Sorry for the drop-off in updatery, folks, but I’m working on a really
big freelance project that has taken me across country three times (so
far) and eaten up every minute that I don’t forcibly give to my wife
and 8-month-old boy. And on top of that, I’ve got a fever that, should
anyone suggest it to you as […]

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Who is Carlos Gutierrez?
I’m damned if I could have answered that question a few minutes ago,
but I can answer it now. Carlos Gutierrez is the latest signing of the
Oakland A’s, a free agent pick-up who isn’t waiting for the draft and
will be joining the Vancouver Canadians when the NWL season starts in June.
Gutierrez is […]

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When you speak of Alaskan baseball, you generally correct yourself
quickly and say, "What did I just say? ALASKAN baseball? Why on earth
would I say something as random as that? Alaskan baseball, that’s so
weird. Bartender; another shot, sir!"
But they do have baseball in ‘Laska. In fact, they have a lot of it.
And they get crowds. Well, […]

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In 2005, no pitching combo was as unassuming, yet totally important, for the Vancouver Canadians
as Joe Newby (left) and Joe Piekarz. The combo known as the ‘Steaming
Cup of Joe’, as we like to call it at Notes From The Nat, was not
expected to do much of anything in its debut season, based purely on
the fact […]

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News out of the Oakland system this week that Marcus McBeth would be
shifting up a few levels from High-A Stockton to AAA ball in Sacramento
was worth noting for 2005 Vancouver Canadians
fans. Not that McBeth has ever played for Vancouver - he went straight
from Arizona rookie ball to Kane County in his earlier years - but
because […]

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