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Canada qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics by finishing in fourth place at the 1987 Pan American Games and defeating 1987 European Baseball Championship silver medalist Italy in a playoff. They finished with a 1–2 record in pool play, and did not advance to the knockout round.
Baseball in Canada is played at various levels throughout the country, including by Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays, founded in 1977 (Canada's first MLB team, the Montreal Expos, formed in 1969, relocated to Washington, D.C. in 2005) and Minor League Baseball's Vancouver Canadians, an affiliate of the Blue Jays competing in the High-A Northwest League.
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The tournament started on March 5, 2009. The tournament started on March 5, 2009. Each participating national federation had a deadline of January 19, 2009 to submit a 45-man provisional roster.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK: Adam Street 7 July 1991 (aged 17) 0 0 West Ham United: 2 DF: Eddy Sidra 20 February 1989 (aged 20) 0 0 Energie Cottbus
Baseball Canada is the national governing body for baseball in Canada. [1] They are members of the Canadian Olympic Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation . Incorporated in 1964 as the Canadian Federation of Amateur Baseball, it is made up of 10 provincial associations which represent players, coaches, and umpires across Canada.
The Baseball World Cup (BWC) was an international baseball tournament for national teams around the world, sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). First held in 1938 as the Amateur World Series ( AWS ), it was, for most of its history, the highest level of international baseball competition in the world.
Team Canada earns its first bronze medal in the 2009 Baseball World Cup by upending Puerto Rico, 6–2, in Grosseto, Italy. The third-place finish is the senior national team's highest placing since earning a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The medal also adds to Baseball Canada's total which is now 11 ...
On July 10, 2009, the NCAA approved SFU's bid to join NCAA Division II starting in 2011–12, where SFU intended to compete in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. However, Canada West , the CIS association that SFU teams were scheduled to play in, issued a probation on all SFU teams for the 2010–11 season, leading to speculation that SFU ...