Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
On this date 54 years ago, Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.) became the first Canadian to win the National League Cy Young Award.
My weekly Canadian baseball news and notes "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Liam Hicks, Nick Pivetta, Michael Soroka, Terry Puhl, Jack Morris, Tim Raines and Zach Pop.
Former Montreal Expos left-hander Dan McGinn passed away on March 1 at the age of 79 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Fergie Jenkins is presented with the 1971 National League Cy Young Award at Wrigley Field. Photo: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame By Kevin Glew Coooperstowners in Canada It took him until his fifth consecutive 20-win season, but in 1971, Fergie Jenkins finally received the National League Cy Young Award. With the announcement, which formally took... Continue Reading →
By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: – Canadian Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) appears to have found his batting stroke again. Hitting leadoff for the Cincinnati Reds, the Canuck slugger is 8-for-24 (.333 batting average) in his last seven games. Three of those hits have been... Continue Reading →
It seems fitting to show a Canadian Tom Seaver card today -- this is a 1979 O-Pee-Chee card made in London, Ont. By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver has passed away at the age of 75. The National Baseball Hall of Fame shared the news of his death in... Continue Reading →
By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada It was a quiet summer night about two years ago when I was perusing Twitter and stumbled upon a tweet from legendary left-hander Jim Kaat. Kaat had written that nobody could say they "owned" Tom Seaver except for former Montreal Expo and Toronto Blue Jay Tommy Hutton, who went... Continue Reading →
By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada Back in 2009, just prior to the 40th anniversary of the first regular season game in Montreal Expos' history, I found myself thinking about that 1969 Expos squad. I wasn't alive when they played, but I had heard stories about original Expos like Rusty Staub, Mack Jones, Coco Laboy... Continue Reading →
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: · Happy Birthday to my favourite baseball player of all-time – my dad, Ralph Glew! Mickey Mantle was his hero growing up, but I remember my dad as more of a Tony Gwynn-type batter in his slo-pitch games with the Dorchester Standbys. I recall him... Continue Reading →
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: · The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame will announce its 2019 induction class on Tuesday at 9 a.m. E.T. I will publish the Hall’s press release on this site. The new inductees will be honoured in a ceremony at the Hall of Fame grounds in... Continue Reading →
