Hudson Harding could hardly believe he was there.
Under a near-perfect fall sky in Vancouver, the Calgary native was among several Albertans helping Team New Blue capture the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase championship.
Read More Hustlin’ HardWhen it comes to baseball, Jim Henderson has always had something brewing.
“I got started real early, like five years old right into tee ball,” recalled the pitching coordinator with Major League Baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers.
Read More From the Vault: Jim HendersonThe Milwaukee Brewers are World Series champions and Calgarians have good reason to raise a glass to the triumph.
Here’s a closer look at some of the Calgary connections to the World Series-winning Milwaukee Brewers …
Read More Calgary BrewingWhat a year it was for St. Albert’s Logan Colville.
He was named the Edmonton Collegiate Hawks Pitcher of the Year, then was an All-West Coast League Second Team selection after a stellar summer with the Edmonton Riverhawks.
Read More Swooping In2026 will go down as a year of making memories for Reid MacDonald.
The 18-year-old was a key piece of a Dawgs Academy 18U Black team that won several major tournaments including the inaugural Morneau Cup before heading to the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.
They were the kinds of experiences that the Long Point, Nova Scotia product hoped for when he moved west to Okotoks three years ago.
Read More Long Way from Long PointThe smell of fresh-cut grass, the sound of baseballs slapping into gloves or meeting bats, the sights of fans cheering.
Every time Scott Gillespie stepped foot into a different Canadian Baseball League stadium in 2026, he was soaking the entire experience in.
After a solid college career and five years in the independent professional circuit formerly known as the Intercounty Baseball League, the Sherwood Park native knew it was time to move on.
Read More Beam Him UpIt might have been a banner year for Alberta’s baseball teams at Baseball Canada national championships.
The province’s teams came back home with two silver and two bronze medals draped around their necks.
Read More 2026 in Review: Baseball Alberta at NationalsYou have to give a lot of credit to Swift Current infielder Jake Hiromoto as it could have been really easy for him to soak in all the moments of a record-setting year.
Instead, he was team-first at every turn, ending every interview he did in his rookie season with a “Go 57’s.”
Read More OPINION: Unveiling Joe’s 2026 WCBL Awards BallotThe top performers in the Western Canadian Baseball League have been made official.
The summer collegiate circuit that calls Alberta and Saskatchewan home has named its Rookie of the Year, Most Outstanding Canadian, Most Outstanding Pitcher, Top Relief Pitcher, Coach of the Year, Mitch Ball Memorial Award winner, All-Star Teams and Most Valuable Players from the regular season and postseason.
Here is a summary of the WCBL’s major 2026 award recipients …
Read More WCBL Unveils 2026 Award WinnersThere’s a growth spurt and then there’s Lucas Carroll.
Standing next to the 6-foot-1, 201-pound backstop at his first Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase, you’d never imagine that just a couple of years ago, he was a 5-foot-8, 150-pound prospect trying to make it with Webber Academy.
Yet here he was, suiting up with Team Red and facing some of the most talented high school players in Canada.
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