⭐ NEW STORY: “This celebration is about shining a long-overdue spotlight on the remarkable individuals whose impact on sport in Alberta is truly inspiring." The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame is set to induct its Class of 2025 this weekend in Red Deer. ⚾ albertadugoutstories.com/2025/09/26/b...

⚾️ NEW STORY: “I didn’t really worry about the number – it’s cool but, in a playoff game, you can’t think about it.” Sylvan Lake Gulls star hurler Josh Tucker became the first in @wcblbaseball.bsky.social history to notch 300 career strikeouts in what became an unforgettable summer. #WCBL #LakeBoys

🏆 NEW STORY: “I remember them winning the championship when I was a little kid so it really means everything to be able to do this with some of my best friends in the world." Regina Red Sox hometown hero Brady Bye reflects on being named the @wcblbaseball.bsky.social Playoff MVP. #WCBL ⚾️

⚾️ NEW STORY: “Since that point the guys have been taking a lot of pride in the little things.” After finishing the season 26-9 in their last 35, the Sylvan Lake Gulls are now heading to their first @wcblbaseball.bsky.social championship in franchise history. #WCBL #Baseball #Alberta

🎙️ And then there were four. The @wcblbaseball.bsky.social Division Semis came to an end in dramatic fashion (at least in one series) last night. We look ahead to Division Finals with Okotoks vs. Sylvan Lake and Regina vs. Saskatoon on a special edition of #ADSPodcast. ⚾️🇨🇦

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: It's happening! Dawgs Academy and Okotoks Dawgs alum Tristan Peters has been called up by the Tampa Bay Rays after an outstanding season so far with the Durham Bulls. Congratulations, Tristan! #ABproud #Okotoks #Dawgs #WCBL ⚾️🇨🇦 albertadugoutstories.com/2024/12/02/m...

🎧 With the @wcblbaseball.bsky.social playoffs getting underway, we're bringing you the new #ADSPodcast a day early! Ian Wilson previews each series + hear from Jace Richardson of the Baseball Alberta Elite League champion St. Albert Cardinals and Baseball Sask rising star Addie Ziebart. #Baseball ⚾

⚾️ NEW STORY: “It’s not exactly what I was expecting, for certain. It’s been a bit of a wild ride.” Airdrie's Evan Wilde reflects on his collegiate career, where he moved from pitcher to first base in his final year at Niagara University and hit for the cycle. #ABproud #Airdrie #Baseball ⚾

⭐️ NEW STORY: “I was telling every single guy on the West Division team that I was swiping a bag today and they’re like, ‘Aren’t you a pitcher?’” Long-time Okotoks Dawgs pitcher Brody Forno made the most of his pinch-running opportunity at the @wcblbaseball.bsky.social All-Star Game. #WCBL ⚾️

⚾ OPINION: "Not long later, his sister joined the party, grabbing a glove and patrolling the “outfield” with a giant smile on her face." @joemcfarland.bsky.social shares a personal story on why celebrating #NGBW2025 has been important to us. #Baseball #Alberta

🎧 A special edition of #ADSPodcast is here as we celebrate National Girls in Baseball Week! Hear from a couple of organizers + Ara Siemens of Baseball Alberta & Victoria Bateman of Baseball Sask as they're heading to the Canada Summer Games. #NGBW2025 ⚾ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

⚾ NEW STORY: “It’s really special to know that we are making history for the development of female baseball.” As we celebrate National Girls in Baseball Week, Baseball Alberta has unveiled its roster for the Canada Summer Games. #Alberta #NGBW2025 ⚾️ albertadugoutstories.com/2025/06/24/s...

🎂 #OTD in 2017: After a few months of being just on social media, we launched our website! Since then, we've published 860 stories & written more than 1.1-million words. THANK YOU so much for following along over the last 8 years! #Alberta #Baseball ⚾️🇨🇦 albertadugoutstories.com/2017/06/22/l...

🎧 The new #ADSPodcast is on the air! This week, we recap the massive Regina Red Sox announcement + have great conversations with Simon Baker of the Sylvan Lake Gulls, Brandon Paez of the Okotoks Dawgs and Easton Kitura of the Energy City Cactus Rats. #WCBL ⚾ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

⚾ NEW STORY: It was the perfect combination of a celebration of the past, showcase of the present and inspiration for the future at the @wcblbaseball.bsky.social Rural Roots Classic in Oyen. @joemcfarland.bsky.social would like to see it become a staple of the league's schedule. #WCBL #Baseball

🎧 The new #ADSPodcast has arrived! @joemcfarland.bsky.social takes us back to the @wcblbaseball.bsky.social Rural Roots Classic in Oyen featuring conversations with Mayor Doug Jones, Todd Hubka, Graham Schetzle, Aqil Samuel and former Badlands Academy Badger Max Benton. #ABproud #WCBL ⚾️

📸 NEW GALLERY: Take a look back at an incredible day of baseball in Oyen as the community hosted the first @wcblbaseball.bsky.social Rural Roots Baseball Classic between the Lethbridge Bulls and Sylvan Lake Gulls. #WCBL #Baseball #Alberta #Oyen ⚾ albertadugoutstories.com/2025/06/09/r...

