#OTD Two years ago, Matt Brash (Kingston, Ont.) made his MLB debut with the Seattle Mariners.

He started against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field and allowed just two runs and struck out six in 5 1/3 innings but the Mariners lost 3-2.

#OTD in 2023, Edouard Julien (Quebec City, Que.) made his MLB debut with the Minnesota Twins.

Batting eighth and starting at second base, Julien went 0-for-2 with a walk in the Twins' 3-1 win over the Chicago White Sox at Target Field.

Steve showing off his new HoF hat!

Today’s #FridayFeature is a photo of Doris “Sammye” Sams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Sams was an outfielder and pitcher who joined the Muskegon Lassies in 1946 at the age of 19. She was named Player of the Year in 1947 and 1949.

Ron was our team doctor in the 80’s Great Guy, we loved him!!

#OTD 38 years ago, Duane Ward made his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves.

He pitched a scoreless eighth inning against the Houston Astros in the Braves' 4-3 loss at the Astrodome.

Ward struck out the first batter he faced -- Astros catcher Mark Bailey.

#OTD 33 years ago, Denis Boucher (Lachine, Que.) made his MLB debut with the Blue Jays.

He started and allowed three runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers at SkyDome.

The Blue Jays eventually won the game 5-4.

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2019 Hall of Famer RyanDempster is hilarious.

Great interview about all the pitching injuries.

Matt Brash news. 💪🇨🇦⚾️

#OTD 32 years ago, Peter Hoy (Cardinal, Ont.) made his MLB debut with the Boston Red Sox.

Hoy entered the game in relief in the sixth and hurled a scoreless inning against Cleveland in the Sox eventual 7-5, 19-inning win.

#OTD 69 years ago, Glen Gorbous (Drumheller, Alta.) made his MLB debut with the Cincinnati Reds.

He pinch-hit for pitcher Art Fowler in the second inning and faced Chicago Cubs pitcher Bob Rush. He grounded out to second base.

The Cubs won 7-5.

Josh and Bo Naylor Naylor brothers (Mississauga, Ont.) homer in same inning on National Siblings Day Cleveland Guardians #MississaugaNorthTigers Ontario Blue Jays

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Give Kevin your thoughts....great to see so many Canadians having wonderful starts.

With Cade Smith pushing his scoreless-streak to 7.2 IP, I did some research into the longest scoreless streak to start a career

Turns out Smith is nowhere close to Brad Ziegler’s -39 IP, set with the Oakland A's in 2008

But who holds the Canadian🇨🇦record? Let’s go for a ride 🧵

Too bad Quantrill won't be pitching at home this weekend, but great article read with lots of Canadian connections.

Bo + Josh Naylor’s 10th-inning heroics are the 3rd time one brother had a game-tying RBI & another had the game-winning RBI, both in the 9th inning or later, Expansion Era (1961), joining:

4/6/2013 Uptons (B.J. tying HR, Justin walk-off HR in 9th)

9/7/1988 Ripkens (Billy tying…

Please take a moment to remember former Detroit Tigers left-hander Mike Kilkenny who would've turned 79 today.

He was born in Bradford, Ont., but he lived in Belmont, Ont., for part of his life.

He was also a star pitcher for the London Majors.

He passed away in 2018.

#OTD 62 years ago, Ron Taylor (Toronto, Ont.) made one of the most impressive debuts in MLB history.

Starting for Cleveland, he tossed 11 scoreless innings against the Boston Red Sox before allowing a grand slam to Carroll Hardy in the 12th inning.

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Since its #NationalSiblingDay its more Naylor interviews