Running around the minors, trying to gather info on former C’s players can be a time-consuming thing if you’re a casual Vancouver fan. As a recent convert to the ways and wonders of The Nat, the job becomes a little more easy for me, being as I only have to keep track of last year’s [...]

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I’ve been watching this year’s Vancouver Canadians in person for three nights so far this season, and if only one thing about them is worth mentioning thus far, it’s that they have an abundance of pitching talent. The hitters are looking weak, the defense is fair, but the pitching… man, I’ve seldom seen a line-up [...]

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Fans of Oakland baseball who care enough to pay attention to the minors, and the drafted players who fill the system, will probably be aware of the name Justin Smoak. After all, in a sea of signed college draft players, Smoak stands out like a sore thumb as an unsigned anomaly.
Sure, there are still [...]

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On a cloudy yet warm night in Vancouver, the 5-1 Northwest League leading Vancouver Canadians sent out their second stringers against a Tri-City Dust Devils team aching for some revenge after last night’s squeaker loss against the home team C’s. New faces abounded, and for much of the game, the fans were treated to another [...]

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Fans of last year’s Vancouver Canadians might remember a gangly sidearm pitcher from around Toldeo way by the name of Zak Basch. The man known as Snake to his teammates (if you’d ever seen him pitch, you’d understand why) didn’t have the best of seasons, which is hardly shocking when you consider he’s a situational [...]

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The crowd was big (for short season ball, anyway), the grass mondo green, and the players sufficiently nervous to meet their new home crowd for the first time. Opening day in Vancouver is always a happy affair, and though the home team traditionally crumbles in short season ball, where high school kids and late-draft college [...]

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Last season, one of the better guys to talk to after a game was always Tommy Everidge. The guy has a great sense of humor, and though he keeps his cards mostly close to his chest, when he decides to play up, he’s hysterical. The Canadians DJ used to play the Mario Brothers theme song [...]

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