Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares his memories of covering humble and generous Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons who was always good for “lots of laughs.”
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Elliott: Former players came to praise Gary Wilson
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Bob Elliott shares a list of the award winners from Baseball Ontario’s annual Evening of Excellence that was held on Saturday.
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Bob Elliott pays tribute to longtime Toronto Blue Jays scout Dave Yoakum who passed away on May 10 at the age of 76.
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Elliott, CBN All-Canadian college Second Team: Jones, Carcini, Mendham, McGarry-Doyle, O’Halloran, Carr, Manias
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The Canadian Baseball Network reveals its 2023 All-Canadian college Third Team.
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Former catcher Blaise Laveay (Kelowna, BC) won gold with Canada’s National Youth Team in 1991. Thirty two years later, his goal is to umpire in the same World Championship tournament. Bob Elliott shares Laveay’s story.
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“It was a simple picture.
Three lifelong baseball men.
We were going to slap a cutline (the words which appear underneath each picture to identify who is in the picture ... from left to right) on it and post it on the Canadian Baseball Network website.
But we looked at again.
And again.
These three iconic British Columbia boys should not be dispatched with a simple cutline.”
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Thirty years ago today, Toronto Blue Jays slugger Joe Carter belted the second walk-off, World Series-winning home run in major league history. It’s an unforgettable moment in Canadian baseball history - one that wouldn’t have happened, as Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott recounts in this 2015 article, if Carter had signed with the Kansas City Royals, as the outfielder almost did at the 1992 winter meetings.
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Bob Elliott writes that Rob Thomson (Corunna, Ont.) isn’t the only member of the Philadelphia Phillies coaching staff that has a Canadian connection.
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Here is a list of all of the former CBN all-Canadian Team members — 222 in all — who have reached the next level, or are on their way to proceeding further down the road than most before retiring. It has been updated to include how they performed in 2023 (if they are still active).
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Bob Elliott summarizes how the Canadian prospects performed at the 25th annual Perfect Game World Wood Bat championship tournament at Jupiter, Fla.
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Bob Elliott updates us on how Canadians performed on Day VI of the 25th annual Perfect Game WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla.
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Bob Elliott updates us on how Canadians performed on Day V of the 25th annual Perfect Game WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla.
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Bob Elliott updates us on how Canadians performed on Day IV of the 25th annual Perfect Game WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla.
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Bob Elliott updates us on how Canadians performed on Day III of the 25th annual Perfect Game WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla.
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Baseball Canada alum and former Toronto Blue Jays pitching prospect Perry Lychak (Edmonton, Ont.) has passed away at the age of 65.
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Bob Elliott shares some updates on how Canadians are performing at the 25th annual Perfect Game WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla.
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Before pool play at the Perfect Game WWBA World championship began, there was a bragging rights title to settle with an exhibition game. The Brewers/Langley Blaze, who have been long-time participants, played an exhibition game against Canadian Premier before the start of the 25th annual event.
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Seventy-two Canadians are competing in this year’s Perfect Game WWBA World championship in Jupiter, Fla.
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