The Regina Red Sox have announced plans to honour a trailblazing Saskatchewan baseball team.
The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) club unveiled details of a tribute game that will put a spotlight on the accomplishments of the Indian Head Rockets, a team comprised entirely of African American and Latino players.
Read More Regina Red Sox Paying Tribute to Historic TeamIf the University of Calgary Dinos want to get back to the Canadian College Baseball Conference’s promised land, they will need to depend on some of their up-and-coming talent like Nathan Varjassy.
The Moose Jaw native is entering his third season with the Dinos and is hoping to be a bigger piece of a championship run.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Nathan VarjassyThe signing of Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. to a 14-year, $500-million contract wasn’t just big for the Toronto Blue Jays.
As Joe McFarland opines, it’s huge for the game of baseball across Canada.
Read More Editorial: OK Blue Jays!If you don’t like where you’re at, just pedal harder.
That’s what Cory Wouters and Cam Marshak did for their teams in a recent high-scoring clash between McCook Community College Indians and the Colby Community College Trojans.
Wouters – a lefty pitcher and first baseman for the Indians – and Marshak, an infielder with the Trojans, both hit the cover off the ball during an April 1st game at Young Memorial Field in Colby, Kansas, where McCook College outlasted Colby College with a wild 23-22 win after nine innings.
The Saskatchewan products achieved the rare feat of hitting for the cycle. Even more impressive was that they did it competing against each other on the same diamond.
Read More Pedal to the MetalLukas Kaufmann leaves no doubt about his love of baseball.
As he’s asked questions about his journey in the game, he’s eloquent and thorough, making sure to pay tribute to where he’s been while being excited about where he’s going.
Where he’s going is the University of British Columbia (NAIA) in the fall.
Read More 1 Thru 9: Lukas KaufmannIt was an event that baseball fans in Saskatchewan had never dreamed was possible, and it went so well that they ended up experiencing it twice.
A press conference in January of 1989 was held at Regina’s Sheraton Centre to announce that the Toronto Blue Jays were coming to play an exhibition game at Taylor Field – home of the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders – in May.
Read More Let’s Play TwoIt started as a simple trip to the United States in search of a solid roster for baseball tournaments in Saskatchewan.
Little did Indian Head mayor Jim Robison and his contingent know, who they recruited would forever change the landscape of baseball in his province and inspire future generations of ballplayers.
Read More Rocket MenGuest author Brent M. Loehr discovers the history of a famous baseball that found a home in Saskatchewan …
Read More The Gift That Kept on GivingThe excitement in Willis Simair’s voice is palpable.
After a busy 2024 which included representing his province at the Baseball Canada Cup and then heading to sunny California for the Prep Baseball West Coast Games, you would think he would be ready for a break.
Instead, the 17-year-old committed to Garden City Community College.
Read More 1 Thru 9: Willis Simair
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