OTTAWA- When MLB teams open Spring Training across Florida and Arizona at the end of February the Junior National Team will also head south for a Spring Training camp of their own, as part of the first ever National Team Alumni Week in St. Petersburg, Florida. The JNT will participate in a series of exhibition games in conjunction with St. Petersburg International Baseball which will see games played at historic Al Lang Stadium from February 26th- March 5th.
OTTAWA- For the second consecutive year Brett Lawrie (Langley, BC) has appeared on MLB.com Top 50 Prospects list. Lawrie, who comes in at #28, is the lone Canadian listed and one of only two second basemen in the top 50.
SOURCE: Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance Press Release
SOURCE: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Press Release
OTTAWA- The ninth annual Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet and Fundraiser was held on January 15th at Toronto’s Renaissance Hotel at Rogers Centre where another great night of Canadian baseball was celebrated.
Source: University of Winnipeg Press Release
OTTAWA- Current National League MVP Joey Votto (Etobicoke, ON) has signed a three- year contract with the Cincinnati Reds. Votto’s MVP season saw him belt 37 homeruns to go along with 113 RBI’s and a .324 batting average. Votto has spent his entire career with the Reds organization as they made him a 2nd round selection in the 2002 MLB Draft.
OTTAWA – Baseball Canada will host some of its most distinguished Major League alumni, corporate partners and friends at the Northern Lights Ballroom of the Renaissance Toronto Hotel at Rogers Centre on Saturday, January 15th, 2011.
OTTAWA- oppotaco, a brand-new clothing company that caters to the baseball community will be hosting a Launch and Benefit on January 14th at the Wabora Restaurant in the Thompson Hotel in Toronto. The company aims to provide men, women and kids of all ages some of the most wearable products on the market.
OTTAWA – How would you like to meet Russell Martin at a special celebration of baseball achievements?
