipei in the event that is set to take place from July 28 to August 3.
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On the international stage, no one has represented Canadian baseball more than Rod Heisler. The left-handed hurler from Moose Jaw, Sask., made a record 14 appearances in international competitions for Canada, dating back to his first Amateur World Series in 1978. For his efforts, Heisler was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
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“Sitting in a golf cart fielding questions from numerous journalists via a conference call, newly elected Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Russell Martin was in good spirits as he reflected on his career.
He answered questions about all aspects of his playing career, from competing in youth baseball in Montreal to catching Greg Maddux in his early days with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The four-time major league All-Star even discussed his post-career coaching aspirations.
“I have loved my experiences with the coaching at the recent World Baseball Classic and with the Blue Jays, although I haven’t coached too much since my playing days,” reflected Martin from his cart. “I have three little girls at home that need their dad but once they get older, I definitely can see myself getting into coaching more.”
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“Her impact on Canada every time she took the field was so profound, one Ashley Stephenson gracing the lineup card wasn’t enough.
A roster full of Stephenson’s — that’s what you hoped for, said former longtime Women’s National Team Manager Andre Lachance. Her competitiveness, reliability, and passion x9. (Or 20.)
“She was the type of player that you wish you had 20 of them on your team,” said Lachance, who managed the Women’s National team for 15 years.”
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“I like to think that I was always going to be someone who really tries to push boundaries and tries to make things happen in whatever I want to do,” Women’s National Team great and Vancouver Canadians coach Ashley Stephenson (Mississauga, Ont.) recently told Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge. “I don’t want to be mediocre at things, I want to be exceptional at things. And sometimes to do that you’ve got to take scary steps.”
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“The 2026 World Baseball Classic can’t come fast enough for Ernie Whitt.
The Baseball Canada manager believes his team is on the cusp of getting into the championship bracket of the tournament if all of the stars align – literally.”
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On Saturday night, national team alum and former big league slugger Michael Saunders (Victoria, B.C.) became the 12th member of Baseball Canada’s Wall of Excellence. Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew caught up with Saunders earlier on Saturday.
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National Team alum and former big league closer John Axford (Port Dover, Ont.) jokingly took credit for the success of the young Canadian players on the national team at the Baseball Canada Awards Banquet & Fundraiser on Saturday night. It was all for fun then, but with all that he has done for Canadian baseball, his statement wasn’t too far off the mark. Canadian Baseball Network writer Trevor Fitzpatrick caught up with Axford to talk about the ex-closer’s career and his Shohei Ohtani tweet that went viral.
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