The Niagara Falcons rallied in the seventh inning to win the first 13U Larry Wood Memorial tournament in Waterdown, Ont.
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Happy Canada Day!
We celebrate the day with Bob Elliott’s 25th annual All-Canadian Canada Day lineup.
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“Well, if there was any doubt, the West Virginia Black Bears are Canada’s team in the MLB Draft league.
Especially since the Junior National Team vacated the league after playing a five-game partial schedule, of course.
The Black Bears have the most Canucks of any of the six teams with Connor Hicks of the Southeastern Fire, University of British Columbia Thunderbirds’ Jonny McGill and Scott Rienguette from Kansas State Wildcats.”
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“The G7 Leaders’ Summit was held in Alberta last week.
We saw the police presence at the airport, helicopters circling and extra security staying at the hotel. And maybe in a few years we’ll see how successful the meeting at nearby Kananaskis was.
The results came in a few years ago from the Okotoks Dawgs 2018 summit. The Edmonton Prospects had eliminated the Dawgs in the summer college league playoffs by a 2-1 score in the decisive game. That meant three Dawgs playoff exits courtesy of Edmonton in three strait summers.
Dawgs founding father John Ircandia called a meeting for the next morning Aug. 4, a Saturday. More than one coach wondered “could we be all fired?”
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“Canadian right-handed pitcher Vicarte “Vic” Domingo is in Lake Elsinore and excited to be a pro ball player.
Not too long ago, these dreams seemed unattainable to the Domingo (Vancouver, BC), 22.”
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“The Sarnia Brigade came within a game of winning the Canadian Amateur Baseball Central Gold Bat Tournament in 2024, but fell short in the final to the eventual provincial champion Newmarket Hawks.
This year, a different year, the host club would not be denied as they won the Gold Bat title with a 5-2 win over the Windsor Stars in the tournament finale at Stan Slack Field at Errol Russell Park on Sunday afternoon. “
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Bob Elliott pays tribute to former big league reliever, longtime Toronto Blue Jays doctor and his friend Ron Taylor.
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Okotoks Dawgs catcher Chase Logan (Oyen, Alta.) got to celebrate his big brother Gavin’s promotion to the Arizona Diamondbacks’ triple-A Reno Aces in the Dawgs’ coaches room at Seaman Stadium after Wednesday’s game. Bob Elliott was there to document the scene.
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“The joint was jumping.
Speakers at Seaman Stadium were blasting “Heave Away” by The Fables, the Celtic rock band from St. John’s, Newfoundland, as reliever Chase Tucker took his warm-up tosses.
The Fort McMurray Giants had a man on third as Tucker (Mount Pearl, Nfld.), replaced Josh Mills and made his first pitch.
Tucker heaved it all the way to the backstop with the runner scoring easily from third.
Lord liftin’ as a Newfoundlander might say.”
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“This really is Wild Rose country.
It says so on every license plate in the province.
And it has said so for years at Seaman Stadium, home of the Okotoks Dawgs.
Aidan Rose plays second base for the Okotoks Dawgs in the Western Canadian Baseball League. And before that Rose (Calgary, Alta.) joined the Dawgs Academy at age 12 from the Rocky Mountain Little League. So, this season with the college team represents his 11th in a Dawgs uniform.”
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Seven players with Canadian connections are among the 322 invited to the MLB draft combine June 17-21 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz.
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“Four of the top eight performers at the Perfect Game Canadian National Championship Tour in 18U and 16U divisions wore Ontario Blue Jays uniforms.
The successful event was staged at Royal Field and Field of Dreams Park in Thames Centre, as well as various other parks in the London area.”
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“The good folks at MLB Pipeline website have written Tennessee Volunteers left-hander Liam Doyle’s fastball “has been the most untouchable heater in college baseball this year.”
Apparently no one told Arkansas Razorbacks outfielder Charles Davalan.
Davalan (St-Bruno-De-Montarville, Que.) knew he would see that fastball when he headed to the plate after a leadoff walk in the top of the third in Game 2 of the Razorbacks Super Regional against the Volunteers on Sunday.”
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With a one-run lead in the bottom of the sixth, the Brewers Langley Blaze’s Keenan Parker stepped in and blasted a grand slam to shut the door on the host Great Lake Canadians in an eventual 8-3 win. With the victory, the Blaze captured the first Perfect Game Canadian Championship Tour title.
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After five games of pool play, pairings are set for the semi-finals in the 18U Perfect Game Canadian National Championship Tour at Thames Centre.
The host Great Lake Canadians beat the Ontario Nationals 11-2 to qualify. Three teams finished pool play with 4-1 record, while Great Lakes was 3-1-1.
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“As Alexandre Giguère’s fly ball nestled into the right fielder Roen Douglas’s glove, the third base dugout emptied as if someone had set off the fire alarm.
No fire here inside Royal Field.
And no hits either.
Lefty Michael Ham, 17, had pitched a complete-game, seven-inning, no hitter for the Great Lake Canadians against the Academy Baseball Canada on Day III of the Perfect Game 18U Canadian National Championship Tour. “
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“The Windsor Selects and Team Ontario entered the day undefeated and untied.
They ended the day still owning undefeated records ... as Windsor’s Nate Winney provided the game-tying, two-out, two-run drive to right field in the bottom of the seventh inning.
It wasn’t a game winner, but Winney kept Windsor atop Pool A as Day II drew to a close at the 18U Perfect Game Canadian National Championship Tour on Thursday afternoon.”
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“Will Hynes was everything as advertised and more as the 18U Perfect Game Canadian National Championship Tour began Wednesday afternoon.
The top-rated high school pitcher in Canada pitched six scoreless as his Ontario Blue Jays beat the Mississauga Tigers 7-0.”
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The first Perfect Game International Canadian National Championship tournament begins Wednesday at Royal Field in Dorchester.
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“It was easy to wonder what was going on upstairs sitting at a table for the annual Ottawa and District Sports Hall of Fame induction diner.
We mean away, way up in the clouds.”
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