Widely respected baseball executive Kevin Towers died one year ago today at the age of 56 after a courageous battle with thyroid cancer. We remember him today with this 2011 story by Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott.
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Canadians Ben Abram, Brett Bass, Eric Cerantola and David Rhodes all rank among Perfect Game's top freshmen.
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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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Cincinnati scout Reds Bill Byckowski (Georgetown, Ont.) is the 2018 Canadian Baseball Network Scout of the year and the winner of the Jim Ridley award.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Bob Elliott has unveiled his 2018 list of the most influential people in Canadian baseball. So who is No. 1 this year?
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Former major leaguers, triple-A players and even retired players will suit up for Canada way south of the border down Sao Paulo way next month. The goal will be a third straight Pan Am Games gold medal after Canada won in Mexico in 2011 and Ajax in 2015. Canadian Junior National Team gave us baseball in December winning the 18U Pan Am qualifier and now the Team Canada seniors head to Sao Paulo, Brazil for the Pan Am Game Qualifier Jan. 29-Feb. 3.
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The legendary Wray Upper, 87, passed away Dec. 8 in Cambridge, Ont. A celebration of life for Upper will take place in Cambridge on Dec. 21. The event will be held at the Coutts Funeral Home on St. Andrews Street from 1 to 4 p.m. in Cambridge.
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Cardinals Carson Kelly was a Canadian peewee champ at the Baseball Canada nationals in 2007 in Quebec City.
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Elliott: R. I. P. President George H. W. Bush
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Beloved Toronto Blue Jays visiting clubhouse manager Kevin Malloy is battling tongue cancer. A Blue Jays employee since 1982, Malloy has a long list of former and current Blue Jays players and coaches who love him and are praying for him.
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Elliott: 19th annual Canadian Baseball Network all-Canadian college team with Edourd Julien of Auburn the Player of the Year.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott summarizes the 2018 OBA Award winners.
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The Canadian Baseball Network reveals its five finalists for its College Player of the Year Award. They are Elliott Curtis, Kole Cottam, Kobee Hyland, Edourd Julien or J.P. Stevenson.
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Rocky Johnson is a great baseball name. And it turns out … he’s not a bad hitter either. After playing in the International tournament at the Palm Beaches, Canada 12U played an exhibition game. Canuck youngster Rocky Johnson hit a pair of grand slams in a 20-13 win over a Florida All-Star travel team at Phipps Park in West Palm Beach. For the weekend, Johnson went 10-for-12, with four home runs and 17 RBIs.
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Elliott: PG elite honour for Taisei Yahiro (Abbotsford, BC), 10 Canucks make all-tourney team …Ryan Beitel (Cloverdale BC), Holdem Cumiskey (Surrey BC), Dasan Brown (Oakville Ont.), Blake Buckle (Milton Ont.), Owen Diodati (Niagara Falls Ont.), Ryan Leitch (Whitby Ont.), David McCabe (Courtice Ont.), Ryan Scott (Quispamsis NB), Neftaly Severino Cronier (Boisbriand Que.) and Justin Thorsteinson (Langley BC).
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott pays tribute to Hall of Famer Willie McCovey and friend Mary Lois Arundel who recently passed away.
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The Canadian Baseball Network has enlisted legendary Montreal Expos announcer and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Dave Van Horne to rank his top five all-time Expos Hall of Famers. This series will begin on the site on Friday.
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Member of the 1993 World Series-winning Toronto Blue Jays squad gathered at the soldout Back2Back 25th anniversary reunion dinner in Toronto last Tuesday. Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson was there and he’s still taking credit for Joe Carter’s walk-off home run.
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The Ontario Sports Hall of Fame honoured Mark Capone, Tom Henke, Brian Kilrea and Joey Votto in a ceremony in Toronto on October 23.
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