Elliott, CPBL Showcase Day IV: Bigras, Gravelle, Hughes, Scott
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“Alone in a hotel room, with no screaming crowd and bright lights to distract him from his own mind, Travis Snider spirals.
The Toronto Blue Jays outfielder is struggling at the plate, with his self worth, and with unhealed childhood trauma that he’s tried to repress.
“I still never got to the point of grieving, of processing these emotions to where I could just let go of it and go play the game,” Snider said. “I was always carrying that baggage with me.”
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Trevor Fitzpatrick took in the action on a rainy Day 3 of the CPBL Showcase in Dorchester, Ont. on Saturday. He shines the spotlight on four of the players participating in the event.
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Elliott, CPBL Showcase Day II: Jacob, Kwinter, Lessard, Sikkema
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Kitchener Panthers have signed four players from the University of Waterloo Warriors.
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The Canadian Premier Baseball League regular season is officially underway for all Terriers teams. Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts takes a look at who stood out for each this past week.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shines the spotlight on four of the players participating in the CPBL Showcase in Dorchester, Ont., this weekend.
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The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) has launched its new and improved website.
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The third annual Amanda Asay Memorial Jamboree will take place in Burnaby, B.C. on Saturday. Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge has the details.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Toronto Maple Leafs have re-signed right-hander Marek Deska (Cambridge, Ont.).
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As they so often say in fighting promotions when champions clash, “some paths are meant to cross.” This time, it was two of Canada’s top baseball teams on Monday when the Quebec Capitales of the Frontier League beat the Welland Jackfish of the IBL 8-4. Canadian Baseball Network writer Trevor Fitzpatrick was there and he filed this story.
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“Greg Cranker has a very large family. Most of its members are not relatives.
Cranker, 66 and widely known as “Cranks,” is the long-time coach, administrator, groundskeeper and “father figure” of the Erindale Cardinals community in Mississauga, Ont.
He can appear to be gruff and straightforward at times, quiet and reserved, comfortable in the background at other times and fun-loving and respectful of baseball and ball players all the time. But it is his actions, more than his words, that create a positive example for his players to follow on the field and off.”
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“Now that sandlots are jammed from coast to coast, it is time to pass on some advice.
No, not from some old goat like me.
We asked some of the best high school players in the country a few questions at the Canadian Futures Showcase staged at Rogers Centre last fall:
What’s the most important life lesson you’ve learned playing ball?”
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In honour of Tyler Black (Stouffville, Ont.) being called up by the Milwaukee Brewers, we went back into our archives to find this article that his father, Rod Black, wrote for our site when Tyler was named the 2021 Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Year.
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The Ottawa Titans have selected Charlie Towers (Toronto, Ont.) in the second round of the independent Frontier League draft.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Kitchener Panthers have re-signed catcher Yunior Ibarra.
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“When the Toronto Blue Jays do well, the Ontario Baseball Association sees an increase in interest in its programming, said Mary-Ann Smith, executive director, Ontario Baseball Association.
From 2022 to 2023, the number of players registered jumped more than 15,000. Specifically, the OBA increased its registration from 55,837 players to 71,487 players.”
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The Junior National Team lost their final game of their extended spring training camp 8-3 to the Toronto Blue Jays minor leaguers in Dunedin.
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ICYMI Kennedy: Two-way man Clyde 'The Camel' Harris played almost forever
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Junior lose to Orioles, Clavet, Flewelling, Kwinter, Polanco
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