Got Milk?

There’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.

Fink Around and Find Out

Gabe 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.

OPINION: Showing Out in Vancouver

Five 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.

Showcasing with … Dayne Liske

He 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.

Up to the Trask

Stepping onto the mound at Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Park in Vancouver, Jake Trask had two things on his mind.

Throw strikes and do it for his home province.

The New Minas, Nova Scotia native proceeded to make his competition uncomfortable in the batter’s box at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.

Showcasing with … Hudson Nikkel

The old saying goes that you have to be lucky to be good and good to be lucky.

Luck really didn’t have anything to do with the first home run hit during game play at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase, which came off the bat of Vauxhall Academy product Hudson Nikkel.

OPINION: Thanks Coach!

In honour of National Coaches Week, our Joe McFarland takes a look back at his summer spent coaching t-ball and coach-pitch.

OPINION: The Cactus Rat in the Room

The Energy City Cactus Rats took baby steps in the construction process of their new ballpark in Spruce Grove.

However, fans still haven’t been to a game there and the WCBL was left scrambling multiple times throughout the year.

Joe McFarland says some important questions need to be answered this offseason.

OPINION: Praise for The Road to Okotoks

“I can’t believe I’m in baseball heaven in Okotoks.”

When former Minnesota Twins legend and Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer Justin Morneau says something like that, you stand up and take notice.

Joe McFarland writes about what he heard from visitors and more, and looks ahead to what the future might have in store.

Dawgs Capture Morneau Cup

The Morneau Cup will reside in Okotoks.

A seven-run bottom of the third inning powered the hosts to an 11-5 victory over the Sylvan Lake Gulls Prep in the championship game of the 19U Baseball Canada Road to Okotoks national championship tournament on Sunday afternoon at Seaman Stadium.