Tonight on the mound for Vancouver, Michael Madsen (no, not the actor,
the gunslinging minor league pitching prospect who leads the NWL in ERA
- thanks for asking), owner of a record of 5-1, with a 1.85 ERA, 11
walks and 52 strikeouts on 68.0 innings pitched, towered over Everett’s
hitters like a Colussus. Then he throw lots of [...]

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Tonight’s game, the first of the Everett road series, pitted the Vancouver Canadians‘
Jeff Gray (3-2, 2.70, 4BB, 21k) against the Everett Aquasox’ Jeff
Gilmore (4-1, 4.84, 10BB, 47K) in a match-up that the C’s REALLY needed
to win.
With a strong line-up scheduled to start for the C’s, and a healthy
pitcher out on the mound, this was do [...]

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So I did a little looking through the box scores of the last three or
four days to try to figure out why Jeff Baisley hasn’t played since
Saturday night, and things are starting to get a little weird.
First off, Baisley isn’t injured, according to C’s staff. He’s got no
niggling knocks and pains, so he’s been sat [...]

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Another crystal clear night at The Nat, the perfect atmosphere for a
ball game, or rather it would be if not for the presence of the Northwest League’s
most despised umpire, Dan “The Shrinking Strikezone” Oliver. There are
plenty of ordinary umpires in the minor leagues, and probably more than
there should be in the NWL, but Oliver takes [...]

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Sunday was a big day for the kiddies.
 

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If the last few weeks has taught Vancouver fans anything, it’s the
value of pitching. When the C’s bats were stone cold quiet, when
strikeouts were so in fashion that some called them ‘the new black’,
when crowds were silent and results terrible, the one constant this
season has been pitching.
In fact, Vancouver’s pitching has been so good, for [...]

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Today, Shawn Callahan played 3rd base. Last night Ty Bubalo was playing left field. What next? Isaac Omura pitching?
A mostly boring game saw the C’s manage only 3 hits through the first 6 innings of today’s game between the Vancouver Canadians and Everett Aquasox.
A 2-run dinger over the right field wall by Wilber Perez (pictured) [...]

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