[twitter-follow screen_name='coopincanada'] My weekly observations about stories around the baseball world from a Canadian perspective: - Baseball lifer Vern Benson passed away on Monday at the age of 89. The North Carolina native's 15-year playing career included stops with the Triple-A Toronto Maple Leafs in 1946 and the Class-C Winnipeg Goldeyes in 1956 and 1957.... Continue Reading →
But What Do I Know? . . . Cito Gaston, Roy Halladay, Jesse Crain
My weekly observations about stories around the baseball world from a Canadian perspective (Please follow me on Twitter: @kevinglewsports): - The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ont., is offering fans a chance to own a piece of Toronto Blue Jays history. The ball shrine is selling seats from Exhibition Stadium, the first... Continue Reading →
But What Do I Know? … R.A. Dickey, Tim Raines, Alan Ashby
My weekly observations about some Canadian baseball stories (Please follow me on Twitter: @kevinglewsports): With the acquisition of knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, Toronto Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos has acquired the 2012 National League Cy Young Award winner (Dickey), the player with the NL’s highest batting average in 2012 (Melky Cabrera, .346) and the 2011... Continue Reading →
Canada’s Junior National Team captures silver at World Championships
Courtesy of Adam Morrissette, Baseball Canada (www.baseball.ca) Seoul, Korea - In the end it just wasn't meant to be for the Canadian Junior National Team (JNT) as they dropped a 6-2 decision to the United States in the gold medal game at the IBAF 18U World Championships. As a result, Canada will take home the... Continue Reading →