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Canadian baseball, explained from the inside.
Canadian Baseball Network Podcast follows Canadian baseball through long-form conversations with broadcasters, coaches, a reporter, front-office voices, and people moving through the sport. It is strongest when it slows down for process: how games are called, how players are evaluated, how Team Canada stacks up, and how baseball careers actually take shape.
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Canadian Baseball Network Podcast covers baseball through the people who work closest to it. Its center is Canadian, but its field of view moves from Toronto to the World Baseball Classic, from spring training clubhouses to high school diamonds, and from broadcast booths to front-office conversations. The format is straightforward. Matt Betts asks practical questions, then gives guests room to answer. That patience matters. Instead of forcing every topic into a take, the show lets baseball people describe the steps, relationships, and routines that shape what fans eventually see. A conversation with Ben Shulman turns into a look at what a Blue Jays radio day actually involves. Joe Siddle brings the booth down to preparation, opposing clubs, pitch sequencing, and the catcher’s view of the sport. Liz Benn’s episode moves through family baseball roots, the Mets, SNY, TSN, front-office thinking, television, and women’s baseball without reducing the story to one label. The WBC conversations have a similar shape. Team Canada’s quarterfinal run becomes a way to talk about expectations, pitching depth, missing stars, scrappy offense, and why the tournament still sticks after big league games begin. The Blue Jays episodes lean into spring training texture: roster fringes, clubhouse fit, Japanese media attention, Okamoto’s adjustment, and the small social work that helps a new player settle in. Development is another steady thread. Corey Eckstein’s appearance brings recruiting, velocity, exit velocity, TrackMan, Rapsodo, relationships with college coaches, and player maturity into the same conversation. Caden Shapiro’s story adds another layer, tracing baseball life through Toronto, travel ball, family context, and culture shock. The show’s tone is warm and unhurried. It sounds like baseball people talking after the obvious questions are out of the way. There is fan energy here, especially around the Blue Jays and Team Canada, but the value is in the operational detail. Listeners get career paths, field-level routines, and honest process more than polished monologues. For Canadian baseball fans, that mix gives the show its lane: local pride, major league access, and the patient curiosity to ask how the game really works.
Made for: For Canadian baseball fans who follow the Blue Jays, Team Canada, player development, and the working lives behind the sport. It especially suits listeners who enjoy long, practical interviews over quick-hit debate.
What sets it apart: The show connects Canadian baseball identity with grounded access to broadcasters, coaches, reporters, front-office perspectives, and development pathways. Its strength is not hot takes; it is letting people explain the machinery behind the game.
The Canadian Baseball Network podcast was originally launched for the 2013 World Baseball Classic and will now be a regular feature of The Canadian Baseball Network website. The podcast will feature analysis and updates on baseball in Canada and Canadian’s playing baseball around the world. From the Toronto Blue Jays to your local team, The CBN Podcast will cover all issues and areas of interest to Canadian Baseball fans.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Matt Betts makes Canadian baseball legible through detailed interviews about broadcasting, player development, front offices, and the Blue Jays.
Matt Betts builds the Canadian Baseball Network Podcast around conversations with people who know the game's working parts. Blue Jays broadcasters Joe Siddall and Ben Shulman discuss preparation and life around the booth, while Elizabeth Benn brings a front-office perspective…
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A relaxed baseball career conversation that opens the curtain on front offices, TV, and what comes next.
Liz Benn's path through baseball is the main attraction here: player, front-office voice, TV analyst, and someone still finding new corners of the sport.
A grounded look at the rhythm and craft behind a Blue Jays broadcast day.
The Canadian Baseball Network Podcast keeps its focus on the routine work behind a spring training broadcast, from Florida heat to the point where exhibition games start to feel thin.
A calm, insider look at the craft and preparation behind Blue Jays broadcasts.
This episode gives a grounded look at how a Blue Jays broadcaster gets ready, travels, and thinks the game through once spring training is back on the calendar.
A grounded look at Canadian high school baseball, recruiting pressure, and the split between measurable tools and game feel.
Corey Eckstein's path from Abbotsford to Ontario and back gives the conversation its shape, with coaching, scouting, and player development kept front and center.
A grounded spring training conversation that blends clubhouse texture with real Blue Jays roster stakes.
This spring training conversation keeps its focus on the moving parts around Blue Jays camp: beat reporting, clubhouse dynamics, language gaps, and the way a new face changes the room.
Nebraska athletics, close up and week by week.
Cubs recaps with bleacher-level patience.
Matt Betts sits down with Liz Benn for a broad baseball conversation.
This episode reflects on Canada's historic performance at the World Baseball Classic, including their quarterfinal appearance and matchup against the United States.
Matt Betts sits down with Ben Shulman, the radio voice of the Toronto Blue Jays, as spring training in Florida starts to drag a bit.
This episode features an interview with Pittsburgh Pirates minor league coach Caden Shapiro, discussing his initial experiences moving from Cleveland to Canada and his connection to the Toronto Mets baseball team.
This episode analyzes Canada's performance in the WBC first round, highlighting their pitching success and offensive struggles as they advance to a quarterfinal against the U.S.
The show welcomes Blue Jays broadcaster Joe Siddle as spring training nears.
Corey Eckstein sits down for a broad conversation about Canadian baseball, coaching, recruiting, and player development.
Canadian Baseball Network Podcast sits down with MLB.com Blue Jays beat reporter Keegan Matheson for another spring training check-in.
Greg Hamilton, Baseball Canada's Director of National Men's Teams, discusses Canada's roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic, highlighting the team's strengths and the selection process.
This episode discusses the Toronto Blue Jays' aggressive off-season moves and ownership's commitment to spending to maintain the team as a contender in MLB.
This episode previews the WCBL All-Star Game and discusses the Okotoks Dawgs program with advisor John Milton and MLB veteran Matt Stairs, focusing on summer collegiate baseball for developing players.
This episode previews the Toronto Blue Jays' 2025 season, discussing team optimism, key players like Max Scherzer, and expectations for the upcoming games.
This episode features an interview with Rob McCoy, head coach at William & Mary, discussing his coaching career, recruiting Canadians during his time at Niagara University, and the role of his assistant Matt Spadafore in building those connections.