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Baseball Canada’s president called Venezuela’s 11th-hour withdrawal from the World Junior Baseball Championship an embarrassment to the game.

No one expected the Phoenix Coyotes to become a powerhouse in 2009-10, least of all Taylor Pyatt.

Greg Hamilton just wants to get to the medal round at the World Junior Baseball Championship. After that, it’s anyone’s ballgame, said the coach of Canada’s national junior team.

Baseball fans awaiting the 2010 IBAF World Junior Baseball Championship can get an early taste of the tournament at Baseball Central.

The Thunder Bay Chill need one point in their final two games to clinch the Central Conference regular-season championship.

A few days off might be just the tonic the Border Cats need to turn their woeful start to the second half around.

A four-run eighth helped the Thunder Bay Border Cats snap a four-game slide on Saturday night.

The celebration will have to wait a week.

Clinching a playoff berth, in the whole scheme of what the Thunder Bay Chill have planned this summer, is a minor necessity.

Baseball fans who have purchased a seat for the upcoming World Junior Baseball Championships can now go and see the seating available at Baseball Central. Crews have been working since last weekend to install bleachers at the venue.