Bob Elliott talks to several of the coaches at the Canadian Futures Showcase to find out what players at the event stood out to them.
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Bob Elliott’s column from Day 4 of the Canadian Futures Showcase shines the spotlight on players from five different provinces and talks about Ontario Terrriers catcher Jason Green (Georgetown, Ont.) who hit the first home run of the event on Friday.
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Bob Elliott’s column from Day 3 of the Canadian Futures Showcase shines the spotlight on players from four different provinces and shares the story of Great Lake Canadians catcher Rees Kozar who is attending the event despite a shoulder injury.
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Bob Elliott’s column from Day 2 of the Canadian Futures Showcase shines the spotlight on players from four different provinces and shares the story of how Ontario Terriers standout Jason Green Jr. became a catcher.
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Bob Elliott’s column from Day 1 of the Canadian Futures Showcase shines the spotlight on players from four different provinces. He also catches up with ex-big leaguers Matt Stairs, Denis Boucher and Adam Stern to talk about their memories of playing in Ottawa during their minor league careers.
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With the Blue Jays Academy officials switching the location for the Canadian Futures Showcase to Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (RCGT) Stadium, the Canadian Baseball Network thought it would be fun to list the Top 10 moments at the 30-year-old Ottawa Stadium, which in addition to JetForm Park has also been known as Lynx Stadium and RCGT Park.
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With the Canadian Futures Showcase set to begin in Ottawa on Tuesday, Bob Elliott takes a look back at the history of professional baseball in the nation’s capital. This is the first part of a two-part series.
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Bob Elliott shares his memories of Queen Elizabeth.
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Myles Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) proved recently that it doesn’t matter what the area code is, the Naylors still own the Area Codes Games.
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Mike Arundel shares the eulogy he delivered for Ottawa sports legend Hugh Riopelle, who passed away on August 30 at the age of 94.
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What do the Blue Jays expect to receive from this July’s first-round pick Brandon Barriera down the road? Well, if we just go off the monies paid to pitchers in previous drafts, Barriera was given $3.4 million US as the 23rd player selected in North America. The Jays forked that over so the Plantation, Fla. high schooler would ignore the Vanderbilt Commodores advances. It’s the second highest signing bonus the Blue Jays have ever given to a pitcher behind Alek Manoah.
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Bob Elliott recently caught up with pitchers Zak Szabo (Whitby, Ont.) and Matteo Pare (LaSalle, Ont.) at the JNT’s Selection camp for the WBSC U-18 World Cup, which will take place in Sarasota, Fla. from September 9 to September 18.
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Former UBC Thunderbirds RHP Adam Maier (North Vancouver, BC), a seventh-round pick of the Atlanta Braves, and ex-Langley Blaze RHP Jacob Zibin (Langley, BC), a 10th-round selection of the Cleveland Guardians, each received $1.2 million signing bonuses to top all Canadian 2022 MLB draft picks.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Bob Elliott shares many behind-the-scenes stories from the strong Saskatchewan team that is competing in this years’ Canada Summer Games.
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The Okotoks Dawgs Academy Black squad won Perfect Game 18U World Series. Bob Elliott has the details.
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In winning five straight games to take the consolation side of the Battle of the Falls 16U in Niagara Falls, N.Y., the Mississauga Majors peeled off three complete games in the quarters, semi-final and the final as Yenna Robson, Elijah Morales and Aidan Luther all went the distance.
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When the Toronto Baseball Association -- the TBA -- was in trouble at Ontario Summer Games it turned to JKJ.
Jordan Kubin-Jacobs hit a three-run lead to give Toronto a 10-8 win over York-Simcoe to take the gold medal for coach Jeff Sawchuk.
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Vancouver-born catcher Lamar King, who plays for the Calvert Hall Cardinals in Maryland, is getting a lot of attention from scouts. Bob Elliott shares King’s story.
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“The love affair between this town and baseball reached new heights Saturday night in the Western Canadian Baseball League East-West all-star game.
The game had a lot of everything but mostly drama and college-like excitement, in front of a crowd of 6,000 at Seaman Stadium. Like a pair of triples ... The East scoring five in the eighth for an 8-6 lead ... The West scoring two in the bottom of the ninth to forcing extras ... The West throwing out the possible lead run at the plate in the 10th with the West dugout emptying as if some one had yelled “FIRE!” ... and finally a walk-off single through a drawn-in, five-man infield.”
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Brendan Luther (Mississauga, Ont.) will be more than a Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star shortstop on Saturday night at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks. No, like Hank Williams, Jr., the Okotoks Dawgs infielder, is carrying on a family tradition as he suits up for the West All-Stars, writes Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief, Bob Elliott.
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