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Kaye Kaminishi, who had been the last surviving member of the Vancouver Asahi, died on Saturday morning at the age of 102.
Kaye Kaminishi, last Vancouver Asahi player, dies at 102
The Tom Henke appreciation post
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How is it that Tom Henke is not on the Blue Jays' Level of Excellence? It's a snub that really bothers me. Here's my Tom Henke appreciation post.
August 28, 1969 – Claude Raymond became the first Canadian pitcher to earn a win for the Expos
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Fifty-five years ago today, Claude Raymond became the first Canadian to register a win for a Canadian major league team in a regular season game when accomplished the feat with the Montreal Expos.
August 24, 1999: Rob Ducey had five hits in an MLB game
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Twenty-five years ago today, Rob Ducey (Cambridge, Ont.) had a career-best five hits in a game for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Forty-nine years ago, Dave McKay became the first Canadian to homer in their first MLB at bat
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Forty-nine years ago today, Dave McKay (Vancouver, B.C.) homered in his first MLB at bat. He is the only Canadian to accomplish that feat.
Naylor to receive Canadian ball hall’s Tip O’Neill Award today
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Cleveland Guardians slugger Josh Naylor will be presented with the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame's Tip O’Neill Award at Rogers Centre today.
Martin, Key, Stephenson, Heisler, Godfrey, Birnie to be inducted into Canadian ball hall on Saturday
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Six new members will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in a ceremony on the Hall of Fame grounds on Saturday, June 15.
Moseby still considers himself Canadian
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Lloyd Moseby is Canadian. Maybe not on his birth certificate, but in his heart. That’s what the charismatic Californian and Toronto Blue Jays legend told me in a recent phone interview. And it would be difficult to argue with him.
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame to open for season on Wednesday
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The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ont., will open for the season on Wednesday.
Jackie Robinson: “I owe more to Canadians than they’ll ever know.”
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“I owe more to Canadians than they’ll ever know,” Jackie Robinson once remarked after his playing days. “In my baseball career they were the first to make me feel my natural self.”