Airdrie? Grande Prairie? Lloydminster? Another Edmonton-area team?
The Western Canadian Baseball League has filled a major gap in its territory by bringing Saskatoon into the mix again in 2024.
So what’s next? We asked WCBL president Kevin Kvame.
Read More The WCBL’s 16-Team DreamDespite a summer that pretty much didn’t happen weather-wise, the Western Canadian Baseball League is touting it as a success.
Now all eyes are on the future, starting with a 2020 season that will feature two fewer teams.
As league president Kevin Kvame told us, 2021 will also be a season of change with expansion coming to Alberta.
Read More 2020 VisionThey say that home is where the heart is.
As it turns out, Ontario’s Ashton Roy is feeling pretty good about his second home here in Alberta.
He moved here in 2015 and talks to us in our latest 7th Inning Stretch about the move, this province and the “Major League” character he channels in the clubhouse.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Ashton RoyEdmonton baseball fans have long hoped for a return of the Trappers to RE/MAX Field and now they finally have it.
No, not those Trappers – not the Triple-A team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) that served as a stepping stone for aspiring major leaguers from 1981 through 2004.
The Edmonton Collegiate Trappers, an expansion franchise in the Canadian College Baseball Conference (CCBC), are making their league debut this season and head coach Ethan Elias couldn’t be more excited about bringing a new form of spring baseball to the provincial capital.
Read More Trap GameWell, you can’t say he didn’t warn you.
At the Okotoks Dawgs media day event, which is an opportunity for reporters to meet the team’s players and coaching staff prior to the Western Major Baseball League (WMBL) season, head coach Mitch Schmidt was asked about his “Big Bear” nickname.
He described himself as “very easy going” and a guy who gets along with everybody. Then he followed that description up with this comment: “They say that I’m in hibernation, but when I come out of hibernation, the Big Bear comes out.”
The Big Bear definitely came out …
Read More Holy Schmidt! Did That Just Happen?With a major shakeup of the Western Major Baseball League, we posed five questions to league president Kevin Kvame about the new marketing strategy and the addition of an All-Star Game.
Here’s what he told us …
Read More Q&A with WMBL President Kevin KvameIt is all-hands-on-deck around Spitz Stadium in Lethbridge, as crews put the finishing touches on a $2.3-million renovation. While fans can’t wait for baseball season to start, team officials can’t wait for Old Man Winter to take a hike and let the work get done.
Read More Spitz Shine