Rauck is Rollin’

Like many Canadian kids who loved baseball, Mitchell Rauckman grew up as a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Even though he is primarily a pitcher himself, the Saskatoon native always enjoyed watching slugger Josh Donaldson.

He’s been to Rogers Centre to watch his favourite team play, and now he gets the opportunity to step on the turf at the Canadian Futures Showcase.

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Honey for the Cubs

As Reese Brons crossed home plate to score the winning run to claim the Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League title, there was an audible sigh of relief from the Saskatoon Cubs dugout.

And then … pandemonium as the celebration began.

After being knocked out in the semi-finals of the past two seasons, the Cubs were able to take the monkey off their backs in a big way with a 12-2 win over the Regina White Sox.

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7th Inning Stretch: Adam Beamin

Few Western Canadian Baseball League players can boast having an EliteProspects.com hockey profile page.

Saskatoon Berries hurler Adam Beamin is one of them, thanks to his time with the Saskatoon Stallions of the Saskatchewan AA Hockey League, where he was teammates with future NHL prospects Roger McQueen and Noah Chadwick.

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Call the Kopp

A lot has changed over the course of Carter Kopp’s career but Cairns Field has remained a consistent baseball backdrop.

Back in the days of the Saskatoon Yellow Jackets, who fielded a team in the Western Major League from 2002 to 2014, Kopp (Saskatoon, Sask.) recalls chasing foul balls in hopes of exchanging them for a bag of candy at the concession stand.

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Ripening Up

The Saskatoon Berries haven’t just brought a Western Canadian League team back to the city, they’ve helped transform the sport in the province of Saskatchewan.

Matt Betts of Canadian Baseball Network has more on the sophomore team’s origin story.

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Wouters’ Splash

Cory Wouters was waiting for his inevitable midseason slump.

But it never happened and the Saskatoon native just kept rolling with it en route to being named the Region IX Player of the Year with McCook Community College.

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1 Thru 9: Willis Simair

The 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.

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Tall Times in the West

By IAN WILSON Leroy Paige easily could have adopted the nickname “Satchel” for the amount of travel he did over a pitching career that spanned five decades. The lanky right-hander made a name for himself in the Negro Leagues long before he put his stamp on Major League Baseball (MLB), but he also played in the […]

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