A few weeks before Vancouver hitting coach Ben Winslow was due to
arrive in Vancouver, Notes From The Nat had the scoop that he’d not
only been dating former Canadians press honcho Leanne Cass, and had not
only got engaged to her, but had actually just married her in a quiet
rural setting. At the time, it was a […]

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2004 Vancouver Canadians
starting pitcher Jason Windsor had a big old time in AAA ball last
night, striking out ten hitters in just (get this) 5.2 innings of work.
He gave up one earned run on four hits with three walks, and admittedly
he threw a lot of pitches to get through that 5.2 innings (110, to be
exact), but […]

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If I told you the weather was outstanding at Nat Bailey Stadium right
now, chances are you’d think the phrase redundant, for I think I’ve
said those words for every single game I’ve seen in the NWL so far this
season. When I moved up to Vancouver, having lived all over the US,
Japan, and Australia, friends thought I […]

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You might have noticed a new name appeared on the Vancouver roster recently - that’s Jason Fernandez,
an 11th round draft pick for the Oakland A’s out of the University of
Louisiana, Lafayette, who made a name for himself as a shortstop before
a summer league coach suggested he put his rocket-like arm to work as a
pitcher.
His […]

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When your luck runs out in baseball, it really runs out, and right now it seems like the Vancouver Canadians
have used up their 2006 quota of luck in a fairly major way. After a
road series that saw them lose three games to a team that scored 1 run,
3 runs and 2 runs to beat them, […]

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C|Net, the high technology website that has a budget that could buy and
sell this blog a million times over, has spent a little time in the
Pacific Northwest of late, and the resulting articles have made pretty
interesting reading. the first, last week, discussed how the Vancouver Canadians have embraced wireless technology, offering free wi-fi to fans […]

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As a pitcher, you know your team has let you down when you concede only
one hit for the entire game, and end up losing 2-1. And tonight, as
with much of the last series, the C’s offense and defense left the
pitchers hanging. Admittedly they were facing a rehabbing AA pitcher
(who inexplicably stayed in for seven innings […]

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