As the C’s roll down to Tri-City for a road series that (for some reason) won’t be webcast either by the Canadians OR by Tri-City, I figured it might be worth slapping up some things to fill the void left by actual game reports.

These pics were snapped yesterday at Nat Bailey Stadium, on perhaps the worst digital camera ever purchased (thanks a lot, Future Shop) but they’ll do for our purposes.

Haas Pratt: "Hey buddy, you missed a spot. I have standards, you know."

Kid! Hey kid, wake up! Foul tip coming!

Justin Sellers warms up with his version of Walk Like An Egyptian. It seems to work for him, as the high school draftee is hitting .263

Sellers examines the state of his lumber as Jeff Bieker looks on from third.

"Yes, I heard you the first time, but I don’t WANT a 50/50 ticket… I’m quite happy reading my newspaper. In the rain."

Haas Pratt and Jeff Baisley are looking for a big inning.

In most minor league ball parks, the beer hawker is a constant presence. But this is the Northwest League. In these parts, we like our orange-haired espresso hawkers!

Isaac Omura is small… and those pants aren’t helping.

But Isaac Omura can find his way to first, yo.

Bradley Davis will kill you. Seriously, he’ll lay you out, man.

And when he does, Dancing Hans will do his chicken dance up and down the stadium concourse.

Seriously, all you had to do was ride a tricycle around some traffic cones. Was that too much for your delicate constitution?

Shawn Callahan isn’t just a catcher with big time pop. He also beats the batboys if they’re too slow out of the batter’s box.

Shawn Martinez and Tommy Everidge make a guest appearance to provide between-inning entertainment for the fans!

Uh, Shawn… your diaper is slipping. 

Michael Madsen knee lift. 

Michael Madsen ex-heat. 

"Step on my foot again, Coach. Go on, step on my toe again and see where I shove Recker’s bat!"

Jeff Bieker: "Looks like rain… oh, is it my turn to bat?"

Lefty Lefferts decides it’s time to close this game out.

Tichota: "Seriously, Pipes, how did you get those biceps so big? Don’t tell me it was bench-pressing, I’ve tried bench-pressing, tell me your secret, dammit!"

Brad Kilby comes in to pitch - game over.

Tum-Tum says: This is my victory dance!

Since there’s no broadcast of the next series, I won’t be able to give you guys much more than game reports garnered from the box scores. Sorry, I love to do the big descriptive reports, but as long as Tri-City refuses to drag themselves out of the 19th century and put on a broadcast, summaries are the best I can do.

Wake up to yourselves, Tri-City! If you can’t run your ballteam like a professional entity, I’m sure the people of Bellingham will be happy to take it off you!