Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
Russ Ford is in the bottom row, last player on the right in this 1910 New York Highlanders team photo. Photo: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada If you look closely at the 1910 New York Highlanders team photo above, you’ll notice that Russ Ford (bottom row, far right) is... Continue Reading →
Canadian baseball historian Bill Humber has been appointed a member of the Order of Canada. Photo: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada Baseball historian Bill Humber has been appointed a member of the Order of Canada. The Bowmanville, Ont., resident was one of 93 Canadians to receive that appointment from... Continue Reading →
Rheal Cormer at his 2012 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in St. Marys, Ont. Photo: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada Four Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees passed away in 2021. As the end of the year approaches, please take a moment to remember them. I've written... Continue Reading →
Jack Graney. Photo: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada St. Thomas, Ont., native Jack Graney has been named the winner of the National Baseball Hall of Fame's 2022 Ford C. Frick Award, which is presented annually for broadcasting excellence. With the honour, Graney becomes the first winner of the award... Continue Reading →
December 7, 2021 Official Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame News Release St. Marys, Ont. – Montreal-born Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2021 Tip O’Neill Award. Canada’s baseball shrine presents this honour annually to the Canadian player judged to have... Continue Reading →
John Lott. Photo: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame December 1, 2021 Official Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame News Release St. Marys, Ont. – Longtime National Post writer John Lott has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2021 Jack Graney Award. The St. Marys, Ont.-based shrine presents this award... Continue Reading →
Jeff Heath. Photo: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada Fate and, some would say, karma, attempted to humble Jeff Heath. For no matter what the brash, broad-shouldered Canadian-born slugger did on a professional baseball field – and much of it was remarkable – he always seemed to be overshadowed. It’s... Continue Reading →
Marty Healy’s family - from left to right: Paul (brother), Ricky (brother), Wendy (sister), Millie (mother), Martin (father) - made the trek to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on November 8 to donate their brother’s and son’s extensive collection of jerseys worn by Canadian major leaguers. That's Canadian baseball historian Andrew North on the... Continue Reading →
November 19, 2021 Official Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame News Release St. Marys, Ont. – It’s likely the strongest crop of Tip O’Neill Award candidates in the history of the award. Six players born in Canada enjoyed outstanding major league seasons in 2021. Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) challenged for... Continue Reading →
Roy Yamamura. Photo: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada It’s a shame that Roy Yamamura wasn’t alive for his induction into Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. His daughter Bonnie Fukuzawa, who spoke on her father’s behalf during the Canadian ball hall’s virtual ceremony on Tuesday night, said her dad would’ve... Continue Reading →