FRANCIS HEADS TO WALL OF EXCELLENCE, MARTIN AND VOTTO TO ATTEND NATIONAL TEAMS AWARDS BANQUET

Baseball CanadaOTTAWA- A tremendous list of current and former Major League Baseball stars is shaping up for the 14th annual Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet set to take place Saturday, January 9th at the Northern Lights Ballroom inside the Renaissance Toronto Downtown.

Fresh off a season that saw him finish third in National League Most Valuable Player voting, Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto will be in attendance along with 2015 All-Star, Russell Martin of the Toronto Blue Jays.

The evening will include a special presentation that will see Jeff Francis, who was a key piece of Canada’s gold medal winning team at the Pan Am Games, become just the eighth member of Baseball Canada’s Wall of Excellence, presented by RBC Wealth Management.

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