Exposfest, the entity operated by Perry Giannias and his family in Laval, Que., has been staging a series of softball games in Quebec in the last few days as it closes in on $1-million raised for the Kat D Foundation and the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
Read MoreToronto Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.) has been named the American League’s Reliever of the Month for July.
Read MoreLongtime California baseball columnist Mark Whicker remembers broadcasting great Vin Scully.
Read MoreVin Scully, the legendary voice of the Dodgers for 67 years, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94. We would like to express our condolences to his family. To remember him, we are republishing this article written about Mr. Scully by Bob Elliott on Scully’s last day in the broadcast booth (October 2, 2016).
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Zach Pop (Brampton, Ont.) and reliever Anthony Bass from the Miami Marlins in exchange for top infield prospect Jordan Groshans.
Read MoreWe answer your draft Frequently Asked Questions and look at our past record going back to 1995.
Read MoreWith his 24th save of the 2022 campaign on Sunday, Toronto Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.) broke the record he shared with ex-Montreal Expos reliever Claude Raymond (St. Jean, Que.) for most saves in a season by a Canadian pitcher for a Canadian major league team.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Charles Leblanc, Matt Brash, Justin Morneau, Josh Naylor, Jordan Romano, Gary Carter and Gord Pladson.
Read MoreThe Miami Marlins have called up INF/OF Charles Leblanc (Laval, Que.). He will join fellow Canuck Zach Pop on the Marlins’ roster.
Read MoreOntario Terriers alum Jordan Woods (Oakville, Ont.) has signed a free agent contract with the Kansas City Royals. Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts has the details.
Read More“Matt Stairs must feel at home in Alberta.
The former big league slugger, who was at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta., as a special guest at the Western Canadian Baseball League’s All-Star Game on Saturday, has a brother that lives in Calgary and he and his wife, Lisa, were staying with his ex-sister-in-law in Okotoks.
It was also in Alberta with the Oakland A’s triple-A Edmonton Trappers in 1996 that Stairs turned his professional baseball career around. At age 28, after seven seasons in the minors with only short stretches of big league action, he decided to open up his batting stance.”
Read MoreSt. Thomas, Ont., native Jack Graney will be honoured posthumously with the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2022 Ford C. Frick Award in a ceremony on July 23 in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly "But What Do I Know?” column discusses Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Jack Graney, Paul Beeston, Dave Stieb and David Ortiz.
Read MoreFormer Okotoks Dawgs players Gavin Logan (Oyen, Alta.) and Jacob Melton were selected in the 2022 MLB Draft.
Read More“Dylan O’Rae shot up the draft board faster than he goes first to third on a single through the right side.
And anyone who has seen the young infielder play, knows just how fast that is.
Thanks to the keen eye of scout and Canadian baseball legend Pete Orr (Newmarket, Ont.), the Milwaukee Brewers scooped up the Great Lake Canadian with their third round pick, 102nd overall in the 2022 draft. This made him the first Canadian selected.”
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses the MLB Draft, Paul and Turner Spoljaric, some past Montreal Expos draft selections, Tom Goffena, Larry Walker and Tyler O’Neill.
Read More“For “Junior” it was to be his first game coaching on a Kingston ball diamond in more than 40 years. That’s quite a break between games at a familiar playground for hometown boy Bob Elliott, who long ago outgrew the nickname he earned in his youth as the namesake son of a local sporting hero. (“Niblet,” too, is all but forgotten, although Elliott is known to answer to “Knobber” when in the company of guys who played for him back in the day.)”
Read MoreBrothers Turner and Garner Spoljaric (Lisle, Ont.) are eligible for the 2022 MLB draft, which starts tomorrow. Their father, former big league pitcher, Paul Spoljaric, is proud and excited, but he admits he’s on “pins and needles” ahead of the draft. Canadian Baseball Network writer Zach Worden recently spoke with Paul and his son, Turner.
Read MoreWith the 2022 MLB draft set to begin Sunday, Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew offers some fun facts and firsts about Canadians in previous drafts.
Read MoreVladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.), Alejandro Kirk, Alek Manoah and George Springer will represent the Toronto Blue Jays at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game which will take place at Dodger Stadium on July 19.
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