Hey, if Die Hard is a Christmas classic, well then yippee ki-yay, you bet The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is a baseball film.
And not only is it a baseball flick, just like Field of Dreams and The Hill, it has ties to Western Canada.
Read More Naked Gun FunNo pressure.
We just want you to replace Hall-of-Fame first baseman Rod Carew.
This was the looming expectation for Wally Joyner as he went about his business in 1985.
Read More Joyn the ClubAs Oakland baseball fans say goodbye to the Athletics, the curtain is also going down on a small piece of Alberta’s baseball history.
The Athletics had a Pioneer League team in Medicine Hat in 1977, then an affiliation with the Edmonton Trappers from 1995 to 1998.
Read More The A’s in AlbertaThe rain pouring down on what was then called Telus Field in Edmonton acted as a perfect metaphor.
Despite the downpour, more than 9,000 fans bundled up to shed tears and say goodbye to their beloved Edmonton Trappers on final time on Sept. 2, 2004.
Read More Trappers UnlockedBack for a third Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Weekend in a row, Canadian baseball legend Matt Stairs couldn’t wait to once again share his knowledge of the game with young athletes in and around Okotoks.
Canadian Baseball Network’s Kevin Glew caught up with him for a chat about his career and more.
Read More Stairs’ Case for Hitting SuccessFor baseball fans and gamers of a certain vintage, Nintendo changed what it meant to enjoy the sport in a groundbreaking way.
With the 1987 release of R.B.I. Baseball, arcade goers and home video game players were able to interact with America’s pastime on a different level.
And, lo and behold, some Alberta baseball stars were part of the fun …
Read More R.B.I. Baseball: All-Alberta TeamThe National Baseball Hall of Fame electorate have had their say.
Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton have been deemed worthy for glory in Cooperstown, New York by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA).
A pair of alumni of the Calgary Cannons, meanwhile, will have to wait at least another year before their fate is determined.
Read More Hall Monitor“You have to know the past to understand the present.”
As we continue to beam about the state of baseball in Alberta, it’s important to acknowledge and celebrate our past.
It’s time for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame to consider some of the builders who helped bring the Pioneer League and Pacific Coast League to Alberta.
Read More OPINION: Five Famed Names for the Canadian Baseball HallHe has all the ingredients of a great manager.
And Torey Lovullo – the long-time skipper of the Arizona Diamondbacks – picked up a lengthy grocery list of those ingredients through his minor-league travels, which included stops in Alberta.
Read More The NeverEnding ToreyHe’s a man known much more for the surgery that’s named after him than his stellar pitching career.
But Edmonton baseball fans got to know Tommy John – the person – a bit during his time with the Triple-A team in Alberta’s capital city.
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