Elliott: Draft Blog Day III
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Mississauga Majors' Marisa Shah struck out a loudmouth twice in Cooperstown this week after that opposing player told her she should be playing softball.
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Elliott: Joey Votto continues the long road back
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott unveils the most influential Canadians in baseball in 2023. The list contains most influential Canadians, those we lost last year and our honorable mentions.
Did you make it?
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In honour of the San Diego Padres' second no-hitter in franchise history -- Dylan Cease against the Washington Nationals on Thursday night — we dug up this story by Bob Elliott about former Blue Jays' draft pick, Joe Musgrove, who threw the first.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott remembers his late friend and recipient of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2024 BBWAA Excellence Award Gerry Fraley, who was honoured posthumously this past weekend in Cooperstown.
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Some quirky backyard hitting drills designed by his father, Micah, are a key reason Toronto-born Dante Nori was selected in the first round by the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday night. Bob Elliott has the story.
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Bob Elliott’s blog from Day 1 of the 2024 MLB draft.
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“More than once we have been asked either in person or via email:
“Why is a player from Northville, Mich. listed No. 1 on the Canadian Baseball Network draft list?”
Well, Dante Nori was born at Mount Sinai Hospital on University Avenue in downtown Toronto. He lived here for two years. And Dante often hung out at the Air Canada Centre before, during and after Toronto Raptors games.”
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Infielder Brendan Lawson (Toronto, Ont.) is the No. 2 ranked prospect on the 2024 Canadian Baseball Network Draft List, heading into the draft that will begin on Sunday. We thought we would rerun an article that we published about him back in September.
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Happy Canada Day!
We celebrate the day with Bob Elliott’s 24th annual All-Canadian Canada Day lineup.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott remembers Orlando Cepeda, the Hall of Fame slugger, who passed away on Friday at the age of 86.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Bob Elliott shares some news, notes and memories from his recent baseball trip to Alberta.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott pays tribute to Adrien (Tic) Langlois, who was the best Kingston Collegiate Blue high school football coach he never played for. Langlois passed away on June 17 at the age of 86.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott’s remembers Willie Mays.
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The Mississauga North Tigers are headed back to the Connie Mack World Series in Farmington, New Mexico.
Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott writes about 2024 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Rod Heisler and his tremendous “Fruit of the Loom” pick-off move.
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“There is not a better feeling in the game than winning the final game of the season.
And conversely, there is probably not a worse feeling than losing when you are a victory away from playing in the championship final.
Tucker Zdunich felt the latter after his Reinhardt Eagles dropped the final two games of the AVISTA NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Id. The Eagles won three straight before losing back-to-back games to the Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs. A win in either would have put them in the title game.
No matter now. What was then was then. The page in his diamond book had been turned and he returned home to where he has played the previous 10 years going all the way back to bantam -- the Okotoks Dawgs.”
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Former Okotoks Academy Dawgs C-OF Logan Grant (Chestermere, Alta.) is back with the Dawgs after a breakout season with the Bellevue Bruins. Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott caught up with Grant on Saturday.
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