Off to the Races

You weren’t going to wipe the smile off Brody Forno’s face after the Western Canadian Baseball League’s All-Star Game.

It also wasn’t going to wipe clean his jersey after a head-first slide into home to score the West Division’s final run in a 10-3 loss to the East Division at a rain-drenched Seaman Stadium in Okotoks.

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7th Inning Stretch: Simon Baker

Simon Baker and the Sylvan Lake Gulls walked into the 2025 Western Canadian Baseball League season with one thing on their mind: win a championship.

After a record-breaking 44-win season in 2024, the team was upended by the eventual champion Okotoks Dawgs in their third-straight West Division final.

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On The Shelf

Despite an excellent first half of the Western Canadian Baseball League season, right-hander Seth Gurr won’t be attending the All-Star Game at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks on Saturday.

A freak injury has forced him to the sidelines despite his 2.65 ERA on the year.

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The Rhoades Show

For the second year in a row, a Fort McMurray Giants slugger has taken home the golden bat at the WCBL Home Run Derby.

After Peyton McDowall did the honours in 2024, Matt Rhoades followed through during a soggy Saturday afternoon in Okotoks.

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Long Ball Launchers Ready for Derby

The field has been set for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s 2025 Home Run Derby.

The event – part of the All-Star Game festivities taking place on Saturday, July 19th at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks – gets underway at 5 p.m. and it will feature a dozen long-ball launchers, one from each WCBL team.

Here’s a closer look at the 12 participants …

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2025 MLB Draft Review

After 20 rounds of picks and more than 600 player selections, the Major League Baseball Draft has come to a close.

The prospect-plucking exercise took place in Cumberland, Georgia, with the first three rounds taking place on July 13th and the remaining 17 rounds happening on July 14th.

Among the picks were a number of players with ties to the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL).

Here’s a closer look at some of those draft choices …

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Sliding Into Home

It was a special kind of homecoming for three members of the Energy City Cactus Rats.

Displaced by delays in building their new home in Spruce Grove, Nick Hagen, Ryan Kwasnycia and Easton Kitura enjoyed a weekend at Henry Singer Park.

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