Category: Baseball
Baseball in Chatham-Kent
Chatham Baseball Gets Swinging With Tryouts
Chatham Minor Baseball is waiting for the warm weather and clear skies to arrive so they can get back on baseball diamonds across the city. ... Read More
Chatham Giants: Chatham-Kent Sports Black History Month
The Chatham Giants played for the love of the game, but that doesn't mean they weren't a talented and winning baseball team. During the early ... Read More
Earl “Flat” Chase: Chatham-Kent Sports Black History Month
Born in Buxton, Ontario in 1910, Earl "Flat" Chase was one of the region's top young baseball players in the first half of the 1900's. ... Read More
Baseball is Back
There might not be kids flooding baseball diamonds in Chatham-Kent, yet, but that doesn't mean baseball isn't back. Along with pitchers and catchers reporting to ... Read More
1934 Colored Baseball Team: Chatham-Kent Sports Black History Month
Chatham Colored All-Stars - Photo from the Chatham Sports Hall of FameThey were champions, and trail blazers. The 1934 Chatham Colored All-Stars surprised everyone, and ... Read More
Fergie Jenkins: Chatham-Kent Sports Black History Month
Fergie Jenkins - Photo by Ian Kennedy/CKSN.caWhen people think of famous Canadian Black athletes, Fergie Jenkins is likely near the top of any list. Born ... Read More
Balkwill Named First Team All-Canadian
The Canadian Baseball Network compiled their 13th annual All-Canadian College team, this season naming Chatham's Larry Balkwill to their First Team, as catcher. Balkwill led ... Read More
Diamonds Win Provincials on Home Soil
Chatham Diamonds Major Mosquito OBA Champions 2012 - Submitted PhotoThe Chatham Diamonds Major Mosquito's captured the OBA title on home soil in Chatham over the ... Read More
Chatham Ball Players Medal at Ontario Summer Games
2012 Ontario Summer Games silver medallists - Submitted PhotoThe Western Counties Baseball Association sent a select team to participate in the 2012 Ontario Summer Games ... Read More
Cook, Grubb, Balkwill Win Ontario Baseball Titles
It was a big weekend for local baseball players as Justin Cook, Thomas Grubb and Larry Balkwill both won Ontario titles and are now heading ... Read More
Diamonds Sparkle, Win Home Tournament
Chatham Minor Baseball Association hosted a Rookie Tournament this past weekend welcoming 12 teams to town, with the Chatham Diamonds Senior Rookie team taking home ... Read More
Balkwill Sets Team Home Run Record
Chatham's Larry Balkwill is making waves this summer playing for the Haymarket Senators of the Valley Baseball League. Tuesday, Balkwill, a UCC grad, set a ... Read More
Melvin To Enter Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
Chatham's Doug Melvin will enter the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Saturday in St. Marys along side Rusty Staub, Rheal Cormier, and the 2011 Canadian ... Read More
Balkwill Named Leo Dufort Student-Athlete of the Month
Chatham's Larry Balkwill has been selected as the Leo Dufort Student-Athlete of the Month for May for the NCAA's Siena Saints. Balkwill recently completed his ... Read More