OMURA NO MORE-A
According to the folks at Scout.com, 2005 Vancouver Canadians second baseman, Isaac Omura, has been cut by the Oakland A’s as they try to find room for new players in their minor league system.

The Flyin’ Hawaiian (or Windjammer as he was sometimes known) was the sixth player cut this spring, behind such former prospects as Scot Drucker, Brad Davis, John Herrera and Eric Sheridan, but his departure might come as less surprising than some of those names. Omura had a miserable ‘07 (hitting .194 in Low-A and .195 in High-A before breaking his thumb), after a strong ‘06 (.294 avg), and a similarly miserable rookie year in Vancouver.

Sorry to see you go, Moo.

UBC GETTING POUNDED BY BIG GUNS
The other tenant at Nat Bailey Stadium, the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, have been in strong form in divisional play of late, but got utterly smoked by Lewis-Clark State in their recent double-doubleheader. L-C is a perennial giant around these parts, with plenty of stars at small colleges eventually transferring over to the school where they know the scouts will be plentiful.

That said, the Birds won’t be happy with losses like 23-8, 13-6, 11-0 and 11-3, especially after they took three of four games off Oregon Tech in the series prior.

OAKLAND A’S vs BOSTON RED SOX ON TV TONIGHT
Well… perhaps ‘this morning’ is a more accurate way of describing it.

The Oakland A’s open their season tonight with the first of two games against the Boston Red Sox in Japan, and Vancouver folks looking to see former Vancouver Canadians in Major League action will be in luck for a change, as TSN is showing the game live at 3am.

Get your Tivos working, people… or program your VCRs (if you’re still living in the stone age).

Former Vancouver Canadians, Joe Blanton and Rich Harden, will start both games for Oakland.