OTTAWA-Throughout his 40 years involved in baseball, including 16 years as Baseball Canada President, Ray Carter spent countless hours of his time dedicated to making amateur baseball better in his community, his home province of British Columbia and across Canada.
OTTAWA-Baseball Canada announced today the names of 24 players that will travel to Havana, Cuba for an nine-game exhibition series against the Cuban U-18 National Team from July 5 - 11.
Photo: Jason Dickson (left) takes over as Baseball Canada President from Ray Carter (right).
OTTAWA-Tomorrow at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Toronto, Ray Carter will tend to his final order of business as President of Baseball Canada, the Annual General Meeting. As they say, all good things must come to an end and after 16 years in the role, the longest of any of the nine previous presidents, it is time to step away says the Tsawwassen, BC native who will not run for re-election.
OTTAWA- Former National Team Coach and longtime Canadian baseball scout Wayne Norton will be formally inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame tomorrow, on the grounds of the hall in St. Marys, Ontario.
TORONTO-They came from places like Vancouver, BC, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Ottawa and New Lowell, Ontario. Some had never left their hometowns before or been on an airplane, but at the end of the day they left Toronto with huge smiles on their faces, new friendships made and a lifetime of memories.
OTTAWA- The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft resumed today with rounds three through ten that saw seven Canadians taken. After Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, ON) and Andrew Yerzy (Toronto, ON) were selected on day one, a total of nine Canadians have now been drafted with rounds 11-40 slated for the third and final day tomorrow (Noon ET).
OTTAWA- Junior National Team catcher Andy Yerzy (Toronto, ON) was selected 52nd overall in the second round of the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night. He becomes the first current member of the Junior National Team program to be selected in the 2016 draft.
OTTAWA- The San Diego Padres used the 8th overall selection in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft this evening to select Port Hope, Ontario native Cal Quantrill out of Stanford University.
