CBN Reveals Baseball Power Brokers

The most influential people in the country’s baseball scene have been revealed by the Canadian Baseball Network.

The CBN recently released their list of the nation’s top power brokers in the sport and a number of honourees have ties to Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Lethbridge Expos: All-Time Team

The Montreal Expos broke new ground for Canadian baseball.

The club was the first Major League Baseball (MLB) team in the country, and when they established a minor-league outpost in Lethbridge, it was the first affiliated, professional squad to play in Alberta.

McFarlane and the McGwire Ball Bonanza

It was memorabilia mayhem.

Calgary-born Todd McFarlane was right in the middle of the collectible chaos and emerged with one of the most sought-after pieces of sporting history.

From Bat Boy to Hall of Famer

It could have been quite easy for Orv Franchuk to dislike or even hate baseball right from the very start.

The Wandering River, Alberta product instead turned around and made it a passion, earning him numerous accolades including being named to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame.

Dodger Dynasty

When Reno Lizzi first brought professional baseball to Lethbridge, little did he know he was on a collision course with the team he grew up idolizing.

Over the course of the next four years, the Lethbridge Dodgers would claim three Pioneer League championships under manager Gail Henley.

Baseball Call to the Hall

Baseball players, coaches, builders and dreamers are taking their place among the sporting legends of Alberta.

Five major baseball figures in the province – Orv Franchuk, Dr. Randy Gregg, W.P. Kinsella, Mel Kowalchuk and Reno Lizzi – are part of a major induction ceremony that will take place at the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame …

Putting on The Show

We look at 10 times that Major League Baseball (MLB) teams played in Alberta …

OPINION: The Nightmare in Calgary

You have to think that baseball people in Calgary look at Okotoks and wonder “what if?”

What if the city had backed the Dawgs instead of forcing them out?

With Foothills Stadium being torn down, it leaves a giant void in the city’s baseball landscape.

Ten Movies We Like

Hollywood will soon celebrate another edition of the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, and hand out Oscars to the most critically acclaimed movies of the year.

We’re also big film lovers, but we have a certain type. We like baseball movies, or at the very least ones that have memorable baseball scenes in them. We also give bonus points to movies that have some kind of connections to Alberta and Saskatchewan.

With that in mind, here’s a look at 10 movies that we like and have written about in the past …

Bidding Farewell to Foothills Stadium

The demolition of Foothills Stadium has hit the baseball community like a wrecking ball.

Despite the inevitable end of the facility, which played home to Calgary’s highest levels of baseball for more than half a century, seeing the structure reduced to rubble has left many sports fans heartbroken, angry and despondent.