“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.”
Jackie Robinson: “I owe more to Canadians than they’ll ever know.”
Remembering Willie Stargell who passed away 23 years ago today
Willie Stargell passed away 23 years ago today. He was just 61. He hit some majestic home runs in Montreal during his major league career.
Photo: Montreal Royals star Jackie Robinson meets Honus Wagner
For someone who runs a blog called Cooperstowners in Canada, it's a dream photo. It features Jackie Robinson, in his Montreal Royals uniform, shaking hands with Honus Wagner. So when was it taken?
New Hall of Famer Mauer receives lots of love from Canada
Newly elected Hall of Famer Joe Mauer is practically Canadian, so it's fitting that several Canadians congratulated him on being elected.
Rare Montreal Royals Clemente photo to be sold by Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions will be selling a rare photo of Roberto Clemente in a Montreal Royals uniform in a February sale.
Gaston worthy of plaque in Cooperstown, will find out Hall of Fame fate on Sunday
Legendary Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston should be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday. But his fate is in the voters' hands.
Bautista, Colon debut on Hall of Fame ballot
Kevin Glew discusses the former Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos that are on this year's National Baseball Hall of Fame BBWW ballot.
Doucet, Shulman named Ford C. Frick Award finalists
Canadian broadcasting stars Jacques Doucet and Dan Shulman are among the 10 finalists for the 2024 Ford C. Frick Award.
Legendary Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston one of eight on Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Era ballot
Cito Gaston is one of eight former managers, executives or umpires on the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot that was announced on Thursday.
Hall of Famer and former Vancouver Mountie Brooks Robinson dies
Hall of Famer and former Vancouver Mounties third baseman Brooks Robinson died on Tuesday at the age of 86.