I don’t know why I just found this out now - but the Yakima Bears have announced a new logo for the 2008 season.
The logo is easily one of the best in the Northwest League, and the hats and jerseys are even better.
Announced on November 20th, the Bears will have a new logo, uniforms, hats […]

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It was reported by Baseball America last week that 2002 Vancouver Canadian side-armer Shawn Kohn was released by the A’s, after six years in the system, bringing him to AAA Sacramento.  The University of Washington product had good seasons as a mamber of the organization, but with all the recent minor league signings (and trades […]

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The Arizona Diamondbacks made a pair of huge deals Friday, sending closing sensation Jose Valverde to Houston for Chad Qualls, Juan Gutierrez and former playoff hero Chris Burke, while also acquiring Dan Haren and Connor Robertson from Oakland, giving up six prospects.
Yes, the one-game Vancouver Canadian Robertson is on his way out from Oakland after […]

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(Nat Bailey Stadium – Vancouver, B.C.) – The Vancouver Canadians are proud to announce that Manager Rick Magnante, Pitching Coach Craig Lefferts and Trainer Travis Tims have been assigned to Vancouver (A) for the 2008 Northwest League baseball season.
 Rick Magnante returns for his 3rd season as Manager of the Canadians compiling a record of 76-75 […]

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So the biggest news in baseball, potentially since the Sosa/McGwire homerun record chase (possibly even since the Pete Rose betting scandal) has hit the headlines, and the damage to the game is likely to be massive.
The Mitchell Report, a 20-month investigation on the topic of drugs in baseball, has been released, and the list of […]

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Got a few emails of late asking when we’ll start regular updates of the blog again, so I figured I’d drop by and discuss. 
It’s tough to really do much updating about a low-A short season team around this time of the year. The team isn’t pushing out press releases, the players are only playing in […]

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The Vancouver Canadians have had two very poorly kept secrets in the last couple of years.  The first being the ownership change that took place last off-season, and the more recent is the team’s logo change for 2008.
Whether it was from the Team Store attendee who was telling fans on the last day of the […]

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