Sports Star female pitcher Ayami Sato made history as the first woman to play in a Canadian men’s professional baseball league on Sunday. Sato struck out one batter without allowing anyone on base in the first two innings of an eventual 6-5 loss to the Kitchener Panthers. 35-year-old star pitcherContinue Reading
Fay Vincent, who became an unexpected baseball commissioner in 1989 following the death of A. Bartlett Giamatti and then was forced out three years later by owners intent on a labour confrontation with players, has died. He was 86. Vincent had undergone radiation and chemotherapy for bladder cancer and developedContinue Reading
Sports Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. Mariners legend narrowly misses out on unanimous selection, falling 1 vote shyRonald Blum · The Associated Press ·Continue Reading
Sports The Toronto Maple Leafs of the Intercounty Baseball League have signed Ayami Sato, making the Japanese pitcher the league’s first female player. 6-time world champion Ayami Sato, 34, has signed with IBL’s Toronto Maple LeafsThe Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 03, 2024 5:26 PM EST | Last Updated: 9Continue Reading
Sports Streaming service Netflix announced Wednesday that a new documentary about Major League Baseball’s Montreal Expos and their departure from their Canadian home will be coming to the platform. Untitled documentary set to explore why Canada’s first MLB team left MontrealThe Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 21, 2024 8:15 PMContinue Reading
