"We're thrilled to be a partner of the CBL, providing a vehicle to promote a new exciting league, the game of baseball, and particularly Canadian talent," said senior vice-president & general manager of The Score, David Errington. "The CBL will deliver high-quality baseball to all of our viewers throughout Canada."

The Score has approximately 5.2 million paying subscribers across Canada and has a history with baseball, last season airing ESPN's MLB Sunday Night Baseball and the popular Diamond Surfing telecasts.

"We're very excited, this is great for the league," said CBL chairman & founder Tony Riviera. "By televising a Sunday night Game-of-the-Week, in addition to the All-Star Game and the Jenkins Cup, we have a tremendous opportunity to deliver the CBL to millions of sports fans across Canada."

The CBL’s Commissioner of Baseball is Canada’s own Ferguson Jenkins, the only Canadian-born player ever elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. The CBL’s director of baseball operations is John Haar, former head coach of the prestigious National Baseball Institute, the Canadian National Youth Team and the Canadian National Team. Our management team is lead by CBL chairman and founder, Tony Riviera, who brings over twenty years experience to the venture, including a decade in Major League Baseball, and president, co-founder and CEO, Charlton Lui, who brings two decades of proven corporate leadership and performance at company’s such as Apple, IBM, Stanford Research Center and Microsoft.

About the Canadian Baseball League

The Canadian Baseball League is a new international professional baseball league offering high caliber baseball to cities across Canada beginning in May 2003. For more information please visit the official website of the Canadian Baseball League at www.canadianbaseballleague.com.

Contact: Alex Klenman, CBL Director of Communications, 604-689-1566

AlexK@canadianbaseballleague.com

Special to Canadian Basebal News – 23 January 2003