Canadian Baseball

Good luck to all eight schools in this year's Canadian National University (Baseball) Championship! #baseball #canada @McGillAthletics @CURavenBaseball @UofT_Baseball @guelph_gryphons @DalTigers @AcadiaAthletics @WesternMustangs @Carabins @CDNBaseball @prepbaseball

A personal thought.

@BaseballOntario in Gold🥇 Windsor Selects (ON) defeat the Halifax Mets (NS) to take home gold at the 22U National Championship!🇨🇦‼️ #BaseballCanada | #BCanNats25

@SteezeUSchrist No problem. Great job on the mic tonight.

@CDNBaseball Appreciate the info!

@SteezeUSchrist, NS has only won Gold at 21U/22U Baseball Nationals once, in 1976. NS has also only won Gold once at 17U Nationals - that was the 2019 team that you mentioned. That team beat QC in the Semi and ON in the Final.

@thehighbutton, NS has only won Gold at 21U/22U Baseball Nationals once, in 1976. NS has also only won Gold once at 17U Nationals - that was the 2019 team that you mentioned. That team beat QC in the Semi and ON in the Final.

At Beazley Field playing the 22U National Elimination Final in the dark because @hfxgov / @andyfillmorehfx can’t get their act together. 22U Nationals here in 3 weeks. Someone is going to get hurt. Embarrassing.

Big congratulations to Nova Scotia native @TylerBo67252274 for signing a free agent contract with the @Yankees

Big congratulations to Nova Scotia native @DoucetteTy on being drafted by the @Reds. Cincinnati has chosen wisely by grabbing both great player and a fantastic young man with this pick. As I recall, the Reds have had some pretty good luck drafting 1B's from Canada in the past.

🚨Entering Transfer portal on June 2nd🚨 - 1 year of eligibility - 2S 88-89 92T - CT 85-88 - SWP 80-84 DM’s are open - Phone - 902-986-2846 - Email - johndecoste20@icloud.com ⁦@calebcox303⁩ #transferportal

One year of eligibility left. Help me get the word out please. Thank you in advance.

I love @WillClark22 “The Thrill” doesn’t mince words when he talks about @Teacherman1986 and the #gurus We were all taught not to dip our back shoulder but the #gurus love to teach the back shoulder drop chicken wing swing and it’s killing kids futures! Video courtesy of @NoFilterNet 👊🏻#shegone #RatATatTat @notgaetti @BobFile @twuench @billdubs @SliderDominate @ROXSystem @BLocsports @VictorRojas @ClintHurdle13 @CRAIG_LAPINER @TheRealJHair @JayGibbons15 @mikepiazza31 @DMEASrecruiting @GDBJr5 @ToddPratt07 @RVGDag @AMBS_Kernan @SalMarinello @TheKineticArm

Interesting, by my count that is actually two bad calls against the Chiefs versus one against the Eagles in the first half.

And there we go. Bad call in KC’s favour on the first series. I had predicted 4 in total but the men in stripes are getting started early so it will probably be higher.

Dartmouth baseball star Ty Doucette: 'This is a big year for me' saltwire.com/nova-scotia/ha…

@hfxgov … National 22U baseball tournament going on. Great game being contested by two great teams in the top of the 10th with hundred of fans in attendance. Great for the city right up to the point where you turned the lights off on them all. What an embarrassment. #DoBetterHRM

@baseballcanada… you currently have an Ump Show going on at 22U Nationals. Time to step in before they make an even bigger mess of this game and tournament. #UmpShow

Folks, I'm hearing a lot of anti-Arraez sentiment in the wake of his selection to the All-Star Game, and I simply can't abide it. If you love baseball, you must also love Luis Arraez. Hitting a baseball remains the hardest thing to do in any sport, and he does it better than anyone in an era that's made it more difficult than ever. This marks his third consecutive All-Star selection, each with a different team, but switching teams and leagues and opponents hasn't seemed to bother him. During his first two All-Star campaigns –– 2022 with Minnesota and 2023 with Miami –– he won batting titles, the first to do so in different leagues in consecutive years. And this season with San Diego, he leads the league in hits with 118 of them in just 89 games. Since the beginning of 2022, Arraez is hitting .330 with 494 hits in 380 games. You People™ complain about his lack of power, yet he has more extra-base hits than strikeouts, even with the slowest bat speed in the league. He bats leadoff, yet also has more RBI than strikeouts. How many of your modern launch angle merchants can make either of those claims? Arraez and Teoscar Hernandez were both selected to be All-Stars this season, and they're two players I really enjoy watching, but they're two completely different hitters. Since the beginning of 2022, they've both played exactly 380 games and drawn exactly 100 walks. But the similarities end there: Arraez • 380 games, 100 walks • 494 hits, 100K • 0.97x as many K as XBH Hernandez • 380 games, 100 walks • 383 hits, 468 K • 3x as many K as XBH Hernandez is a threat to leave the yard, and he's absolutely mashed the baseball in every Dodgers game I've watched this year, but he's also a threat to strike out 200 times. Arraez, meanwhile, is an artist. He can put the bat on the ball seemingly at will, regardless of who's on the mound. He avoids the strikeout like it's his job and doesn't get nearly enough credit for the bat-handling skills he brings to the table. He causes havoc and chaos for pitchers despite not having impressive size, strength, or speed. He is remarkable. How can anyone begrudge Arraez his third straight All-Star selection? He's built like an everyman, yet makes even elite pitchers look foolish. He's truly a unicorn in today's game, a veritable magician whose act deserves to be seen by a national audience; the All-Star game is a nice opportunity to make that happen. True baseball fans are in awe of both Luis and Teoscar, but for different reasons. Balanced lineups have different kinds of players with different skill sets and we need to give them all credit where credit is due. For now, just enjoy Arraez. Enjoy watching the closest thing we've seen to Tony Gwynn ply his trade. He brings a craft and artistry to the game that has gotten lost in the spreadsheet-driven homogenization of lineups across the league. So many of you would rather see a lineup of nine Kyles Schwarber "because the spreadsheet says it's the optimal approach" that you've lost sight of some of what makes baseball the greatest game on earth.

✍🏻COMMITMENT ALERT✍🏻 Congratulations to Matt Mackenzie (@Matthew50653508) of Nova Scotia on his commitment to Niagara University (@NiagaraBASE) in New York following his graduation from Colby Community College (@ColbyTrojanBSB) in Kansas. 👊🏻 #OneOfTheGuys