Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
. My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: · The primary knock against Larry Walker’s case for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame has been that he played his home games at Coors Field for 10 seasons. So I thought I would compare Walker’s career road on-base plus slugging percentage... Continue Reading →
Courtesy of Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame St. Marys, Ont. – Alison Gordon, who became the first full-time female beat reporter in major league history when she covered the Toronto Blue Jays in 1979, has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2017 Jack Graney Award. The trailblazing former Toronto Star... Continue Reading →
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: • When Alison Gordon was assigned to cover the Toronto Blue Jays in 1979, she became the first full-time, female beat reporter in American League history. Sadly, it took her death in Toronto on Wednesday at the age of 72, for many to learn about... Continue Reading →