Fulfilling a Dream

He’s waited longer than he had hoped to represent Canada.

And when he finally gets the opportunity to do it at the World Baseball Classic, Adam Macko plans to soak it all in.

Dream Come True

He’s been one of Canada’s highest-ranked prospects for a couple of years now.

Dawgs Academy product Tim Piasentin (Coquitlam, B.C.) is now joining “Canada’s Team” as the Toronto Blue Jays selected him in the fifth round of the 2025 MLB Draft.

Q&A with Jamie Campbell

Jamie Campbell has seen a lot of baseball, and he wouldn’t have it any other way.

As the host of Blue Jays Central on Sportsnet, the broadcaster takes in a lot of matchups involving Major League Baseball’s team in Toronto, but he also makes an effort to attend games at all levels across Canada.

Case in point, Campbell and his youngest son made a trip to Alberta in 2024 to check out Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) action at three different ballparks.

Here’s our Q&A with the baseball personality …

King of the Hill

Justin King used to think pitchers were dumb.

Growing up exclusively as a hitter, he always thought all they wanted to throw was fastballs, so he would wait on a hanging slider or curveball so he could send it flying.

The Dawgs Academy grad has had to change his belief on that after transitioning into a pitcher during his final college season – a move that recently landed him a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Relaying It Home

Making the transition from high school to college can be tough on any teenager.

Deciding to transfer to another college just a few months into that transition can be even tougher.

Dawgs Academy grad Alejandro Cazorla-Granados isn’t phased at packing his bags again, finding himself a new home as he chases his baseball dreams.

Swipe West

For the first time in his professional career, Tanner Kirwer is changing organizations.

The Sherwood Park native had been with the Toronto Blue Jays organization since they drafted him in 2017.

During the MLB Rule 5 Draft, the Seattle Mariners decided to add the speedy outfielder to their depth charts.

Mourning an Umpiring Great

Alberta’s baseball community is mourning the loss of one of the sport’s best umpires.

Mitch Ball – a beloved family man and a highly-respected ump in the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) – passed away Saturday morning at Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge, due to COVID-19 complications.

Connor the Cavalier

There’s only one Okotoks Dawgs and Dawgs Academy team left for Connor Crowson to play on.

That’s the Western Canadian Baseball League Dawgs.

The Okotoks slugger has progressed through every team the Academy has to offer and is now knocking on the college team’s door after committing to Bossier Parish Community Collge.

Bennett the Bison

Bennett Freiter’s long drive home to see family is about to be cut in half.

The St. Andrews, Manitoba native has become accustomed to the 1,350 kilometre trek between home and Okotoks while he has been rounding the bases with Dawgs Academy.

Starting in the fall of 2021, the catcher will see his commute distance hacked to 519 kilometres as he continues his education and baseball journeys at North Dakota State University.

Close But No Soroka

Watching Calgary’s Mike Soroka succeed at the Major League Baseball level is somewhat bittersweet for Greg Morrison.

The Medicine Hat Mavericks owner and general manager might find himself asking “what if” when he thinks back on the summer of 2015.

Morrison had managed to convince Soroka to play for the Mavericks that summer, but it wasn’t meant to be as he was drafted in the first round of that summer’s MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves.

And the rest, as they say, is history.