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Writer @CDNBaseballNet. Sometimes @baseballcanada. Former intern @Sportsnet. @TorontoMet journalism grad. Passionate about covering women’s baseball. ⚾️
Toronto
Joined August 2011
Thank you to these five incredibly talented women for sharing their stories with me in ⚾️ in honour of International Women’s Day. Here are their stories in the game & some of the changes they’d like to see with the sport moving forward: https://t.co/MCQWVZm1BD
sportsnet.ca
Five prominent Canadian women in baseball on the challenges they endured on the road to success and what they'd like to see for women in the sport moving forward.
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Verge: Equipment drive in northern Newfoundland gives kids opportunity to play https://t.co/rtKFrldvnX By: Melissa Verge (@Melverge5) @BaseballNL @premiersportsNL
canadianbaseballnetwork.com
“Twelve-year-old Newfoundlander Cailen Angnatok has yet to hit a home run. But the bat, ball and glove he went home with thanks to an equipment drive for their small northern community, will mean...
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Goldeyes, Baseball Manitoba team up for successful baseball clinic in Nunavut https://t.co/jwMDSBmHW1 By: Melissa Verge (@Melverge5) @Wpg_Goldeyes @BaseballMB
canadianbaseballnetwork.com
“Just like the ice and snow blanketed the ocean in the distance, Donnie Smith was also covered in multiple layers. (Two pairs of long underwear, baseball pants, sweat pants, long sleeve shirts,...
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Verge: Ellison, Morro concentrate on NAIA World Series and "their Maple Leafs" https://t.co/R830fpjC5H By: Melissa Verge (@Melverge5) @OntarioBlueJays @DroverAthletics #MapleLeafs
canadianbaseballnetwork.com
“The location is a college baseball office in Oklahoma, but the scene - that’s very Canadian. There are two Ontarians inside, locked in on the Toronto Maple Leafs game and their playoff run on a...
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Thanks to @RobertoP39 for taking the time to chat women’s baseball with me last week for The On Deck Podcast!! ⚾️⚾️ Check out the podcast here:
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Verge: Centennial, George Brown, Seneca scrap baseball programs https://t.co/Ul1twRRDez By: Melissa Verge (@Melverge5) @TheOCAA @SenecaSting @CentennialCOLTS @GBC_Huskies
canadianbaseballnetwork.com
The Centennial, George Brown and Seneca baseball programs have all been scrapped due to budget cuts. They had competed in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Men’s Baseball League.
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Verge: OCAA players scrambling to find new teams after three baseball programs scrapped https://t.co/S1ASYt88Jm By: Melissa Verge (@Melverge5) @TheOCAA
@SenecaSting
@CentennialCOLTS
@GBC_Huskies @DurhamLords
canadianbaseballnetwork.com
“The inbox of Durham College’s head baseball coach has been especially flooded over the past couple of months. Players from three Ontario Colleges Athletic Association baseball programs — Centennial...
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Inaccurate. There for the baseball, and nothing beat the cheeseburgers @ section 141 of the Rogers Centre. I can still smell them as I stood across from the stand selling 50/50 tickets back in 2015, dreaming about their cheesy goodness once my shift ended.
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Verge: Getting cut hurt Braeden, but he was Biggar in long run -- Updated https://t.co/ZnhGv03ipJ By: Melissa Verge (@Melverge5) @OntarioRoyals @DordtBaseball
canadianbaseballnetwork.com
Ontario Royals alum Braeden Biggar (Georgetown, Ont.) has rebounded from a dreadful grade 10 tryout at Christ the King High School to become a successful college player for the Dordt University...
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Verge: Getting cut hurt Braeden, but he was Biggar in long run https://t.co/ZnhGv03ipJ By: Melissa Verge (@Melverge5) @OntarioRoyals @DordtBaseball
canadianbaseballnetwork.com
Ontario Royals alum Braeden Biggar (Georgetown, Ont.) has rebounded from a dreadful grade 10 tryout at Christ the King High School to become a successful college player for the Dordt University...
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Did you play ball for Centennial College last year? We're trying to do a story on the program being dropped. Send a DM with a phone number @Cen10_baseball
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Awesome!! 👏👏
🚨 Exciting Announcement! 🚨 We are thrilled to welcome Rebecca Sorbara as Baseball BC’s new Provincial Female Baseball Ambassador! Rebecca’s appointment marks a pivotal moment in promoting and developing female participation in baseball across British Columbia. With her
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Verge: Doucette inspired by fellow Nova Scotian Sidney Crosby https://t.co/DpUcIhKwdF By: Melissa Verge (@Melverge5) @baseball_ns @Okotoks_Dawgs @BaseballCANJNT @RutgersBaseball
canadianbaseballnetwork.com
Now in his sophomore season with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Ty Doucette (Dartmouth, N.S.) says he has been inspired by fellow Nova Scotian Sidney Crosby. Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa...
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Great story by Melissa about our 2024 Hall of Famer Ashley and four other women in baseball.
Thank you to these five incredibly talented women for sharing their stories with me in ⚾️ in honour of International Women’s Day. Here are their stories in the game & some of the changes they’d like to see with the sport moving forward: https://t.co/MCQWVZm1BD
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Almost 12 years ago Stephen Brooks, then with the Blue Jays, introduced me to the wonderful Bob Elliott. Forever grateful for that introduction that has changed my life, and for the opportunity to tell stories on some of the most talented players in 🇨🇦⚾️
On #InternationalWomensDay, we would like to salute the supremely talented women that have contributed to our site: Alexis Brudnicki Melissa Verge Stephanie Van De Ven Melissa Couto Zuber Elizabeth Rositsan Danielle Obal Amanda Fewer Jessica Ng Neve Van Pelt
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“I don’t think I’ve ever seen male or female a better all around baseball player” - WNT manager Anthony Pluta on their MVP centre fielder Sena Catterall. Check out the IWD feature on her journey in ⚾️ so far and some of the changes she’d like to see for ⚾️ moving forward:
An elite athlete who's quickly become one of the top players in the world, Sena Catterall is the subject of our International Women's Day feature by @Melverge5. Une athlète d'élite qui devient rapidement l'une des meilleures joueuses du monde, Sena Catterall est le sujet de
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