Ont. , grew up to become a major-league general manager, the first thing he did was trade his team's best player. By December 1994, Doug Melvin had been in baseball for a long time. He started as a tyke player on the Chatham sandlots. He pitched in the...

During the 70s, he often had terrible offenses supporting him. Travers believes Seaver could have won 30 games during his 1971 season; a year that many believe was his best ever. Seaver finished 20-10 with a 1.76 ERA and set, the then, strikeout record...

The pitcher from Chatham, Ont. , was inducted into the hall in 1987. Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke has died in a Utah hospital after a training accident last week. Canadian Freestyle Ski Association CEO Peter Judge says Burke left a lasting...

Twenty-six years later, he was the first Canadian inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. And over those years, he's seen the growth of America's pastime above the 49th parallel. "At the time (when I started), there was only a half-dozen Canadians in...

Jenkins takes a wait-and-see attitude towards Theo Epstein's appointment as president of baseball operations of the Chicago Cubs. Jenkins, from Chatham, Ont. , spent 10 years of his Hall of Fame pitching career with the Cubs, winning a Cy Young award...

Jenkins, from Chatham, Ont. , spent 10 years of his Hall of Fame pitching career with the Cubs, winning a Cy Young award and earning three all-star team designations as a Cub. The 69-year-old Jenkins still works for the Cubs, making public appearances...