Canadian Ball Players Showing Strong Presence at US Colleges

Shawn Hill

Canada has made an impression in the baseball world over the last 20 years, which included the Toronto Blue Jays winning the World Series in 1993 against the Philadelphia Phillies. Since then, there's been several great Canadian Major Leaguers including Larry Walker, Jason Bay, Eric Gagne, Justin Morneau, Joey Votto to name a few.

What may surprise you is that there are over 700 Canadians playing on College Baseball Teams throughout the US from Junior Colleges to Division 1 Schools.

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