It’s a sad state of affairs for Vancouver, but just about the only place you can see good fireworks in this city is the handful of times a year that the Vancouver Canadians put on a sparkly show for the fans. In fact, so hard up for fireworks are the people of this city, that hundreds, even thousands, sit around the outside of the stadium on fireworks night, looking to get a free show.

But the real show was enjoyed by the people who paid for a ticket, as the first explosion of the night came from the bat of Haas Pratt, who drove a frozen rope over the left field wall in the bottom of the 2nd to set the Canadians on their way to a big 5-0 victory.

In honor of the Hoss-man, and courtesy of our own Notes From The Nat snapster, Chris Hall, we bring you these pictures from last night’s game.

The Nat at night - quite the attractive ballpark, huh? Lookit that sky!

Pratt crosses the plate behind a wall of enthusiastic Canadians fans as the sun drops over the horizon.

The Vancouver ‘rally crows’ take flight, spurring the C’s into a fifth inning three-run burst.

Catch a foul ball, win $100!

With the game planted in the win column for Vancouver, and the sun finally out of sight, the other fireworks begin!

In a word… boom.

The C’s return to Nat Bailey Stadium next Wednesday, and though there won’t be fireworks that night, if you get there early enough and you bring a kid, you’ll get a FREE Oakland Athletics ball-cap.

Now, who do I know who has a kid…?