🎧 A brand-new, jam-packed edition of #ADSPodcast is live! A ton of news + conversations with Evan Morrison of the Medicine Hat Mavericks, Hunter Jones of the Sylvan Lake Gulls, Lou Anderson of the Okotoks Dawgs & Airdrie's Evan Wilde, who just wrapped up his collegiate career. #Baseball #Alberta ⚾️🇨🇦

⚾️ NEW STORY: “The expectation is that they’re coming here to play baseball. They’re coming here to get better – they’re coming here with a dream.” Ray Brown is back for a third tour of duty as coach with @wcblbaseball.bsky.social's Fort McMurray Giants. #WCBL #YMM

🎧 It's @wcblbaseball.bsky.social Opening Day and time for the finale of our #WCBL Season Preview Extravaganza! We visit with players from the league's six #Alberta teams, who all happen to be homegrown talent as well. Enjoy! #Baseball ⚾ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

🎧 We are just a couple days away from @wcblbaseball.bsky.social Opening Day! To celebrate, we have a special 2-part #ADSPodcast Season Preview Extravaganza coming your way. It starts today with the East Division and we have #Saskatchewan players from each team. ⚾️🇨🇦 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

🏆 NEW STORY: “If it wasn’t for the group of guys I was fortunate to play alongside, I never would have had this opportunity.” Headlined by Victoria Golden Tide veteran Tyler Burton taking home MVP honours, the CCBC has handed out its hardware. #CCBC ⚾️🇨🇦 albertadugoutstories.com/2025/05/22/c...

⚾️ NEW STORY: “This is more than just a name change." The Edmonton Prospects are no more and in their place is the Energy City Cactus Rats, who will have a new home in Spruce Grove this summer and fresh-looking roster. Our latest @wcblbaseball.bsky.social Season Preview is here! #YEG #SpruceGrove

🎧 The new #ADSPodcast is here a couple of days early! Our Ian Wilson was in #YQL for the CCBC World Series final where Okanagan College edged TRU 10-9 to capture the 🏆. Hear from head coach Geoff White and many more. #CCBC #Baseball #Podcasts ⚾️🇨🇦 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

🏆 NEW STORY: “Our bats were the reason we won this thing. They showed up every game and that was really important.” For the first time since 2022, the Okanagan College Coyotes are CCBC champions after a thrilling 10-9 win over Thompson Rivers University. #CCBC #Baseball ⚾️

⚾️ NEW STORY: “Winning the award made me reflect on the last couple of years at Indian Hills and how far I’ve come." AHP Academy alum and Arkansas State commit Cole Huebner (Edmonton/Parkland Minor Ball) has been named the ICCAC co-Pitcher of the Year. #ABproud #YEG #Baseball #Alberta

🎧 The new #ADSPodcast is here and it features an #Alberta coaching legend! Ray Brown stops by to discuss how he ended up in our province in the first place, some of his philosophies, the stops along the way & coming back to the Fort McMurray Giants. #WCBL #Baseball #YMM #Podcasts ⚾

⚾️ NEW STORY: "Don’t get stuck in the past, whether it’s success or failure. It’s good to live in the moment, try to be in the present, and not worry about the ups and downs." Our latest #7thInningStretch features Brett Potter of the University of Calgary Dinos. #CCBC #YYC #Baseball 🇨🇦

⚾️ NEW STORY: The Medicine Hat Mavericks are looking to find the same winning formula they’ve applied to the regular season year after year and adapt it for success in the playoffs, where the team will push for a return to the @wcblbaseball.bsky.social final yet again. #MedHat

⚾️ NEW STORY: “Just having trust in myself that I am where I am for a reason. Trusting that all the work I have put in since I was young is paying off.” It's been quite the pro debut in the Orioles' system for Babe Ruth Calgary & Lindsey Wilson College alum Cohen Achen. #ABproud #YYC

🎧 The new #ADSPodcast is here! We recap another busy week for #baseball in #Alberta before chatting with Best of the West champion Preston Tocheniuk of Dawgs Academy, Southern Maine Community College outfielder Adam Rowland (Okotoks) and Edmonton Collegiate Hawks pitcher Chris Menard (St. Albert). ⚾️

Derek Palmiere (Okotoks, AB) with a strong outing on the mound for Mayville State Comets! He pitched 7.0 IP with 7 Ks on Friday! 💪 #cbplayers #NAIABaseball https://cbplayers.com/reportview/PT_2430--20250505/

⚾️ NEW STORY: "I think on paper right now we’re shaping up to be a little bit better than last year." After a 36-win season & pushing Okotoks to the brink, the Lethbridge Bulls will be looking for more in 2025. Our new WCBL Season Preview is here! albertadugoutstories.com/2025/05/05/l...

