Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
Stubby Clapp didn’t do a back flip on stage at the Baseball Canada Awards Banquet on Saturday night. But you get the feeling that if the 51-year-old baseball legend could still do one, he would have. That’s the kind of joy and pride Clapp felt being at being inducted onto Baseball Canada’s Wall of Excellence.
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, B.C.) confirmed on Monday that he plans to play for Canada in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada When left-hander Jeff Francis and slugger Justin Morneau played together on the North Delta Blue Jays in grades 11 and 12, it was Francis who was the team’s cleanup hitter. “I'm going to take that right to the Hall of Fame,” joked Francis, the former Colorado Rockies ace who... Continue Reading →
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: · Up until my mid-teens, he channeled his inner Mickey Mantle to hit me countless fly balls down Thames Crescent in Dorchester, Ont. And I chased them pretending to be Jesse Barfield or Dale Murphy. He’s a kind, quiet, patient, gentle and responsible man who... Continue Reading →
Courtesy: http://www.baseballhalloffame.ca St. Marys, Ont. – Two dominant ex-major leaguers, two trailblazing, grassroots leaders and a gold medal-winning national team will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017. Ex-Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay and former Montreal Expos slugger Vladimir Guerrero will be honoured in a ceremony on June 24 in... Continue Reading →
