Todd Hubka is the ultimate team guy.
He’s never afraid to boast about the players on his current Prairie Baseball Academy roster, looking ahead to his upcoming recruiting class, or beam about how proud he is of the hundreds of alumni players that have come through the program.
Hubka isn’t a big fan of talking about himself, which was put to the test when he was inducted to the PBA Hall of Fame.
Read More Hall for HubsWhat will Erik Sabrowski do for an encore? Can Michael Soroka find his way as a starter in Washington? And can the Okotoks Dawgs repeat the four-peat?
We look ahead to what promises to be another fantastic year of baseball coverage from an Alberta perspective.
Read More Five Storylines We’re Watching in 2025What if the Western Canadian Baseball League had a team of all-stars that took part in the Major League Baseball Playoffs?
What started as a one-off idea in 2023 is now becoming a yearly tradition as we highlight the best-of-the-best from the WCBL.
Read More 2024 Dugout Stories All-WCBL TeamThe Canadian Baseball Network’s All-Canadian College Teams have been announced and Western Canadian Baseball League players figure prominently among the selections.
The annual release of Canada’s top college baseball players by the national network has been taking place for a quarter century and CBN founder Bob Elliott unveiled the final picks for 2024 recently.
Read More WCBL Well Represented on All-Canadian College TeamsThe Western Canadian Baseball League has introduced its first-ever Rural Roots Game in 2025.
To be held on June 8, the Sylvan Lake Gulls will face the Lethbridge Bulls in Oyen, Alberta.
Our Joe McFarland talks about the history and the potential for the new initiative.
Read More OPINION: WCBL Returns to its Rural RootsBy IAN WILSON Start saving dates on your calendar. The 2025 Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) regular-season schedule is here. Opening Day takes place on Wednesday, May 28th at 7:05 p.m. at Athletic Park when the Medicine Hat Mavericks play host to the defending champion Okotoks Dawgs. The game is a rematch of the 2023 […]
Read More 2025 WCBL Schedule ReleasedAttendance figures in the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) are up significantly this year, according to recently released rankings from Ballpark Digest.
The Okotoks Dawgs led the charge with 133,664 fans coming through the turnstiles in 2024.
Read More WCBL Attendance Continues to ClimbThe Western Canadian Baseball League has named its regular season all-star selections for the 2024 campaign.
The announcement includes a First Team All-Star squad and a Second Team All-Star roster consisting of pitchers, catchers, infielders, outfielders and designated hitters.
Read More WCBL All-Stars AnnouncedLike a walk-off homer into the dark, cool Alberta night, the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) season has come and gone for another year.
And like that same wall-clearing blast, it brought us to our feet and left us in a state of awe over what just happened.
On the field and in the stands, this was possibly the best postseason in WCBL history.
Here’s a look at five storylines that we found captivating during the 2024 WCBL postseason …
Read More Five Captivating Stories from the WCBL PlayoffsThe hits keep coming.
They’ve come in bunches. Batters are slapping out singles, line-driving doubles and hammering out homers.
It’s been a record year for long balls and base hits in the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL), making for fun days at the ballpark for sluggers and challenging nights for those who work on the mound.
Read More Offensive Outburst