Life often pulls you in different directions.
At times, the path it sets you on can be rather unexpected.
On this particular snow-swept March night on the prairies, former Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Ricky Romero found himself pulled to Vauxhall for a fundraising banquet that was being hosted by the Vauxhall Academy of Baseball.
Read More The Ricky Ro! ShowAlberta made its mark on the Canadian Baseball Network’s All-Canadian rosters from top to bottom.
That includes Wetaskiwin product Matt Coutney, who was named the 2022 College Player of the Year …
Read More Best From the West Earn All-Canadian HonoursWe examine the Alberta connections to Bob Elliott’s Top 100 influential Canadians in baseball list that was published by the Canadian Baseball Network.
Read More Alberta Ties to the Top 100If you’re scanning the strikeout leaderboard for Levi Abbott’s name, check at the top before working your way down.
The 6-foot-3, right-handed pitcher for the Lethbridge Bulls leads the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) in Ks, with 66, through his first 43.2 innings of work this summer and his other statistics have not suffered during his eight appearances.
We caught up with Abbott to pick his brain on the summer he’s having in the WCBL for a segment we like to call 3 UP, 3 DOWN.
Read More 3 UP, 3 DOWN WITH LEVI ABBOTTA total of 17 Canadians were chosen in the 2021 MLB Draft.
While none hailed from Alberta, several trained here or have connections to this province.
We run down those connections and highlight some of their accomplishments.
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