OTTAWA- Russell Martin (Chelsea, QC) has signed with the New York Yankees as a free agent. Martin became a free agent when he couldn’t come to terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers, a team that drafted him in the 17th round in 2002.
OTTAWA- The awards and accolades continue to pour in for Joey Votto (Etobicoke, ON). The 2010 National League MVP has been given the Lou Marsh Award for Canadian Athlete of the Year. Votto becomes the second baseball player to win the award joining Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, BC) who won in 1998.
OTTAWA- Baseball Québec has been nominated for the Federation of the Year Award by Sport Québec. This is the first time that Baseball Québec has been nominated for the award that has been handed out annually since 2004.
SOURCE: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
With files from: Mark McGuire/timesunion.com
OTTAWA- Baseball Canada would like to announce that the Moncton and District Minor Baseball Association has become the ninth association to become RBI approved since Baseball Canada introduced the RBI Program in 2008. The association also becomes the first to be RBI approved in New Brunswick and the first amongst the Atlantic Provinces.
Note: Pat Gillick joins Ferguson Jenkins as the second Canadian inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Born in California, Gillick became a Canadian citizen in 2005. Gillick is also a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
OTTAWA- Brett Lawrie (Langley, BC) is now a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. The former Junior National Team star and also a member of the 2008 Olympic team and the 2009 World Baseball Classic club was dealt by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Jays for RHP Shaun Marcum.
*Please note the following memo from the Coaching Association of Canada regarding the process involved in attaining your CC number.
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