We’ve fallen quite a bit behind on posting our latest stories. We won’t let it happen again. We’ll start things off with this emotional story about the return of Ayden Makarus, who went from semi-retirement to becoming an NSAA Newcomer of the Year. ⚾️🇨🇦 albertadugoutstories.com/2025/04/30/r...

🎧 The new #ADSPodcast has arrived! Hear from University of Calgary Dinos infielder Brett Potter about his season, AHP Academy alum Brendan Clelland on his year at Northeastern Junior College and Dawgs Academy grad Ayden Makarus' comeback at Bellevue. ⚾ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

⚾️ NEW STORY: The @wcblbaseball.bsky.social season is just a few weeks away, so we are back with our annual team-by-team Season Preview series. We'll start things off with the 3-time defending champion Okotoks Dawgs, who will rely on a mix of vets & new faces. #WCBL #Okotoks #Baseball

🎧 The new #ADSPodcast has arrived! This week, we hear from Reinhardt University home run king Nash Crowell (Nova Scotia/Okotoks Dawgs) and get to know Prairie Baseball Academy infielder Nate Garth (Calgary Cubs) and Central Arizona College hurler Adam Beamin (Saskatoon/Dawgs Academy). #Baseball ⚾

🎧 The new #ADSPodcast has arrived! We open it up with Okotoks Dawgs product Logan Grant after he set the Bellevue University record for career home runs. Then we catch up with Ben Prediger as he transitions to a coaching career in Sylvan Lake. And we wrap it up with Cochrane's Solomon Searle. ⚾

⚾️ NEW STORY: “I’d never thrown a no-hitter, even in my Little League career, so the fact that it’s the first in program history is pretty wild.” We take a look back at the no-hitter twirled by Edmonton Collegiate Hawks hurler Matthew Ridsdale. #CCBC #YEG albertadugoutstories.com/2025/04/04/n...

⚾️ NEW STORY: "My goal is to be the Reliever of the Year. That’s what I’m setting my sights on. I just want to be that guy." We kick off the 2025 Canadian College Baseball Conference edition of #7thInningStretch with Prairie Baseball Academy hurler Cody Graf (Lloydminster). #CCBC

Opening weekend in the Canadian College Baseball Conference is in the books with Prairie Baseball Academy and the University of Calgary Dinos at 2-2 while the Edmonton Collegiate Hawks are 1-3. In case you missed it, here's our season preview story! #CCBC #Baseball #Alberta ⚾

He’s the son of a former minor leaguer and his brother is also playing college ball. So it’s not surprising that Quebec’s Leo Griffin is also passionate about the game. The Dawgs Academy alum is now speeding his way into the record books at Hutchinson Community College. #ABproud #Baseball ⚾️🇨🇦

We are going back to our roots. And we cannot wait to see you Oyen! Save the date: June 8th. wcblbaseball.com/view-news/30...

🎧 A new #ADSPodcast hits the airwaves tomorrow! We'll be chatting with a trio of US college freshmen who are making waves, including Ryan Kwasnycia (Stony Plain), Kai Rempel (Calgary) and Leo Griffin (Okotoks via Quebec). Subscribe now! #ABproud #Alberta #Baseball ⚾️

Cannot wait to welcome Jamie Campbell and John Axford to Saskatchewan for a Weyburn Beavers fundraiser on March 15th.

⚾️ NEW STORY: 68 Canadians suited up in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, including 28 from #Saskatchewan. On this #InternationalWomensDay, we profile all of them as well as the two chaperones who called our province home and blazed a trail for future generations. #IWD2025 🇨🇦

⚾️ OPINION: Professional baseball? Forget about it. Heck, even summer collegiate baseball is better-served in surrounding communities like Okotoks & maybe Airdrie at some point. @joemcfarland.bsky.social weighs in on the future as Foothills comes tumbling down. #YYC #YYCCC #Baseball

🎧 Surprise! We have put together a special edition of #ADSPodcast to look back at what's been a bittersweet week for #baseball in #YYC. @joemcfarland.bsky.social & Ian Wilson share their Foothills Stadium stories + hear from Calgary Cannons owner Russ Parker. #YYCCC #Calgary #Baseball ⚾️

⚾️ NEW STORY: "I always have lots of fond memories, every time I go by I usually think about something … we put so much into it.” Calgary's "Mr. Baseball," Russ Parker, is among the many who are reminiscing about yesterday as Foothills Stadium falls. #YYC #YYCCC #Calgary #Baseball