The Toronto Observer

The most recent numbers from Stats Canada suggest, albeit from 2005, that baseball is a declining sport when it comes to participation by Canadian youth. However, when it comes to Scarborough, it may be time to knock those stats out of the park.

Decked out in Toronto Blue Jays gear with big smiles on their faces, young baseball players from across Scarborough took advantage of a free Rookie Ball clinic at Out of the Park Sports last weekend. The instructional clinic was hosted by the Scarborough Stingers.

Opening day on April 2 drew a massive crowd of 48,000 Blue Jays fans to downtown Toronto. Imagine the size of the crowd a weekend  home stand against rival Boston Red Sox will draw. Now imagine it with the TTC crippled. Welcome to this weekend. The Blue Jays will take on division rival The Boston [...]

Well, it’s that time of year again; the Major League Baseball season has started and Blue Jays fans across Toronto are getting ready for the most anticipated season since 1993. Everyone from hot dog vendors, ushers, Blue Jays sports merchandise sellers and fans alike can feel the excitement in the air. The Blue Jays will [...]

SARASOTA, FL – For some major leaguers spring training is about re-acclimating to the game of baseball after an offseason of rest and limited workouts. For others, like 25-year-old starting pitcher Zach Britton, spring training is about proving that they belong in Major League Baseball. After an up-and-down couple of seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, [...]

SARASOTA, Fla – Conor Jackson finds himself without the same advantages that most big leaguers have this time of year. While spring is typically the time for players to find themselves before a grueling 162-game season, the 30-year-old from Austin, Texas is trying to earn a job. After landing a non-roster invite to spring training [...]

SARASOTA, FL – Ryan Flaherty knew he made it after hitting his first home run on April 14, 2012. Flaherty, who is entering his second year with the Baltimore Orioles after making the opening day roster last season, remember that feeling well and is using it to inspire more of the same in 2013. “That [...]

  SARASOTA, FL — For Darren O’Day, the first cut was one of the deepest. The Baltimore Orioles’ laid-back submarine pitcher from Jacksonville, Florida has had a turbulent time settling into the Major Leagues, but he would have never made it at all if it were not for the first time he could not make [...]

DUNEDIN, FL. — Taylor Cole plays baseball not only for himself, but also for his wife. The 23-year-old Toronto Blue Jays pitching prospect says it has been a blessing having his spouse, Madilyn, supporting him at the organization’s spring training camp this month. Moving with her husband to Florida was a sacrifice Cole does not take [...]

CLEARWATER, FL — Colby Shreve is a winner on and off the field. The native of Henderson, Nevada was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the sixth round in June of 2008, despite having Tommy John surgery a month earlier. It’s taken almost three years, but the big right-hander now feels himself again. “Last year [...]