OTTAWA-For only the third time in history, there is a tie for the Tip O’Neill Award, given out annually by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame to the ‘player judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to baseball’s highest ideals’.
OTTAWA-The 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship was a resounding success on and off the field in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Team Canada played its way to a fourth place finish in front of capacity crowds each game at Port Arthur Stadium.
OTTAWA-The Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Organizing Committee recently announced a 10-person Athlete Advisory Council which includes former National Team player Warren Sawkiw of Mississauga, ON.
Cartagena, Colombia-The Junior National Team gave-up seven runs in the bottom of the first inning and the deficit was too much to overcome as they dropped a 12-2 decision to the United States in the final game of the Americas World Junior Qualification Tournament.
Cartagena, Colombia-In front of a raucous, pro-Colombian crowd, the Junior National Team played some old-fashion Canadian baseball and earned a 4-3 win against host Colombia. The win clinches a berth in next year’s IBAF World Junior Baseball Championship slated for Seoul, South Korea and also sets-up a first-place showdown with undefeated USA tomorrow (the game will begin 30 minutes after the completion of the 10am ET game).
Cartagena, Colombia-Mexico scored the eventual game winning run on a squeeze play with one out in the top of the ninth and held off Canada in the bottom of the inning to win 3-2. The loss, Canada’s first of the tournament, puts their record at 2-1 in round two of the Americas World Junior Qualification Tournament.
Cartagena, Colombia-Clayton Isherwood (Van Anda, BC) tossed eight shutout innings and Jacob Robson (Windsor, ON) was a sparkplug on offence as the Junior National Team wrapped-up round one play with an 11-0 mercy-rule win over Guatemala. Canada will begin round two of the Americas World Junior Qualification Tournament against Mexico on Friday at 9am ET.
Cartagena, Colombia-It wasn’t pretty, but the Junior National Team clinched first place in Group A with an emotional 4-3 win over previously unbeaten Venezuela. The Juniors will play Guatemala on Thursday before round two action begins on Friday at the Americas World Junior Qualification Tournament.
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