Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
I review legendary broadcaster Rod Black's excellent new memoir, "Cut to Black: A Legendary Life in Sports (and Maybe a Few Beers)."
I recently read Danny Gallagher's excellent new book, "The Tragic Story of Willie Davis and other Expos Vignettes." Here's my review.
I review Harvey Sahker's excellent new book, "Before the Blue Jays: Professional Baseball in Toronto Prior to 1977."
It wouldn’t be much of a stretch to say that Don Drysdale’s career in professional baseball started and ended in Montreal.
Did you know that the first night baseball game in Canada was played in Vancouver in 1931? Or that Jackie Robinson was rumoured to be the first manager of the Pacific Coast League’s Vancouver Mounties in 1956? These are just two of the engrossing and little-told stories shared in an outstanding new book called, “Play Ball! The Amazing Stories and Captivating Characters Who Have Made Baseball a Winning Ticket in Vancouver for Over 100 Years.”
Kevin Glew reviews Danny Gallagher's excellent new Montreal Expos book, Explosion: Genesis to relocation, 1994 saga, contraction, revelations about the dying days, Moises, Lenny, Schneids and the Expos.
Kevin Glew reviews John Gibbons new memoir, Gibby: Tales of a Baseball Lifer, which is co-written by veteran Canadian author Greg Oliver.
Kevin Glew reviews Danny Gallagher's excellent new Montreal Expos book called Around the Horn: Cash, Boots, Duq, Gully & The Expos.
Rob Thomson (Corunna, Ont.) delivering his Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech in 2019. Photo: Scott Crawford, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame October 23, 2022 By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada My weekly Canadian baseball news and notes: -On Friday, the Toronto Blue Jays announced that they have signed manager John Schneider to a... Continue Reading →
By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada You could say that Danny Gallagher has hit a grand slam with his latest Montreal Expos book, "Bases Loaded." The veteran author, who has penned seven previous Expos books, has hit another one out of the park doing what he does best - tenaciously tracking down some less-talked-about or... Continue Reading →
