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Tuesday Dec 29 | TSN.ca

2009 a year of ups and downs in Canadian baseball

The 2009 season will be remembered as a year of extremes in Canadian baseball, one marked by the national team's shocking elimination from the World Baseball Classic, its subsequent elation from a podium finish at the World Cup, and the near total unravelling of the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Related Topix: Summer Sports, Sports, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, Scott Richmond, Baseball Players, Minnesota Twins, Justin Morneau

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Road only gets tougher for Canadian baseball team

Now that he's lived both baseball dreams, Scott Thorman finds the Olympic experience to be vastly different than the major-league experience.

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Related Topix: Rheal Cormier, Sports, Mike Saunders, Summer Sports, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games, Olympic Baseball, James Avery

Wed Sep 30, 2009

Baseball America

second straight World Cup gold medal

Once again, America's top minor leaguers succeeded where its big leaguers have failed.

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Related Topix: Summer Sports, Jimmy Van Ostrand, Pedro Luis Lazo, Sports, Baseball Players, Tug Hulett, Major League Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Buck Coats

Mon Sep 28, 2009

Slam Sports

Podium finish long time coming for Canada

The Canadian baseball team was due for a little bit of good fortune, especially after enduring such a tough run over the past 13 months.

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Related Topix: Mike Saunders, Summer Sports, Sports, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games, Baseball Players, Adam Loewen, Winter Sports, Curling

Sun Sep 27, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Canada wins bronze at Baseball World Cup

GROSSETO, Italy - Last updated on Saturday, Sep. 26, 2009 10:36PM EDT C anada defeated Puerto Rico to win bronze at the Baseball World Cup for the first medal in the team's history at the tournament Saturday.

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Related Topix: Summer Sports, Jimmy Van Ostrand

Tue Sep 01, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Langley's Brett Lawrie to lead...

Brett Lawrie of Langley was taken 16th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2008 Major League Baseball draft of high schoolers and collegians.

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Related Topix: Summer Sports, Jimmy Van Ostrand, Sports, Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games, Chris Robinson, Baseball Players

Olympic Medal Count

    Total
1 China 51 21 28 100
2 United States 36 38 36 110
3 Russian Fed. 23 21 28 72
4 Great Britain 19 13 15 47
5 Germany 16 10 15 41
6 Australia 14 15 17 46
7 Korea 13 10 8 31
8 Japan 9 6 10 25
9 Italy 8 10 10 28
10 France 7 16 17 40

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