The 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.
Read More Got Milk?He was on the brink of being an afterthought during the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.
Eric Hartman has made the Atlanta Braves look really good by taking a chance on him with their 20th round selection.
And now he’s the Minor League Baseball Breakout Player of the Year.
Read More The Breakout BraveGabe Fink flew to Vancouver for the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase with one thing on his mind: retribution.
A year earlier, the highly touted Edmonton native struggled with his command in his one outing at the showcase.
Undeterred and buoyed by being among the first 50 players invited to this year’s event, he wanted to make amends and did so in a big way.
Read More Fink Around and Find OutFive days. 12 stories written (and more to come). 15 stories edited (and more to come). Five podcast episodes (you get the point).
And an experience that you won’t find anywhere else.
Joe McFarland has more on his experience at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.
Read More OPINION: Showing Out in VancouverThey came. They saw. They conquered.
The Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase saw 150 of the best high school baseball players from across the country converge on Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver for five days of action.
Read More The New Blue CrewHe was left almost speechless.
Dayne Liske couldn’t believe what just transpired and even his Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase teammates were wide-eyed.
The Drayton Valley hit two home runs in two innings in Saturday morning’s Team Royal win over Team Navy.
Read More Showcasing with … Dayne Liske