Little League Alberta District 2 (Edmonton) has been named a semi finalist for the 2025 National Safety Council (NSC) Green Cross for Safety® Advocate Award. It was the first time any Canadian Little League district, or any youth sports organization in Canada, has received this distinction.
Read MoreOntario Blue Jays alum Brendan Lawson (Toronto, Ont.) is impressing with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod League. He owns a .368 batting average with three doubles, three homers and four RBIs. In the first 12 games, he has a 1.162 OPS.
Read More“Despite an excellent first half of the Western Canadian Baseball League season, right-hander Seth Gurr won’t be attending the All-Star Game at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta., on Saturday.
A freak injury has forced him to the sidelines despite his 2.65 ERA on the year.”
Read MoreWith the Canadian Little League Baseball Intermediate championships taking place in Kingston, Mark Potter takes a look at the timeline for the sport in Canada’s first capital.
Read MorePrior to the draft, veteran Philadelphia Phillies scout Alex Agostino liked what he saw from Charles Davalan who grew up and honed his skills half an hour away from Agostino’s hometown of St-Bruno, Que. Davalan was selected 41st overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Read More“What are the odds of finding the top-rated draft-eligible Canuck less than 15 weeks before the annual selection of high schoolers and collegians?
Over the years, we have found a few, yet we never have we found anything like this:
Santa Barbara Gauchos RHP Tyler Bremner.
Tyler was born in San Diego. His parents are Jason Bremner, of Mississauga, and Jennifer, of Queensville, Ont., north of Newmarket. They now call southern California home.
Tyler has a Canadian passport.
And he’s really good ... no, we mean really, really good.”
Read MoreThere’s a new player atop the Canadian Baseball Network’s 2025 Draft List. His name is Slater de Brun. The speedy outfielder lives in Bend, Ore., but thanks to his mom has a Canadian passport and would be eligible to play for Canada in the World Baseball Classic.
Read MoreThe Niagara Falcons rallied in the seventh inning to win the first 13U Larry Wood Memorial tournament in Waterdown, Ont.
Read MoreHappy Canada Day!
We celebrate the day with Bob Elliott’s 25th annual All-Canadian Canada Day lineup.
Read More“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.”
Read More“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?”
Read More“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.”
Read More“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. “
Read MoreBob Elliott pays tribute to former big league reliever, longtime Toronto Blue Jays doctor and his friend Ron Taylor.
Read MoreOkotoks 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.
Read More“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.”
Read More“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.”
Read MoreSeven players with Canadian connections are among the 322 invited to the MLB draft combine June 17-21 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz.
Read More“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.”
Read MoreWith 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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