Bob Elliott caught up with five more players at the Canadian Futures Showcase on Thursday to ask them about their baseball journeys and their goals.
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Bob Elliott caught up with four more players at the Canadian Futures Showcase on Wednesday to ask them about their baseball journey and their goals.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott was at Scout Day at the Canadian Futures Showcase on Tuesday and he caught up with five high schoolers from across the country and asked them a series of questions.
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What MLB teams have paid out the most in signing bonuses to Canadian draft picks over the years? Bob Elliott has the answer in this article.
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This week the Chicago White Sox said goodbye to scout Billy Scherrer, part of their scouting department for the past 22 years. He began scouting for the Florida Marlins after his playing career, then worked for his old Cincinnati Reds team from 1998 to 2002. Scherrer, who grew up in the Buffalo suburb of Tonawanda, N.Y. and later moved to Arizona, was the first winner of the Canadian Baseball Network Scout of the Year award.
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Bob Elliott shares tributes to Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) from Fergie Jenkins, Jose Bautista, Jay Bruce, Carlos Delgado, Justin Morneau, Bob Smyth, Dave Van Horne and others.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares numerous tributes to Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.).
Five Toronto Mets and four Team Ontario Astros earned all-tournament honours at the Perfect Game WWBA 16U National championship in Marietta, Ga.
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“The ink is barely dry on contracts signed by 2024 draft selections.
The hunt to find the best draft-eligible high schoolers began first at the East Coast Pro Showcase in Hoover, Ala. and then 240 of the best high school players in North America were invited to the Area Code Games at Blair Field in Long Beach, Calif.
Over the years Canuck hitters, all three Naylor brothers – Josh, Bo and Myles (Mississauga, Ont.), 1B Scott Thorman (Cambridge, Ont.) and Gareth Morgan (North York, Ont.) have put on some memorable displays of power.
It wasn't so much of a power display when scouts gathered, but rather a complete game on display by Philip Cheong of the Ontario Blue Jays.”
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Ontario Yankees alum RHP Jackson Kornylo (Oshawa, Ont.) was dominant at the East Coast Showcase in Hoover, Ala.
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Elliott: Draft Blog Day III
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Mississauga Majors' Marisa Shah struck out a loudmouth twice in Cooperstown this week after that opposing player told her she should be playing softball.
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Elliott: Joey Votto continues the long road back
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott unveils the most influential Canadians in baseball in 2023. The list contains most influential Canadians, those we lost last year and our honorable mentions.
Did you make it?
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In honour of the San Diego Padres' second no-hitter in franchise history -- Dylan Cease against the Washington Nationals on Thursday night — we dug up this story by Bob Elliott about former Blue Jays' draft pick, Joe Musgrove, who threw the first.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott remembers his late friend and recipient of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2024 BBWAA Excellence Award Gerry Fraley, who was honoured posthumously this past weekend in Cooperstown.
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Some quirky backyard hitting drills designed by his father, Micah, are a key reason Toronto-born Dante Nori was selected in the first round by the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday night. Bob Elliott has the story.
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Bob Elliott’s blog from Day 1 of the 2024 MLB draft.
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“More than once we have been asked either in person or via email:
“Why is a player from Northville, Mich. listed No. 1 on the Canadian Baseball Network draft list?”
Well, Dante Nori was born at Mount Sinai Hospital on University Avenue in downtown Toronto. He lived here for two years. And Dante often hung out at the Air Canada Centre before, during and after Toronto Raptors games.”
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