Stubby Clapp didn’t do a back flip on stage at the Baseball Canada Awards Banquet on Saturday night.
But you get the feeling that if the 51-year-old baseball legend could still do one, he would have.
That’s the kind of joy and pride Clapp felt being at being inducted onto Baseball Canada’s Wall of Excellence.
Read More Inspirational Clapp Honoured by Baseball CanadaRepresenting his home province will never get old for Kingston Besuijen.
While the Okotoks native has done it before, the Dawgs Academy product says it went to another level when he did it on home turf with Baseball Alberta at the 2024 Canada Cup in Fort McMurray.
We get to know Besuijen in the latest 1 Thru 9.
Read More 1 Thru 9: Kingston BesuijenAs we celebrate the holiday season, we present a very special Alberta baseball-style edition of the 12 Days of Christmas!
Read More The Twelve Days of Baseball ChristmasIt will go down as a year many around Baseball Alberta won’t soon forget.
From the new “Bighorns” moniker to surging registrations to the MLB debut of alum Erik Sabrowski, the organization says it was a pivotal year.
We take a look back at what was accomplished and what’s next following the annual Baseball Alberta Awards.
Read More Celebrating Baseball Alberta’s Best of 2024Getting a call from Baseball Canada’s Greg Hamilton is a pretty good reason to be late for class.
Already running behind, Dawgs Academy catcher Taye Thierman had to flout the province’s new cell phone policy to get the news that he would be joining the Junior National Team roster.
Read More Taye at the PlateDespite a 24-12 regular season, the Red Deer CarStar Braves felt like they had to grind out a lot of wins.
They took that mentality into the Baseball Alberta Elite League playoffs, capturing the provincial title.
The Braves then rode that momentum into nationals, claiming Alberta’s first gold since 2012.
Read More Grind of the BravesIt has been a whirlwind few months for Dominik Morgan.
The Sherwood Park native suited up for Baseball Canada’s Junior National Team and the Sylvan Lake Gulls, and will soon join the Canadian Futures Showcase and PBR West Coast Games.
The AHP Academy product is happy to keep taking those phone calls.
Read More Dom-inating PerformanceClaire Hingley’s trophy case is filling up fast.
The Edmonton product has picked up a gold medal with Baseball Alberta’s 14U Girls team as well as a bronze and silver with the 16U team over the last two years.
Hingley wants more heading into 2025.
Read More Claire to BelieveInspiration was everywhere for Jimmy Dionne.
It was in the crowded stadiums, the roadtrips to new places, the talent of the Quebec Capitales players that Dionne had front-row seats to growing up as a son of one of the team’s coaches.
Canadian Baseball Network’s Melissa Verge has more on Dionne, who later took his talents to Dawgs Academy in Okotoks.
Read More Always MovingWhen Nathan Flewelling squared up a Riley Burton pitch on a sunny Sunday afternoon at Gulls Field in Sylvan Lake, everyone in the crowd knew the baseball wasn’t coming back.
It was a big moment for the team and the first WCBL homer for the Innisfail native, who is considered one of the top MLB Draft-eligible Canadians heading into this summer.
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