Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
October 14, 2026 By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada Some Canadian baseball news and notes: Hicks comes through for Rays Batting eighth and starting his first American League Championship Series game for the Tampa Bay Rays last night, Liam Hicks (Toronto, Ont.) delivered a clutch, two-run single in the fourth inning off Cleveland Guardians left-hander... Continue Reading →
You've probably forgotten this, but the Toronto Blue Jays signed outfielder Ruben Sierra to a minor league contract 29 years ago today.
George Holm, the former Toronto Blue Jays’ director of ticket operations, died on Saturday at the age of 80.
My weekly Canadian baseball news "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Owen Caissie, Nick Pivetta and Matt Stairs.
Former Toronto Blue Jays left-hander J.A. Happ has signed a one-year, $8-million deal with the Minnesota Twins. Photo: Minnesota Twins/Twitter January 26, 2021 By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada My weekly roundup of former Toronto Blue Jays news and notes: Player Signings –LHP Matt Dermody has signed a one-year deal with the Seibu Lions of... Continue Reading →
Kevin Glew takes a deep dive in Ruben Sierra's career and Sierra's mostly forgotten 14-game tenure with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1997.
This excerpt from If These Walls Could Talk: Toronto Blue Jays is printed with the permission of Triumph Books. For more information and to order a copy, please visit Indigo, McNally Robinson, Amazon.ca, or http://www.triumphbooks.com/WallsBlueJays. 1999 - The Shawn Green trade: A behind-the-scenes timeline By Bob Elliott A month after the 1999 season ended,... 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 →
June 11, 2019 Official Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Press Release St. Marys, Ont. – The four members of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2019 induction class own a combined eight World Series rings, five all-star selections and four Tip O’Neill awards, and together would’ve formed a strong foundation for a professional baseball team.... Continue Reading →
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: · Ladner, B.C., native James Paxton allowed just one earned run in 5 2/3 innings in his debut with the New York Yankees against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. Paxton’s start represented the first time in nearly 43 years that a Canadian pitcher has started... Continue Reading →