Uplifting Canadian baseball photos/videos of the week – June 12

 

 

By Kevin Glew

Cooperstowners in Canada

I’ve been posting an “Uplifting Canadian Baseball Photo/Video of the Day” on Twitter and Facebook.

I realize that many of you don’t follow me on social media, so each Friday, my plan is to share three of these posts with you (from the previous five days).

I hope these photos/videos will bring a smile to your face during these challenging times.

1. Tim Raines records his 800th major league stolen base at Olympic Stadium.

This speedy Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee recorded 635 stolen bases as a Montreal Expo. Fittingly, when he returned to Olympic Stadium as a member of the New York Yankees on June 10, 1998 (22 years ago this past Wednesday), he registered his 800th career stolen base. Expos fans, as you’ll see in the video below, responded with a lengthy standing ovation.

I shared this video on Twitter on Wednesday and got a response from Raines himself (below).

2. A reminder of how good Devon White was in centre field for the Toronto Blue Jays

The video is self-explanatory.

3. The Canadian connection to the greatest catch I’ve ever seen.

Wednesday was the 23rd anniversary of the remarkable catch made by Angels centre fielder Jim Edmonds in the video below.

So what’s the Canadian connection to this catch? Well, that’s Baseball Canada president Jason Dickson (Miramichi, N.B.) pitching for the Angels. He hurled seven innings and allowed just one earned run that day in the Angels’ 6-2 win over the Royals.