OPINION: The Road to Okotoks

The road to Canadian baseball academy supremacy will go through Okotoks.

The idea of an academy national championship has been tossed around for years as programs want to show how they stack up against each from coast to coast to coast.

Joe McFarland takes a look at what has him excited for a national showcase in our own backyard.

Remembering Jim Baba

He was a Canadian baseball giant.

Jim Baba had a profound impact on the game across Canada and around the globe. He was regarded as a well-respected and influential leader who served in a variety of roles including executive director of Baseball Canada from 2000 to 2021.

Baba recently passed away at the age of 69 following a long battle with blood cancer, resulting in a tidal wave of tributes from across the baseball world.

Hamilton to the Hall

It was the Greg Hamilton those of us in the Canadian baseball community have come to know and respect so deeply.

Fresh off being named a 2025 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, Hamilton, who in his leadership role with Baseball Canada has overseen the most successful era in national teams history, participated in the Hall’s media call on Wednesday afternoon.

The Call to the Hall

The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has named its 2025 class of inductees and the group includes a home-run hero, a southpaw strikeout artist, a baseball pioneer, a national development guru and a pair of stars in the women’s game.

To The Max

He wasn’t expecting the call.

But when St. Albert’s Max Hartman picked up his phone to hear Baseball Canada head coach Greg Hamilton’s voice, he was over the moon.

The outfielder took a moment to chat with us about representing Canada the 18U Friendship Series against the US and getting to do it with a few Dawgs Academy teammates.