The list of Canada’s most influential people in baseball has been released by Hall-of-Fame journalist Bob Elliott, and it includes a number of Western Canadian Baseball League names. Cracking the top 20 on the Canadian Baseball Network (CBN) list, as he has in previous years, was John Ircandia, the managing director of the Okotoks Dawgs. Ircandia…
BY JAMES TUBB ON DECEMBER 11, 2021. [email protected]@ReporterTubb Michael Forgione may be a familiar name for Medicine Hat Mavericks fans. The 26-year-old played with the Mavericks when they won the WCBL championship in 2014 and was hired Tuesday as the club’s new assistant coach. He says his first trip through the Hat in 2014 sold…
BY JAMES TUBB ON NOVEMBER 3, 2021. [email protected] @ReporterTubb Medicine Hat Mavericks owner and general manager Greg Morrison is wishing the team’s former announcer Dawson Thompson all the best in his recovery from a stroke suffered last week. “It was tough to hear; he was a great worker for us and a young guy that…
September 3, 2021 1:51 pm | by WCBL | Posted In Feature News, News Share on Social Media They were stars in the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) and this year they’ve shown what they are capable of at the major-league level. The alumni of our summer collegiate circuit who have performed at baseball’s highest level this season include…
For the first time in their 16-year history, the Medicine Hat Mavericks are switching divisions