There’s no rest for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s wicked.
With the 2025 season now wrapped up, Joe McFarland takes a look at a few burning questions the summer circuit has heading into what promises to be a busy offseason.
Read More OPINION: Five Burning Questions for the WCBLIt was a chaotic postseason in the Western Canadian Baseball League, with the slimmest of margins between the winners and the losers.
Every wild pitch seemed like a run waiting to happen and each fielding error felt like it might prove fatal to a team’s playoff chances.
Here’s a look at five pivotal moments that defined the 2025 WCBL postseason …
Read More Five Key WCBL Playoff MomentsIt’s go time.
The Western Canadian Baseball League’s 2025 regular season is complete and it’s time for postseason action.
Read More 2025 WCBL Playoff PreviewThey are the sultans of swat and peak pitchers in the Western Canadian Baseball League.
During a summer of strong performances in the WCBL, these batters and moundsmen stand out among their peers and can be found at the top of the leaderboards at the end of the 56-game regular season.
Read More WCBL Top PerformersBrett Getz has become a big piece of the Lethbridge Bulls starting rotation this summer.
The Medicine Hat native’s performance has earned him a spot at the circuit’s All-Star Game after a couple of years with different teams.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Brett GetzIt was a homecoming Max Benton didn’t think he would ever make.
The Lethbridge Bulls starting pitcher toed the rubber at Doug Lehman Field in Oyen for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Rural Roots Classic, where he had done it many times before as a member of the Badlands Baseball Academy.
Read More Feels Like HomeThey are the unleashers of long balls, the ground ball vacuums, the base burglars and the strikeout artists that fans get excited to see every summer.
With the 2025 Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) season upon us, it’s time to take a closer look at some of the returning veteran players who have brought us to our feet in previous years.
These top hitters, elite pitchers and gold glovers are worth keeping an eye on when you head to WCBL games in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Read More WCBL Players to WatchThere were cheers, beers and even a few tears at the first Western Canadian Baseball League Rural Roots Baseball Classic in Oyen, Alberta.
And if Joe McFarland had a vote at the WCBL board of governor’s table, he would enthusiastically vote “yes” to hold another one in 2026.
Read More OPINION: WCBL’s Rural Roots was a ClassicOh yeah, Oyen!
That was quite a show at the Rural Roots Baseball Classic over the weekend.
The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) event – a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Oyen Pronghorns championship season – culminated with a neutral site game between the Lethbridge Bulls and the Sylvan Lake Gulls at Doug Lehman Field on Sunday, June 8th.
Here are some of the sights from the Rural Roots Baseball Classic …
Read More Rural Roots Baseball Classic Photo GalleryAs his 2024 college season came to a close, Carlin Dick (Abbotsford, B.C.) contemplated his future in baseball.
A senior at Canisius University, the Golden Griffins finished the campaign 18-30 overall (11-13 conference record) and placed fifth in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. It was going to be his final year with the program, the only one he suited up for after high school, and the B.C. product was trying to soak it all in.
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