Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: · Mariano Rivera, the late Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, Lee Smith and Harold Baines will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this afternoon in Cooperstown. It’s a bittersweet day for Toronto Blue Jays fans who will celebrate the memory of... Continue Reading →
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: · Four players – Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina – were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. The good news for Maple Ridge, B.C., native Larry Walker is that he gained 88 votes (the most by any... Continue Reading →
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories. · The National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce its 2019 induction class on Tuesday. The MLB Network’s coverage begins at 3 p.m. E.T. My guess is that Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina will be elected. All are doing well on... Continue Reading →
* Writer's Note: This is my first in a series of "Things you might not know ..." articles about this year's Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees. This year's Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 29 at 11 a.m. in St. Marys, Ont., on the museum's ceremonial grounds. Admission is... Continue Reading →