Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
My weekly Canadian baseball news and notes column discusses Mitch Bratt, Otto Lopez, Liam Hicks, Owen Caissie, Corey Koskie, Ryan Dempster and Frank Thomas.
My weekly Canadian baseball news and notes column discusses Josh Naylor, Nick Pivetta, Cal Quantrill, Otto Lopez and Tippy Martinez
Twenty-five years ago today, Rob Ducey (Cambridge, Ont.) had a career-best five hits in a game for the Philadelphia Phillies.
My weekly Canadian baseball news "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Dave McKay, Fergie Jenkins and Justin Morneau.
On this date 30 years ago, Kevin Reimer (Enderby, B.C.) became the first Canadian to have six hits in a major league game since 1900.
Kevin Glew runs down some of Milwaukee Brewers legend and National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Robin Yount's Canadian connections.
By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada It would’ve been understandable if Kevin Reimer was too exhausted to savour the fact that he had just made Canadian baseball history. After all, on August 24, 1993, when the left-handed hitting slugger became the first Canadian to record six hits in a major league game since 1900, he... Continue Reading →
By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: – I was very sad to learn of the sudden passing of passionate Canadian baseball supporter, collector and author Marty Healy on Friday at the age of 42. I only met Marty a few times, but he was always... Continue Reading →
By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: - The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame announced on Friday that they will be postponing their 2020 induction ceremony until June 19, 2021. With the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ontario government's regulations on crowd sizes, they... Continue Reading →
It would’ve been understandable if Kevin Reimer was too exhausted to savour the fact that he had just made Canadian baseball history. After all, on August 24, 1993, when the left-handed hitting slugger became the first and only Canadian to record six hits in a major league game, he accomplished this in a grueling, extra-inning... Continue Reading →
