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The Hall of Fame’s 5th Annual Christmas Silent auction ENDS TODAY AT NOON EST. You can call me with your bids at 519-284-1838 or email them to scott@baseballhalloffame.ca or drop into …
COOPERSTOWN, NY – Dave Van Horne, who has spent the last 42 seasons calling play-by-play action for the Montreal Expos and the Florida Marlins, has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the Ford C. …
MORE »By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Pat Gillick, one of the Expansion Era’s top general managers, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday.
GET YOUR UNSIGNED OR SIGNED PAT GILLICK CBHFM …
Bobby Mattick served as a player, manager, scout and administrator in his eight decades in professional baseball. Blessed with good baseball genes – his father, Wally, was also a big leaguer – Mattick inked his …
MORE »MVP is front-runner for Ball Hall’s annual honour
St. Marys – Joey Votto’s National League Most Valuable Player Award gives him the edge but not a guarantee to win his first Tip O’Neill Award, presented annually …
Right-hander Billy Harris caught the eye of big league scouts when he led the Dieppe Junior Cardinals to a Maritime championship in 1949 and the Moncton Legionnaires to a senior title the following year. Signed …
MORE »When Larry Walker signed his first professional contract in 1984, he preferred the Montreal Canadiens to the Montreal Expos, but after the longtime hockey goalie decided to focus on the diamond, he evolved into the …
MORE »Born Calvin Robertson on December 1, 1911 in Montreal, brother of 2007-CBHFM-inductee Sherry Robertson, he was the nephew of Clark Griffith, a former major leaguer and owner of the Washington Senators. Calvin was from a …
MORE »By John Schlegel / MLB.com
Not many Major Leaguers can claim status as a national baseball icon, a cornerstone for two franchises and a key veteran presence for a third, but Larry Walker has all that on his resume …
A baseball lifer in the truest sense, Frank O’Rourke spent more than 70 years around the diamond as a player, manager and scout. The Hamilton, Ontario native was the youngest player in the National League …
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