Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
The cover of Baseball America's 40th anniversary edition features artwork by Canadian Robb Scott. Photo: Baseball America By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada Baseball America has returned to its Canadian roots. That's the way a Canuck baseball fan might interpret the storied publication's decision to use the artwork of Nova Scotian Robb Scott on the... Continue Reading →
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: · Veteran right-hander Dustin Molleken (Regina, Sask.) has signed with the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos of the Mexican Professional League for the 2020 season. This will be the right-hander’s 18th professional campaign. The 35-year-old Molleken informed me, however, that he will pitch for Canada... Continue Reading →
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: • You know those baseball cards you collected as a kid? Well, it turns out that it was a Canadian who masterminded the first set of baseball cards that was packaged with gum. Nova Scotia native Enos Gordon Goudey, who later moved to Boston, Mass.,... Continue Reading →
Without the love and guidance of a hulking, 6-foot-6 father figure from Nova Scotia, Babe Ruth likely wouldn’t have evolved into a baseball superstar. Throughout his career, The Bambino often referred to Brother Matthias, the Canadian disciplinarian at the St. Mary’s Industrial School in Baltimore, as the greatest man he ever knew. No longer able... Continue Reading →
