The Little Giant

Skyler Stromsmoe has always said he was “more will than skill.”
Back on the family farm near Etzikom, he reflects on his nine-year minor league career and the opportunity to win medals with Baseball Canada.

In The Cards: ’96 Medicine Hat Blue Jays

They weren’t very good.

And neither were the baseball cards they graced.

But there were some bright spots on the roster, nonetheless.

Let’s meet the 1996 Medicine Hat Blue Jays…

7th Inning Stretch: Brett Getz

Brett 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.

7th Inning Stretch: Tyler Vanneste

It’s become an unexpected tradition at the Vanneste residence in Warman.

The family welcomed the entire Medicine Hat Mavericks team for a home-cooked meal during a team trip to nearby Saskatoon to face the expansion Berries in 2024 and continued it again in early 2025.

Medicine Hat Mavericks 2025 Preview

Seemingly a lock to make playoffs every year, the Medicine Hat Mavericks consistently field competitive teams each summer.

The Mavs squared off against the Okotoks Dawgs in the 2023 Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) championship final – a best-of-three series they ultimately lost in three games – and they bowed out in the opening round of the postseason to the Saskatoon Berries in 2024.

Medicine Hat will seek to find the same winning formula they’ve applied to the regular season year after year and adapt it for success in the playoffs, where the team will push for a return to the WCBL final yet again.

Putting on The Show

We look at 10 times that Major League Baseball (MLB) teams played in Alberta …

In The Cards: 2024 Medicine Hat Mavericks

We break down the 2024 Medicine Hat Mavericks team set, and keep an eye out for the Alberta Dugout Stories logo, which appears on several cards.

The Pat in the Hat

Booted baseballs, hotel hijinks and rowdy road trips punctuated their pursuit of the pennant.

These were the star-studded Medicine Hat Blue Jays of 1982 and Pat Borders was right in the middle of it all.

Mavs Make Hay

The Medicine Hat Major ‘AAA’ Mavs came within one win of doing something only two other Alberta teams had done before.

Had they beaten Whalley in the Little League Canada championship game, they would have headed to Williamsport for the Little League World Series.

Despite the setback, it was a summer to remember for the Mavs.

Mavericks Partner on Baseball School

Looking back at his childhood, Greg Morrison would be head over heals for more baseball in his school days.

Morrison, owner and general manager of the Medicine Hat Mavericks, announced a partnership with Prairie Rose Public Schools that will see the opening of the Mavericks School of Baseball.