The Vancouver Canadians have been heating up these last few days, but baseball is a game in which every team expects to win a third of the games they play, and lose a third of the games they play. The third in between - well, that’s where championships are decided.
Unfortunately for the C’s, if […]

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It’s been a hoot to watch this game tonight on Boise’s ‘Hawk-Vision’, as the Vancouver Canadians utterly obliterated the Cubs short-season affiliate, getting runners on base in every single inning, and crossing the plate in 5 of them, for a 9-2 victory that was about as absolute as any I’ve seen.
Just last night, Vancouver broke […]

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According to NorthJersey.com, Vincent Mazzaro, a 3rd round pitching draft pick out of high school ball, has not come to terms with Oakland GM Billy Beane’s offer for him to come play in the minors. According to the piece:
LYNDHURST - While former Rutherford pitching ace Vin Mazzaro hopes to sign his first professional contract in […]

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I’ve given Isaac Omura (pictured left) no end of heck this season, truth be told. It’s nothing personal, he seems like a genuine good guy, very happy, a positive influence around the clubhouse, but his form so far this season has been dire at best, terrible at worst.
That’s no newsflash - I’m sure nobody knows […]

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Oakland GM Billy Beane, who just happens to be one of brightest minds in baseball, sat down at BaseballProspectus.com for a chat with the fans tonight, and as per usual, he was pretty candid about how the Oakland franchise is run. No mention of Vancouver per se, but plenty that gives insight into why the […]

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So yesterday, I posted a diary about how the Vancouver Canadians/Boise Hawks game was being broadcast on the web, for free, on streaming video. And then, of course, Murphy’s Law kicked in and I couldn’t get the thing to work.
Apparently plenty of other people were having the same issue, so Mr Technology himself, Beer-Hawker/Color Man […]

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Q: What do you get when you hit one home run every 9 at-bats?

A: Anything you freaking want.
Word on the street has it that Kevin Melillo (right), 2004 Vancouver infielder and bona fide Oakland prospect, is headed up yet another level of ball, and will shift sometime in the next 24 hours to the AA […]

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