Now, this is interesting…
The Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club is set to hold an open tryout for their vacant color commentator position.
The Canadians will open their doors this coming Saturday June 2nd starting at noon to all the public, and hold a one-time audition to try and discover that one person, regardless of experience who can […]

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I received an email today from the Vancouver Canadians front office. It was a general media release, the kind of which I’ve seen many times previously, but this one (at first) had me thinking, "How odd."
VANCOUVER CANADIANS CONGRATULATE GIANTS
ON MEMORIAL CUP VICTORYGiants win over Medicine
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The subject line above is apparently the only thing you’re allowed to write about former A’s minor league toiler Mark Kiger, or else his wife, a former Kits girl who calls herself "Bedhead Barbie", will post obscenities about you on her MySpace page.
Ah, where to begin this tale of joy?
Well, let’s start by warning […]

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I posted a few days ago that I hoped the old Nat Bailey scoreboard would be restored and maintained in the new outfield wall as stadium upgrades take place… Alas, that ain’t to be.
Today, Bob Mackin of the Vancouver free daily rag, 24 Hours, found a gap in their usual wall-to-wall Nicole Ritchie coverage to […]

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With the recent news that Justin Duchsherer has been added to a very crowded DL, giving Oakland’s crack medical staff (seen left) a chance to work their magic, it might be a good time to see, right here in print, the horror that is Oakland’s health situation:
Chris Denorfia - 60-day DLJustin Duchscherer - 15-day DLRich […]

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Thanks to an interested reader who would like to remain unnamed (let’s call him Sammy Hagar), we have finally got a series of good pictures of the long-awaited outfield wall redevelopment happening at Nat Bailey Stadium in preparation for the 2007 NWL season.
The first change that you might note when passing by Ontario and 32nd […]

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Ryan from the most excellent Oakland A’s fan blog, A Minor Consideration, visited the Kane County Cougars (otherwise known as the 2006 Vancouver Canadians) this past weekend, and posted a great report that covers Scott Deal’s progress (complete with interview), Craig Italiano’s skull fracture, and detailed notes on the other players in the lineup.
Here’s the […]

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