Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: • Don’t get me wrong, Jose Bautista is a great player and the Blue Jays are lucky to have him, but the slugger was rightfully criticized by some members of the media after his initial less-than-enthusiastic assessment of the trade that sent his good friend... Continue Reading →
My weekly observations about stories around the baseball world from a Canadian perspective (Please follow me on Twitter: @kevinglewsports): - He has persevered through nine minor league seasons with five different major league organizations, but Canada's own version of Crash Davis, Chris Robinson, was called up by the San Diego Padres on Thursday. The gritty,... Continue Reading →
My weekly opinions, observations and rants about some Canadian baseball stories: It’s baffling to me as to why the Blue Jays have done so much to associate themselves with Roberto Alomar (given his legal woes) this season, but so little to reconnect with Carlos Delgado. It seems to me that Delgado, a Roberto Clemente... Continue Reading →
My weekly opinions, observations and rants about some Canadian baseball stories: It’s disappointing to me that the Toronto Blue Jays haven’t issued a statement about Carlos Delgado’s retirement. He was not only the greatest player in franchise history, but one of the club’s best community ambassadors. I hope the Jays are hard at work... Continue Reading →