DUNEDIN, Fla. – Sometimes a change of scenery is all a person needs to find the success they’ve been searching for. Koby Clemens feels that entering the Toronto Blue Jays’ farm system may provide the change needed to spark his career. Having an established baseball superstar for a father like Roger Clemens gave Koby an early taste of what the big leagues is all about.
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Being behind the mask at the home plate of the baseball diamond, Zack Sardellitti of Maple, Ont., understands his crucial role of catcher on and off the field. The Canadian National Junior Baseball team began their training in sunny St. Petersburg on Monday where players and coaches gathered to get ready for the international championships in Seoul, South Korea.
DUNEDIN, Fla. — For aspiring Toronto Blue Jay Andrew Jay (Ajay) Meyer of Hamler,Ohio, playing professional baseball is his ultimate goal and no amount of injuries will stand in his way. After practice ended at…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Canadian baseball player Mitchell Triolo has inherited a family gene that has allowed him to play the game he loves: baseball. Triolo is a shortstop for a Team Canada squad that lost 12-0 to Team USA on Wednesday as it tries to qualify for the country’s final roster for the 2012 World Cup in Seoul, Korea in August.
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Kevin Comer is half-Korean. But that doesn’t stop the right-handed pitching prospect of the Toronto Blue Jays from expressing his pride in his mother’s Asian heritage. Comer does his best to let others…
DUNEDIN, Fla.— According to Baseball America, the Toronto Blue Jays have one of the deepest talent pools of pitchers in all of Major League Baseball and have a reputation for developing quality arms. Of the…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Michael Clouthier always knew he was going to be a pitcher. A right-handed pitcher, he grew up playing volleyball, basketball, track and field, basically everything, but he would always return to his true…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla – For Johnny Caputo, leadership is something that comes naturally. Watching the Canadian third baseman chat with younger players at Al Lang Stadium, showing them how to field grounders, and giving them advice on how to deal with the pressure of playing their first international game like a field general.
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Watching Chris Hawkins stroke bombs over the right field fence at the Toronto Blue Jays’ minor league camp on Tuesday, you easily got the sense that this guy was here to perform.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Thirteen months ago, Te Wera “Beau” Bishop had never played a game of baseball. Within a month, he might be playing for a Boston Red Sox minor league team.