The University of British Columbia Thunderbirds retired former right-hander Brooks McNiven’s No. 19 on Saturday.
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Travis Bazzana, the top pick in this year’s MLB draft, and his Oregon State Beavers teammates spent 10 days training at the Seaman Stadium Complex in Okotoks, Alta. last fall. Ian Wilson, from Alberta Dugout Stories, wrote about it.
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“Inspiration was everywhere for Jimmy Dionne.
It was in the crowded stadiums, the road-trips to new places, the talent of the Quebec Capitales players that Dionne had front row seats to growing up as son of a Capitales coach.
The life of a pro baseball player surrounded him, and it was a dream he wanted a part of.
The now 6-foot-4 19-year-old would jump into his dad’s vehicle as a four and five-year-old en route to ball fields in Boston and New York. When the Capitales went on the road, his dad, Stephane Dionne coached, and Jimmy, too young to play and too young to coach — took it all in.”
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Longtime college coach Mike McRae (Niagara Falls, Ont.) has been hired by Rutgers to be their new pitching coach/associate head coach.
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Two more Thunderbirds have earned their opportunity to go pro, as UBC ace Sean Heppner and fireballer Vicarte Domingo have both been selected in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft. Heppner was taken in the 12th round, 355th overall, by the Cleveland Guardians. Domingo was chosen in the 19th round, 570th overall, by the San Diego Padres. The two pitchers are the 32nd and 33rd players in program history drafted to or signed by an MLB team.
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Purdue catcher Connor Caskenette (Duncan, B.C.) was drafted by the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.
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Right-hander Cohen Achen (Calgary, Alta.) was selected in the 14th round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday.
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Grand Canyon senior outfielder Tyler Wilson, who is the son of former big leaguer Steve Wilson (Victoria, B.C.), was picked by the New York Yankees in the eighth round of the 2024 MLB Draft on Monday.
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All-American pitcher LP Langevin (Quebec, Que.) became the second Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns player in as many days selected in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft when he was a fourth-round (No. 105 overall) selection on Monday by the Kansas City Royals.
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Kentucky Wildcats second baseman Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) was selected in the second round of the 2024 MLB draft by the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.
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Former Okotoks Dawgs outfielder Micah McDowell (Kentville, N.S.) is the No. 9 prospect on the 2024 Canadian Baseball Network Draft List heading into the MLB draft which begins today at 7 p.m. E.T. We wanted to rerun this excellent article written by Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, about McDowell that was published in January.
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Kentucky Wildcats second baseman Émilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) could become the latest Canadian to play for the Wildcats to be drafted.
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“The MLB Draft can be nerve-wracking for any eligible player who dreams of taking their talents to the professional level and another step closer to the big league stage.
For pitcher L.P. Langevin (Quebec, Que.), that dream has a sky-high chance of coming to fruition early next week with the draft set to begin this Sunday evening. After a stellar campaign with the University of Louisiana at Layeffette Ragin’ Cajuns. the right-hander has put himself in a position to get drafted and move on into the world of professional baseball.”
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“Nash Crowell may have had the craziest week any college baseball player could ever imagine.
The Reinhardt University slugger found himself in the unpredictable position of going viral after getting hit in the face by a 100 mile-per-hour fastball in a March 30th game.
Just one hospital visit and six days later, he was back on the field hitting a walk-off grand slam with his parents in the stands.
It was a whirlwind filled with a wide range of emotions, and while the scars are gone, the memories are still very vivid in Crowell’s mind.”
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“The head coach of Missouri State started out as a passionate Canadian kid, playing catch with his dad in the summers and watching the Toronto Blue Jays.
On the baseball fields of Whitby, Ont., Joey Hawkins learned the fundamentals of the game, and a spark was ignited that never went out.”
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ABC and Junior National Team alum Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) has earned Academic All-America honours after a strong season on the field and in the classroom at the University of Kentucky.
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“A first love, a first kiss or, in the case of Ethan Murdoch, a first NCAA Division I hit with the Marshall Thundering Herd.
Leading off the bottom of the second inning in a game against Morehead State on April 16, the Swift Current native rocketed the first pitch he saw from Ethan Davis for a no-doubt home run to open up the scoring.
It came as a massive relief for Murdoch, who was making his third start for the team and had gone hitless in his first 13 plate appearances.
“I went up there leading off the inning, really just trying to be aggressive and get on any fastball in the zone and he just happened to basically throw it middle-middle and I just reacted,” he told Saskatchewan Dugout Stories.”
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Matt Spatafora (Scarborough, Ont.) has been named head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles.
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ABC alum Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) has been named a Third Team All-American By D1Baseball.com.
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ABC alum Emilien Pitre (Repentigny, Que.) belted a two-run home run for the Kentucky Wildcats on Wednesday but it wasn’t enough in the Wildcats’ 15-4 loss to Florida. The loss eliminated the Wildcats from the College World Series.
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