Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: Note from Kevin: It's best to click on the link and read this through the website that way you will see all the graphics and tweets that I refer to. · Happy 53rd Birthday to Canadian baseball legend Larry Walker, who I hope will soon... Continue Reading →
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: · It’s been a sad past eight months for the staff at the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ont. With the passing of inductee and Alberta baseball icon Ron Hayter at the age of 81 last Saturday (You can read more about... Continue Reading →
My weekly opinions, observations and rants about some Canadian baseball stories: I wasn’t surprised that Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday. I was shocked, however, to see Alomar’s vote totals jump almost 17 per cent. It seems some baseball writers sentenced Alomar to a year... Continue Reading →
What do Mike Jackson, Shane Reynolds, David Segui, Lenny Harris and Kirk Rueter have in common? The answer is their names have appeared on the official Hall of Fame ballot. They’re also former players that, in my view, are inferior to Port Hope, Ont., native Paul Quantrill, whose name was left off this year’s ballot... Continue Reading →
My weekly opinions, observations and rants about some Canadian baseball stories: Just so that I’m on the record prior to the announcement of the National Baseball Hall Fame inductees on January 5, my prediction is that Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar will be the only two candidates elected by the baseball writers in 2011.... Continue Reading →