You know, I’ve given the C’s front office a lot of praise this season for their efforts to get things right. They’ve screwed some things up, they’ve dropped the ball a time or two, but the bar they’ve set is extremely high and they’ve managed to hit that more often than not.
In fact, they’re not […]

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This is one of those cases where, depending on who you ask the question, you’re going to get a different answer every time, but the mystery of Where In The World Is Shane Presutti has been answered; the trigger has finally been pulled after nigh two weeks of downtime, and he’s now back in Rookie […]

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After Vancouver squeaked out a 3-1 win Saturday night in Idaho, the two teams came back to the field Sunday to close out their 5-game series in front of 2,000 Hawk fans.
In 100 degree Boise heat, Vancouver stacked up like this:
SS ‘Runway’ Richard2B ‘Manta’ RayLF ‘Excellentic’ Sulentic1B ‘Amblin’ HamblinRF ‘Uptown’ Brown3B ‘Burning’ Correa (Left)DH ‘Ham’ […]

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Justin Frash reminds me a lot of Isaac Omura. The two share a lot of characteristics - they’re both infielders, they both played for the C’s (Omura in 2005, Frash this season), they’re both short (in pro ball terms, at least), they both attended the University of Hawaii, they both wear/wore the number 4, and […]

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Well, it was due, wasn’t it? Josh Horton has been hitting well for
the C’s and the Kane County Cougars are all sorts of terrible, so why
not throw the high draftee up a level and see how he handles the pressure? Throw in a couple of injuries up the ladder, and the promotion was a sure […]

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Road teams always have a slow start when they trek out to Boise Idaho to play a series against the Hawks, so much so that it’s quite shocking that the Chicago Cubs affiliate doesn’t dominate the NWL East more often. A 13-hour road trip will take it out of you, especially when you’re squeezed into […]

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I get a lot of email and comments to the blog from people who dig what we do (or hate what we do), but on occasion we get some information in a comment that warrants a diary in its own right.
This is one such comment, from Max Weder, husband of Nat Bailey facade artist, […]

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