Outfielder Matt Evans (Tillsonburg, Ont.) led a quintet of Great Lake Canadians named to the Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason Canada/Puerto Rico Region all high school senior first team. The Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason All-Region selections comprise players from nine regions around North America. Canada and Puerto Rico are in the same group and Great Lake -- run by Adam Stern, Chris Robinson and Jamie Romak -- had five first team selections.
Read MoreFor the first-time in the history of the Canadian Baseball Network’s Canadians in College list, there are more than 1,000 Canadians playing in U.S. colleges. So who was No. 1,000? It is CF Layton Cuvilier (Hantsport, N.S.) who plays for the Sussex Community College Skylanders.
Read MoreThanks largely to the efforts of Baseball Canada CEO Jason Dickson, the Canadian National Team will have a chance to qualify for the 2023 Pan Am Games after all, writes Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott.
Read MoreAhead of tonight’s World Baseball Classic final featuring the United States against Japan, Bob Elliott shares some final thoughts and stories from this year’s very successful tournament.
Read MoreTy Hamilton (Orleans, Ont.) led the way with a two-run run homer as the Langley Blaze fell 7-4 to the class-A Mariners minor leaguers in the annual Wayne Norton game at the Peoria Sports Complex, the Seattle Mariners’ spring home, in Peoria, Ariz.
Read MoreBob Elliott writes that in the end it came down to two things that were lacking for Canada at the World Baseball Classic: not enough major leaguers and not enough pitches for strikes.
Read MoreThe OKotoks Dawgs, Mississauga Tigers, the Langley Blaze and others are headed south in March.
Read MoreAfter Canada’s 5-0 win over Colombia at the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday, Bob Elliott writes that there are two new Canadian names that belong on the country’s Mount Rushmore of the international stage.
Read MoreAt 19, left-hander Mitch Bratt (Newmarket, Ont.) became the youngest player ever to pitch for Canada at the World Baseball Classic on Monday night. He started against a powerful U.S. squad that featured big league MVPs Mookie Betts, Mike Trout and Paul Goldschmidt as their first three hitters. Things didn’t go well for Bratt in Canada’s 12-1 loss, but after the game, the young lefty was offered words of encouragement by many, including Trout. Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares his game story from Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz.
Read More“The reason for expanding the World Baseball Classic from 16 to 20 teams was to popularize the game around the world. Added to the fifth WBC were Czech Republic, Nicaragua, Panama and Great Britain.
Team Canada went to 1-0 at this edition Sunday afternoon with a 18-8 win over Great Britain in front of 11,555 fans at Chase Field. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh due to the WBC run-elimination rule (mercy rule) as the teams set a record for runs scored. Still it took three hours and 38 minutes.”
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief and Kingston, Ont., native Bob Elliott recently caught up with fellow Kingston, Ont., native and likely Team Canada closer Matt Brash in Phoenix, Ariz., prior to Canada’s first game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares how former Toronto Blue Jays slugger Rowdy Tellez helped resilient Canadian right-hander John Axford (Port Dover, Ont.) through one of his worst baseball moments.
Read More“Superhero” Phillippe Aumont (Gatineau, Que.) pitched a scoreless inning for Canada in their 5-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners in a World Baseball Classic exhibition game on Thursday. Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott caught up with Aumont, who broke a bone in his back in January, but still managed to be ready for the tournament.
Read MoreToronto Mets alum Mitch Bratt (Newmarket, Ont.) and Okanagan Athletics grad Jared Young (Prince George, B.C.) were standouts for Canada in their 11-7 exhibition game loss to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday in preparation for the World Baseball Classic.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott talks to Canadian manager Ernie Whitt about the skipper’s decision to start ace Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.) in the first game of the World Baseball Classic against Great Britain.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott pays tribute to the late Tim McCarver, whom he recalls riding down Main Street in Cooperstown with in 2012.
Read MoreCincinnati Reds superstar Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) will miss playing for Canada at the World Baseball Classic this year, but he is focused on his recovery from shoulder surgery. The 39-year-old slugger told Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott that he believes he can be a productive hitter again in 2023.
Read MoreBob Elliott writes that there are 15 Canucks on Perfect Games’s JUCO 500 list.
Read MoreElliott: No. 1 on the Top 100 Phillies' Rob Thomson
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