Jim Baba

• School University of Iowa, University of Saskatchewan

• Born August 6, 1956 in Swift Current, SK Canada

Jim Baba has been active with Team Canada for many years. Baba was the Parks and Recreation Director in Kindersley, Saskatchewan (his hometown) for nine years after college. He was the Director of Operations for Baseball Saskatchewan for 10 seasons and was with the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau for nine years. He managed Team Canada in the 1994 Baseball World Cup, 1998 Baseball World Cup and 2005 Baseball World Cup and has also coached for the team (1991 Pan American Games, 1993 World University Championship and 1994 Baseball World Cup). He became Canada's Manager of Baseball Operations in 2000 and has also served as Director General since 2000 (he is still in that role as of December 2008).

Source: Team Canada 2005 World Cup Media Guide