Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
For the first time in their history, Canada has advanced to the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals after they defeated Cuba 7-2 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium on Wednesday.
It’s a win or go home game for Canada and manager Ernie Whitt is handing the ball to Cal Quantrill. The veteran right-hander will start against Cuba today at 3 p.m. E.T. at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the final game of Pool A play.
My weekly Canadian baseball news and notes column discusses the Miracle on Grass, Adam Stern, Steve Green, Jacques Doucet and Rheal Cormier.
Joe Carter turns 66 today. To celebrate, I'm resharing the Joe Carter appreciation post I wrote last year.
Kevin Glew shares some details about the Montreal Expos' first ever spring training game played 57 years ago today, on March 6, 1969.
Canada captain Josh Naylor has nothing but praise for Michael Soroka, who will start the first game of the World Baseball Classic for Canada in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Saturday.
Addison Barger hit another grand slam for the Toronto Blue Jays. No, it wasn’t as important as his history-making pinch-hit blast in the sixth inning of Game 1 of the 2025 World Series, but it accounted for almost all of the Blue Jays’ offence in their 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox in front of 5,943 fans at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Fla., on Monday.
I did some research to uncover who are Canada’s all-time statistical leaders among pitchers at the World Baseball Classic.
My weekly Canadian baseball news and notes column discusses Tyler O'Neill, Tyler Black, Matt Brash and Vladimir Guerrero.
It was a game to watch the Toronto Blue Jays prospects shine. And fittingly the Blue Jays’ 7-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in front of 6,081 fans at TD Ball Park in Dunedin, Fla., on Saturday ended with a diving catch by right-fielder R.J. Schreck on a deep fly ball hit by Phillies prospect Keaton Anthony.
